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Subject: Fwd: DHS Item on a Standardized NIMS
Title: Fwd: DHS Item on a Standardized
NIMS
Hi Folks,
I am forwarding this because it has some incidental information
about ICS. I added the masthead to identify the source from which the
info is pulled. I also deleted some material not germane to the
specific question of what the status of ICS 201 is and how that will
be developed within the DHS. These developments are something we of
which we need to be aware as it impacts the approval and the adoption
of CAP. (Two different but closely interrelated issues.)
Ciao,
Rex
http://www2.intellibridge.com/rst_030204.htm
March 2, 2004Subject: DHS Item
on a Standardized NIMS
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 11:27:17 -0500
Thread-Topic: DHS Item on a Standardized NIMS
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DHS Secretary Announces Standardized Incident
Response Plan
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DHS Secretary Announces Standardized Incident
Response Plan
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Tom
Ridge announced on 1 March the approval of the National Incident
Management System (NIMS), "the Nation's first standardized
management plan that creates a unified structure for Federal, state,
and local lines of government for incident response," a DHS
statement said. Making the announcement during an address to the
annual meeting of the National Association of Counties, Ridge said,
"NIMS gives all of our Nation's [first] responders the same
framework for incident management and fully put into practice the
concept of, 'One mission, one team, one fight.'" The new
national emergency response plan boosts the nation's capabilities by
"identifying and integrating core elements and best practices."
Key components of the plan include: Incident Command System (ICS), a
unified command that establishes fives functional areas for managing
all major incidents-command, operations, planning, logistics, and
finance/administration-and provides for coordinated efforts as well
as joint decisions; NIMS Integration Center (NIC) will provide
strategic direction and oversight of the NIMS and develop and
facilitate national standards; Joint Information System (JIS) will
provide the public with timely and accurate incident information and
unified public messages, and will employ Joint Information Centers
that bring incident communicators together during an incident. Ridge
called NIMS a "common operating picture from which we can all work,"
adding, "As we developed NIMS, we made sure everyone had a seat at
the table. We will call on [local officials] late to execute the game
plan," Nation Journal's Technology Daily reported.
ANALYSIS: NIMS is the latest step in the federal
government's goal toward issuing a National Response Plan (NRP), or
all-hazards plans. In October 2003, Secretary Ridge announced the
approval of the Initial National Response Plan (INRP), a roadmap for
developing "a unified approach to domestic incident management" in
the U.S. It linked five emergency response plans and established a
coordinating structure for emergency response personnel across all
levels of government. NIMS, with its standardized incident management
processes, protocols and procedures, will support the INRP until the
final NRP, which is under development, is completed. Unlike the INRP,
which will be replaced, NIMS "will continue to provide the
Nation's doctrinal guidance for incident management for acts of
terrorism, natural disasters, and other emergencies." Despite
Ridge's announcement on NIMS, the system is still not complete,
according to Bob Stephen, a special assistant to Ridge, National
Journal's Technology Daily reported. While he did not have a
specific time for when the plan's guidelines would be finalized, he
said once that happened, state and local government would have until 1
October to comply or risk DHS withholding homeland security
grants.
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