National Incident Management System (NIMS)

FEMA. (2017). National Incident Management System (NIMS).

Type

Report

Intellectual base

Grey literature

Year

2017

Link

https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/2020-07/fema_nims_doctrine-2017.pdf

Cited from

military_strategic_studies, organizational_management

Cited by

2 citations across 2 artifacts.

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Primes

• Authority Handoff
  • The defining commitment is that the role is distinct from any occupant, and the transfer is performed by an explicit procedure whose components recur across substrates: a named role; an operational state — commitments, in-flight decisions, situational awareness — attached to the role; an explicit briefing of the incoming occupant; an acknowledgment of acceptance; a broadcast to dependents who rely on the role; and documentation of the moment of transfer.

    This sourceSpecifies the Incident Command System transfer-of-command protocol — briefing, acknowledgment, broadcast to responding units, posting in the incident log, and the rule against changing command during a critical evolution.

    Supported in partVerified against the work's full text

    NIMS supports two components of the handoff list, a briefing of essential information and notifying all involved personnel, for incident command only.

    “When command transfers, the transfer process includes a briefing that captures essential information for continuing safe and effective operations, and notifying all personnel involved in the incident.”

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• Mission Command
  • Emergency response. The Incident Command System: strategic objectives flow down each operational period, tactical execution is delegated to the operations chief and below.

    This sourceDefines the Incident Command System: strategic objectives set per operational period in the Incident Action Plan, tactical execution delegated downward, standardized terminology and training for coherence.

    SupportedVerified against the work's full text

    NIMS has the IC set objectives captured in an IAP for each operational period, with the Operations Section Chief managing tactical activities and section chiefs delegating further.

    “The Operations Section Chief manages tactical incident activities and oversees implementation of the IAP.”

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