the national incident management system was established in march 2004.
when was the national incident management system established?
march 2004
this is a program that was organized and created along with the okohs. this program is done in part of cooperating with the federal government (which is required to use the nims framework in effort to aide and support state and local authorities), and other states in effort of national homeland security. it is the first-ever standardized approach to incident management and response. developed by the united states department of homeland security and put into action in march 2004, it establishes a uniform set of processes and procedures that emergency responders at all levels of government will use to conduct response operations. the national incident management system (nims) integrates effective practices in emergency response into a comprehensive national framework for incident management. the purpose of this program is to enable federal, state, and local authorities to respond to any domestic incident regardless of its urgency, size of the threat.
oklahoma office of homeland security
bullet::::- emergency support functions (esfs) as per national response framework (nrf) definition









































bullet::::- incident command functions as per national incident management system









































bullet::::- resource management (preparedness, incident response, post-incident recovery, reimbursement)









































bullet::::- all-hazards philosophy as per the national incident management system









































bullet::::- specific hazards identified as per national fire protection association (nfpa) 1600: standard on disaster / emergency management and business continuity programs









































bullet::::- standardized framework / common operating picture as per national incident management system









































bullet::::- scalability as per national incident management system









































bullet::::- command and management – incident command system (ics) as per national incident management system
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