The Incident Management System

 

“The National Incident Management System (NIMS) is a structured framework used nationwide for both governmental and nongovernmental agencies to respond to natural disasters and or terrorist attacks at the local, state, and federal levels of government.” 

 “The National Incident Management System (NIMS) provides a set of standardized organizational structures—including the Incident Command System (ICS), Multi-Agency Coordination Systems and public information systems—as well as requirements for processes, procedures and systems to improve interoperability among jurisdictions and disciplines in various areas.”

" The Incident Command System is a standard, on-scene, all-hazards incident management system.  The National Incident Management System (NIMS) provides a consistent, flexible, and adjustable national framework within which government and private entities at all levels can work together to manage domestic incidents, regardless of their cause, size, location or complexity.  This flexibility applies across all phases of incident management:  prevention, preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation.” 

To learn more about Incident Management and Incident Command, visit the following links:

NIMS at Wikipedia


Incident Command at FEMA