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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Docket ID: [Docket ID: FEMA-2008-0008]
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
SUBJECT CATEGORY: National Incident Management System--FEMA 501
DATES: Comments must be received by June 2, 2008.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is accepting comments on the draft National Incident Management System (NIMS) document. NIMS provides a consistent nationwide template to enable Federal, State, tribal, and local governments, the private sector, and nongovernmental organizations to work together to prevent, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of incidents, regardless of cause, size, location, or complexity.
SUMMARY: FEMA 501; National Incident Management System,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
On February 28, 2003, the President issued Homeland Security Presidential Directive5 (HSPD5), Management of Domestic Incidents, which directed the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop and administer a National Incident Management System (NIMS). This system provides a consistent nationwide template to enable Federal, State, tribal, and local governments, the private sector, and nongovernmental organizations to work together to prevent, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of incidents, regardless of cause, size, location, or complexity in order to reduce the loss of life and property, and the harm to the environment. This consistency provides the foundation for utilization of NIMS for all incidents, ranging from daily occurrences to incidents requiring a coordinated Federal response. NIMS represents a core set of doctrines, concepts, principles, terminology, and organizational processes that enables effective, efficient, and collaborative incident management.Building on the foundation provided by existing emergency management and incident response systems used by jurisdictions, organizations, and functional disciplines at all levels, the NIMS document integrates best practices into a comprehensive framework for use by emergency management/response personnel in an allhazards context nationwide. These best practices lay the groundwork for the components of NIMS and provide the mechanisms for the further development and refinement of supporting national standards, guidelines, protocols, systems, and technologies. NIMS fosters the development of specialized technologies that facilitate emergency management and incident response activities and allows for the adoption of new approaches that will enable continuous refinement of NIMS over time.
The changes reflected in the revised document are not substantively dramatic, and do not alter the basic NIMS doctrine published in the 2004 version. The Department is providing the current draft of the NIMS for public comment; this draft document does not necessarily reflect the final policy of the Administration.
Authority: Homeland Security Act of 2002, as amended, 6 U.S.C.
101 et seq., Homeland Security Presidential Directive5, Management of Domestic Incidents.
Dated: May 5, 2008.
R. David Paulison,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Sean Murphy, Policy Advisor to the
Deputy Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C [[Page 26404]]
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20472, 2026463100.
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