The National Incident Management System (NIMS)
The National Incident Management System (NIMS) is a comprehensive national approach to incident management, which was created by the department of Homeland Security. This approach is applicable to all jurisdictional levels and across functional disciplines in order to improve the effectiveness of emergency management/response. This approach improves the coordination and cooperation between public and private agencies that is in the case of an emergency management and incident response activities. There are five components of NIMS; those are preparedness, communications and information management, resource management, command and management, and ongoing management and maintenance.
The National Incident Management System provides us with a
consistent nationwide framework and approach that in fact enables all levels of the government, even private sector and nongovernmental organizations to work together, that is to helot each other prepare for, prevent, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of an incident. A good thing about NIMS is that is flexible, “because the system components can be utilized to develop plans, process, procedures, agreements, and roles” (Oliver, Marion, & Hill, 2015, p.204) that is for all types of incidents, regardless of size, location, or complexity. Not only this, but NIMS also provides an organized set of standardized operational structures, which is very critical when it comes to allowing disparate organizations and agencies to actually work together, which is in a predictable and coordinated manner.
When it comes to the five components of NIMS, there are also adaptable to any situation. These flexible components allow NIMS to be applicable across the full spectrum of potential incidents. Flexibility facilitates, “scalability of emergency management and incident response activities, and it also provides for unique implementation in specific areas around the nation”
The National Incident Management System provides us with a
consistent nationwide framework and approach that in fact enables all levels of the government, even private sector and nongovernmental organizations to work together, that is to helot each other prepare for, prevent, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of an incident. A good thing about NIMS is that is flexible, “because the system components can be utilized to develop plans, process, procedures, agreements, and roles” (Oliver, Marion, & Hill, 2015, p.204) that is for all types of incidents, regardless of size, location, or complexity. Not only this, but NIMS also provides an organized set of standardized operational structures, which is very critical when it comes to allowing disparate organizations and agencies to actually work together, which is in a predictable and coordinated manner.
When it comes to the five components of NIMS, there are also adaptable to any situation. These flexible components allow NIMS to be applicable across the full spectrum of potential incidents. Flexibility facilitates, “scalability of emergency management and incident response activities, and it also provides for unique implementation in specific areas around the nation”