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SEPTEMBER 27, 200505-293RESOLUTION
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PURPOSE:DESIGNATE NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (NIMS)
AS THE BASIS FOR INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
INITIATED BY:CITY ADMINISTRATION
WHEREAS, the President of the United States in Homeland Security Directive
HSPD-5 directed the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to develop and
administer a National Incident Management System (NIMS), which would provide a
consistent nationwide approach for federal, state, local and tribal governments to work
together more effectively and efficiently to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover
from domestic disaster incidents, regardless of costs, size or complexity; and
WHEREAS, the collective input and guidance from all federal, state, local and tribal
homeland security partners has been, and will continue to be, vital to the development,
effective implementation and utilization of a comprehensive national incident management
system; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary and desirable that all federal, state, local and tribal
emergency agencies and personnel coordinate their efforts to effectively and efficiently
provide the highest levels of incident management; and
WHEREAS, to facilitate the most efficient and effective incident management it is
critical that federal, state, local and tribal organizations utilize standardized terminology,
standardized organizational structures, inter-operable communications, consolidated
action plans, united command structures, uniform personnel qualification standards,
uniform standards for planning, training and exercising, comprehensive resource
management, and designated incident facilities during emergencies or disasters; and
WHEREAS, NIMS standardized procedures for managing personnel,
communications, facilities and resources will improve the State’s ability to utilize federal
funding to enhance local and state agency readiness, maintain first responder safety, and
streamline incident management processes; and
WHEREAS, the incident command system components of NIMS are already an
integral part of various incident management activities throughout the state including
current emergency management training programs; and
WHEREAS, the National Commission on Terrorists Attacks (911 Commission)
recommended adoption of a standardized incident command system.
NOW , THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Common Council of the City of
Oshkosh that the City of Oshkosh hereby adopts the National Incident Management
Standard (NIMS) as the City standard for incident management of disasters and other
emergencies within the City of Oshkosh.