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Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
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2017
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==National Incident Management System==

National Incident Management System (NIMS) is the culmination of more than 40 years of efforts to improve interoperability in incident management. This work began in the 1970s with local, state, and Federal agencies collaborating to create a system called Firefighting Resources of California Organized for Potential Emergencies (FIRESCOPE). FIRESCOPE included ICS and the Multiagency Coordination System (MACS). In 1982, the agencies that developed FIRESCOPE and the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) created the National Interagency Incident Management System (NIIMS), in part to make ICS guidance applicable to all types of incidents and all hazards. Under Homeland Security Presidential Directive #5 (February 2003), the Federal government created the National Incident Management System (NIMS). This system directed the creation of a comprehensive, national approach to incident management. Recognizing the value of these systems, communities across the Nation have adopted NIMS. The most current revision of NIMS was released in October 2017.

==Incident Command System (ICS)==

ICS is a standardized approach to the command, control, and coordination of on-scene incident management that provides a common hierarchy within which personnel from multiple organizations can work together effectively.  ICS applies across disciplines and enables incident managers from different organizations to work together seamlessly.  ICS specifies an organizational structure for incident management that integrates a combination of procedures, personnel, equipment, facilities, and communications.  ICS is used by all levels of government as well as by many non-governmental and private sector organizations This system includes five major functional areas, staffed as needed, for a given incident: Command, Operations, Planning, Logistics, and Finance/Administration. A sixth ICS Function, Intelligence/ Investigations, is only used when the incident requires these specialized capabilities.



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https://training.fema.gov/nims/
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