The National Incident Management System

Ever since the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Centers and the Pentagon, the government took time in order to do an After Actions Review (AAR) on what occurred, what caused it, what actions were taken, and what can be done in order to correct the mistakes that took place? One of the issues that occurred was all of the agencies and private sectors failure to have a plan/template to use in case of a crisis occurring. After the Gilmore Commission put out their report on the lessons learned from September 11, 2001, in 2003, the government created the National Incident Management System to facilitate this issue (Walsh, 2012, p.3-4).

The National Incident Management System (NIMS) was presented in March 2004, and is a structure for sorting out reaction on a national scale. It requires utilization of the Incident Command System (ICS) and speaks to a center arrangement of convention, standards, wording, and hierarchical procedures to empower viable, effective, and shared occurrence administration at all levels of reaction. NIMS depend on a harmony in the middle of adaptability and institutionalization.

The National Incident Management System (NIMS) was put into place after 9/11 and is the standard for all first responders when dealing with large scale events (NIMS, 2014). The Incident Command System (ICS) is the structure for the NIMS and establishes separate but unified sections and divisions to include operations, a commander, logistics, plans and finance (NIMS, 2014)). The ICS can grow or shrink depending on the size and scale of the event. The term “Span of Control” implies that within the ICS, any individual with a supervisory position should oversee 3 to 7 subordinates. The “span of control is key to effective and efficient incident management” (ICS Resource Center, 2008 p 3).

The National Incident Management System (NIMS) was established by the federal government in 2004 after the inappropriate response to the terrorist attacks of 9/11s showed that reorganization was needed for dealing with disaster matters (FEMA, n. d.). Thus, NIMS provides a unique template for all levels of government, the NGOs, and the private to work together in order to reduce the loss of life, damage to properties by preparing for, responding to, mitigating , and recovering from any disaster (FEMA, n. d.). According to Lindell, Prater, and Perry, NIMS is dynamic and applies to planned events as no-notice events and forecasted events (2007). For FEMA (n. d.), NIMS components are adaptable to any situation, from routine events to those requiring

First and foremost, emergency management policy must have a set standard at all levels. An example of this was the creation of the National Incident Management System [NIMS] and the Incident Command Systems [ICS]. As an example, NIMS creates a nationwide template that is consistent and can be used by all government, non-government and private sector entities during or after a domestic incident (MD NIMS/ICS).

The National Incident Management System is designed to standardize all aspects of emergency management from various agencies throughout all levels of government. It is designed to unite disparate organizations cast together for a single purpose through use of common processes, communication, terminology, and management practices. The National Incident Management System (NIMS) has gradually been introduced and implemented in local and state jurisdictions nationwide since 2004. However, compliance reporting is the sole responsibility of the implementing agency. With disaster related federal funding directly tied to compliance rates, it is expected these reports would show ongoing compliance. Case studies have found answers regarding

With proper intelligence and training, responders can set up networks to share information on possible terrorists and their potential targets. Joint Terrorism Task Force offices are excellent examples of agencies gathering and sharing information on potential terrorists or recent terrorist acts. With this type of information sharing, the chances of countering or even foiling potential terrorist acts increase. However, responding agencies must also be ready to respond and coordinate in case a terrorist is successful in his or her attack. Active shooter situations like those in San Bernardino, Ca. and Orlando, Fl. are two recent examples of successful terrorist attacks. These attacks were well planned and executed and resulted in the deaths of many. The response to this type of attack is rehearsed by many American police agencies on a regular basis and the national standard is for responding officers to move toward the sound of the gunfire. One thing that responders still need to work heavily on is coordination and teamwork between responding agencies whether they be law enforcement or rescue personnel. One consideration for a mass casualty event is the coordination of rescues of wounded individuals. The traditional training is for fire and rescue personnel to stage while law enforcement personnel make the area of operations safe. This philosophy was revisited after the theater shooting in Aurora,

I believe that the National Incident Management System is important, because of how it establishes the standardized incident management processes, protocols, and procedures. I mean it in a way that all responders are using the same standardized procedures and that will lead for all personnel to share a common focus. This allows the readiness and preparedness in responding and recovering from an incident to be enhanced since all the emergency teams present will be using a common language and set of procedures, resulting in less chaos, and miscommunication. NIMS, can also allow personnel’s and organizations to better respond to any incidents.

ICS is an institutionalized on-scene occurrence administration idea outlined particularly to permit responders to embrace a coordinated authoritative structure equivalent to the multifaceted nature and requests of any single incident or different occurrences without being upset by jurisdictional limits. In the mid-1970s, ICS was created to oversee quickly moving fierce fires and to address the accompanying issues including an excess of individuals answering to one manager, distinctive crisis reaction authoritative structures, absence of solid incident information and data, insufficient and inconsistent exchange of information, absence of structure for composed organizing among offices, indistinct lines of power and terminology contrasts among offices, and unclear or unspecified incident destinations. In 1980, government authorities transitioned ICS into a national project called the National Interagency Incident Management System (NIIMS), which turned into the premise of a reaction administration framework for every elected agency with out of control fire administration obligations (Ready.Gov, 2007). From that point forward, numerous government organizations have supported the utilization of ICS, and a few have mandated its utilization. An ICS empowers incorporated correspondence and founding so as to arrange a reasonable compass of control. An ICS partitions a crisis reaction into five reasonable capacities crucial for crisis reaction operations: Command, Operations,

With the shift in legislation brought about by the creation of DHS and the emphasis on terrorism, the issue of incident command was in danger of becoming more difficult and confusing. President Bush called the secretary of DHS and instructed him to develop a nationally based ICS. Consequently, on “March 1, 2004, following the collective efforts of state and local government officials, representatives from a wide range of public safety organizations, and DHS, the product result of HSPD-5 was released” (Bullock, 2016, p. 433) and called the National Incident Management System (NIMS).

We noted that the company does not have a comprehensive incident management system or a documented procedure or application used to record, monitor and escalate incidents raised by the business.

Designing a plan to have everyone work for the greater good of our country after 9/11

Following the development of the Incident Command System (ICS) in 1970 where emergency response to the wildfire in California was poorly coordinated in their planning. Even though to the best of their capacity responding agencies cooperated. However, several problems with communication and coordination hindered their efficiency. This is why governments form an organizational response to disasters, which often found that major disasters necessitate corporation and well coordinated response between organizations. ICA is charged with functions such as command, operations, planning, logistic, and finance/administration. If circumstances warrant, intelligence and investigations could be added to the mentioned functions (Bullock, Haddow, & Coppola,

Hurricane Katrina was the largest, deadliest, costliest and the 3rd strongest hurricane to ever strike the United States. Katrina was sixth overall in strength of recorded Atlantic hurricanes. It was rated a category 5 based on The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, meaning, Katrina was among the strongest hurricanes that can form on planet Earth, with winds up to 175 mph. It occurred on August. 24, 2005, killing over 1,800 people roughly, mostly from Louisiana (1,836) and Mississippi (238), mostly the older citizens, while leaving over 1million people homeless, 705 people unaccounted for, and destroying property worth more than $108 billion (LiveScience.com, 2016). The most affected region was the Gulf Coast and in New

Even before 9/11, the scope of who was in charge when there was an emergency was confusing. The confusion was multifaceted: who was in charge, who would pay for the costs, who would do the labor and who was ultimately responsible for