National Incident Management System: Principles and Practice - Softcover

D. Walsh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0763730793 ISBN 13: 9780763730796

Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, 2005

Synopsis

In March 2004, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security implemented the National Incident Management System (NIMS), the country s first-ever standardized approach to incident management and response. While thousands of local, state, and federal agencies have created individual plans to prepare for and respond to emergencies in the past, response agencies nationwide will need to become NIMS compliant in 2005. National Incident Management System: Principles and Practice translates the goals of the original NIMS document from concepts into capabilities, and provides responders with a step-by-step process to understanding and implementing NIMS. Through the use of case studies, readers will gain valuable insight on how to effectively incorporate NIMS into their departments or jurisdictions. As responders are faced with the tasks of reforming training curricula and incorporating NIMS into Standard Operating Procedures, it is essential that they have a practical resource to guide them through the nation s homeland security strategies, as well as to assist them with NIMS implementation in their own locality.

About this title

Synopsis

Intended for emergency personnel, this guidebook explains America's homeland security strategies and the basic elements of the national incident management system (NIMS) established in March 2004. It describes each component of the incident command system (ICS), and outlines the principles of NIMS joint information systems, preparedness, resource m

Edition details

• Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0763730793
• ISBN 13: 9780763730796
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 244