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National Incident
Management System
(NIMS)

On February 28, 2003, President Bush issued Homeland Security Presidential Directive-5. HSPD-5 directed the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop and administer a National Incident Management System (NIMS). NIMS provides a consistent nationwide template to enable all government, private-sector, and nongovernmental organizations to work together during domestic incidents. You can also find information about NIMS at http://www.fema.gov/nims/

Skamania County's NIMS Compliance Plan '06

NIMS Announcement

The NIC has now changed their name to the Incident Management Systems Division (IMSD) and their email address for NIMS-related inquiries from NIMS-Integration-Center@dhs.gov to FEMA-NIMS@dhs.gov.

Statewide NIMS Reporting Now Online

How it will work (From the State Web Site):

Entities will submit two electronic reports. The first report is due by May 31, 2006 (submitted) and the second or final report is due by September 30, 2006. Jurisdictions will submit reports by accessing the “Submit NIMS Report” button located at http://emd.wa.gov (the top left of Washington State Emergency Management Division’s homepage website). The Washington State Emergency Management Division will then compile the information and provide it to the Governor and the Adjutant General for review. A single state certification will be signed attesting that our entire state has met the Federal fiscal year (FFY) 2006 requirements; participation in this effort is critical.

To be eligible for Federal preparedness assistance funding in FFY 2007, governmental emergency preparedness, incident management and response organizations must meet the FFY 06 NIMS requirements.

The state, local and tribal level requirements for FFY 06 are:

1. Formally adopt NIMS
2. Use ICS
3. Use Multi Agency Coordination Systems
4. Use Public Information Systems
5. Establish your NIMS Baseline
6. Coordinate federal preparedness funding to support NIMS
7. Revise and update SOP’s to incorporate NIMS
8. Participate in and promote mutual aid
9. Complete the IS-700 course
10. Complete the IS-800 course
11. Complete the ICS-100 course
12. Complete the ICS-200 course
13. Incorporate NIMS into training and exercises
14. Participate in all-hazards, multi jurisdictional/discipline exercises based on NIMS
15. Incorporate corrective action into response plane and procedures
16. Inventory response assets to conform to resource typing standards
17. Incorporate national standards into equipment acquisition programs
18. Apply standard terminology across the public safety sector

The additional state level requirements for FFY 2006 are:

1. Formally adopt NIMS
2. Monitor formal adoption at the local and tribal level
3. Communicate NIMS requirements across the state
4. Measure NIMS implementation progress across the state
5. Facilitate state wide compliance reporting
6. Designate a single point of contact
7. Ensure Federal preparedness funding is link to satisfactory implementation progress
8. Verify (audit) NIMS implementation compliance associated with federal grant funds
9. Leverage (use) training facilities to coordinate and deliver NIMS
10. Develop state plans for the receipt and distribution of resources

Skamania County Emergency Management is committed to assisting our jurisdiction with becoming and maintaining NIMS Compliance.

Please contact us for assistance.

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Skamania County Emergency Management

PO Box 790 - 200 Vancouver Ave. - Stevenson, WA 98648
509/427-8076 - Fax: 509/427-7555

Sheriff Dave Brown, DEM Director | John Carlson, DEM Coordinator