NIMS and ICS ComponentsThe National Incident Management System (NIMS) had been established following a consistent approach for federal, state, local governments, and private industries to respond to emergency incidents. The utility of the NIMS coordi Continue Reading...
ICS and WMD ICS Procedures during a Chemical Attack The Incident Command System (ICS) is a an approach to all-hazards incident management that is standardized and on-scene, and can be used for incidents of any scope, type, or complexity. This syste Continue Reading...
Homeland Security Two years prior to the devastating and tragic landfall of Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast, President George W. Bush Issued Presidential Directive 5 (HSPD-5) directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to: create a comprehens Continue Reading...
NIMS Medical/Public Health Components and Disaster Responses The objective of this study is to discuss the NIMS medical and public health components and disaster responses in terms of its logistics, inventory, personnel credentialing, emergency oper Continue Reading...
National Incident Management System Theoretical Analysis of National Incident Management System (NIMS) The Federal Government established the National Incident Management System (NIMS) under the Homeland Security Presidential Directive number 5 in Continue Reading...
("About FEMA," 2007) The method followed by FEMA is to lead the country in cases of a disaster, in a risk-based comprehensive emergency management system that would have as its important tenets preparedness, protection, response and recovery, and f Continue Reading...
Emergency Management Evaluate the CIMS program as a means for implementing the NIMS It was on May 14, 2004 when Major Bloomberg and the Office of the Emergency Management -- OEM came with the declaration of the City's introduction of the Citywide I Continue Reading...
Mass Casuality Decontamination Mass Causality Decontamination Throughout the past era, worries about possible terrorist acts concerning weapons of mass destruction (WMD) directed Congress and the President to obtain a complete counteract terrorism Continue Reading...
(White House, 2003) II. The NATIONAL STRATEGY for SECURE CYBERSPACE The National Strategy for Secure Cyberspace strategic plan states that its strategic objectives are "consistent with the National Strategy for Homeland Security' and that those ob Continue Reading...
The exercises and training divisions work with similar divisions in Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, a Continuity of Operations department designed to work with the federal Department of Homeland Security, and an Office of Domestic Preparedness Continue Reading...
organization is derived from the preparedness cycle developed by the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and utilized by the Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA) of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other disaster respon Continue Reading...
Emergency Plan for San Diego State University Evaluation of Emergency Plan of San Diego University San Diego State University has set out "emergency preparedness, response, and recovery guidelines for students, faculty, staff and campus auxiliary o Continue Reading...
Crisis administrations have one or more committed crisis phone numbers saved for basic crisis calls. In other countries, one number is utilized for all the crisis administrations. However, every crisis administration has its own defined crisis numbe Continue Reading...
