FEMA NIMS

FEMA NIMS
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1. NIMS National Incident Man-
agement System

2. National Preparedness System outlines an organized
process to help the whole
community achieve the
National Preparedness
Goal.

3. Incident Command System (ICS) s a standardized approach
to the command, con-
trol, and coordination of
on-scene incident
management that pro-
vides a common hierar-
chy within which person-
nel from multiple
organizations can be ef-
fective

4. Emergency Operations Center (EOC) a facility from which staff
provide information
management, resource al-
location and tracking,
and/or advanced plan-
ning support to personnel
on
scene or at other

5. Multiagency Coordination Groups (MAC Groups) provide policy guidance to
incident personnel, sup-
port resource prioritization

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and
allocation, and enable
decision making among
elected and appointed of-
ficials and senior
executives in other orga-
nizations as well as those
directly responsible for in-
cident management.

6. Unified Command When more than one
agency has incident juris-
diction, or when incidents
cross political jurisdictions,
the use of Unified Com-
mand enables multiple or-
ganizations to perform the
functions of the Incident
Commander jointly

7. Resource Typing defining and categorizing
incident resources by ca-
pability.

8. Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) congressionally ratified
mutual aid compact that
defines a non

9. Mutual aid involves sharing resources
and services between ju-
risdictions or organiza-
tions.

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