plans (EOPs), national strategies like the National Response Framework (NRF) and National Incident Management System (NIMS) should be taken into consideration. These national strategies provide guidance and a framework for creation of emergency operations plan. This paper reviews the NRF, NIMS and NECP in terms of their most useful elements for the county’s emergency management plan.
Brief Review of the NRF, NIMS and NECP
The National Response Framework (NRF) is a national strategy that seeks to enhance homeland security through providing guiding principles and action points for handling future contingencies and hazards regardless of their origin (Lindsay, 2008). This strategy provides… Continue Reading...
The Train Derailment Chemical Spill Response Annex
Introduction
The three main priorities that the National Incident Management System (NIMS) provides for any emergency response operation are: to save lives, stabilize the incident, protect property and the environment. These three priorities are supported by the guiding principles of flexibility, standardization and unity of effort (NIMS, 2018). These priorities and principles, therefore, will serve as the foundation of this Train Derailment Chemical Spill Response Annex. This Annex will describe the role and expectations of all relevant partners in the response, the interagency collaboration process and procedures that all responding partners will be required to participate in… Continue Reading...
the shooting, the duty captain was off-duty, consequently responding to the incident from home.
While the Aurora Police Department (APD) claims to employ National Incident Management System (NIMS) guidelines in responding to critical incidents, the department does not use the Incident Command System (ICS) (TriData Division, 2014). For the APD, the duty lieutenant or any other high ranking officer is assumed to be the incident commander in the event of a major incident. Accordingly, the lieutenant on duty at the time of the Aurora shooting was the initial commander, with the incident command post being established at the lieutenant's location. However, a formal incident command post was established later on. On the whole,… Continue Reading...
Response Plan (NPR) was not in place or that a National Incident Management System (NIMS) did not exist. It was that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) had been in decline for years, was suffering from significant turnover among top leaders, and the individuals who were in charge lacked the appropriate leadership experience and knowledge to oversee an effective response to a natural disaster like Hurricane Katrina (Lewis, 2009; Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina,2006). This paper will 1) describe 3 major examples regarding the leadership demonstrated in regard to preparing for and… Continue Reading...
National Response Plan (NPR) in place and there was no National Incident Management System (NIMS) in existence. Additionally, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was virtually ineffective: it had been in decline for years, was suffering from significant turnover among top leaders, and the individuals who were in charge lacked the appropriate leadership experience and knowledge to oversee an effective response to a natural disaster like Hurricane Katrina (Lewis, 2009; Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina, 2006). Many lessons have been learned since Katrina that have enabled the U.S. to be better prepared… Continue Reading...