5.3. SR 04-11-2005
Item. 5.3.
MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Bruce A. West, Fire Chief
DATE: April I I, 2005
SUBJECT: Consider Resolution Adopting the National Incident Management
System (NIMS)
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety and its Homeland Security and Emergency
Management Division, has implemented two directives of which one is the implementation of the
National Incident Management System (NIMS). Minnesota has used a formalized Incident
Command/Management System for many years. The Elk River Fire Department has had the
Incident Command System implemented within the Fire Department and its response system for
many years. The Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division has recognized that
Minnesota has had a long standing and well developed Incident Command System training program
and we are well ahead of many states when it comes to implementing the NIMS Incident Command
requirements.
Homeland Security and Emergency Management is now recommending the following steps be taken
for initial implementation of Homeland Presidential Directive 5 and 8 for initial NIMS ICS
compliance in 2005:
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Formally recognize NIMS by adopting NIMS principles and policies by resolution or
ordinance.
Incorporate NIMS into existing training and exercise programs.
Incorporate NIMS principles, policies, and terminology into Emergency Operations Plans.
Institutionalizing the use.
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The Elk River Fire Department has already incorporated NIMS into our existing training and
exercise programs. I am requesting Council approval on formally recognizing and adopting the
NIMS principles and policies by resolution. I am currendy in the process of incorporating the NIMS
principles, policies, and terminology into our existing City of Elk River Emergency Operations Plan.
Mayor and City Council Memo
April 11, 2005
NIMS
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Action Requested
I am requesting Council approval of the resolution formally adopting NIMS and the NIMS
principles and policies. I will be in attendance at the April 11 , 2005 Council W orksession to answer
any questions you may have in reference to the National Incident Management System. If you have
any questions prior to the April 11 worksession, please feel free to call me at the Elk River Fire
Department 763-635-1105.
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National Incident Management System
Incident Command System Elements Implementation in Minnesota
March 10, 2005
The President of the United States has issued Homeland Security Presidential Directives
(HSPD) 5 and 8 that directly impact states and local jurisdictions. In Minnesota, the
Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM) is the State
Administrative Agency (SAA) responsible for implementing these two directives through
administration of the Homeland Security Grant Programs. One of the key elements of
both HSPD 5 and 8 is the implementation ofthe National Incident Management System
(NIMS). .
Minnesota has used a formalized Incident Command/Management system for many
years. In 1991 the State Legislature established MN Statute 115E, known as the Spills
Bill. This bill required the commissioner of public safety to establish and implement an
Incident Command System (ICS) within the state, which we now know as the Minnesota
Incident Management System (MIMS). MIMS was institutionalized in state training
institutions in 1996 and has been embedded in training throughout the state ever since.
HSEM recognizes that Minnesota has had a longstanding and well developed Incident
Command training program, and we are now well ahead of many states when it comes to
implementing the NIMS ICS requirements. Because we have had Incident
Command/Management System training embedded in our training curriculum for almost
10 years and Qur MIMS training program is consistent with NIMS, we have met many of
the baseline ICS requirements. The current MIMS curriculum is already ICS 100, 200
and 300 compliant and is currently being updated to include the ICS 400 requirements.
The basic ICS training requirement in NIMS is already included in our MIMS
curriculum. If your responders have already taken MIMS, you are in good shape for
initial compliance with the basic ICS requirements in NIMS.
Based upon Minnesota's longstanding incident management training program
institutionalized throughout the state, HSEM (as the SAA) now recommends the
following steps be taken for initial implementation of Homeland Presidential Directive 5
and 8 for initial NIMS ICS compliance in 2005.
. Formally recognizing the NIMS by adopting the NIMS principles and policies by resolution or
ordinance.
. fucorporating NIMS into existing training and exercise programs.
. fucorporating NIMS principles, policies and terminology into Emergency Operations Plans.
. fustitutionalizing the use of the ICS across all disciplines and agencies within your jurisdiction
by updating plans and procedures with the NIMS concepts and terminology.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
RESOLUTION 05-_
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ELK RIVER
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE NATIONAL INCIDENT
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (NIMS)
WHEREAS, Hdmeland Security Presidential Directive/HSPD-5, 28 Feb 2003 established
the National Incident Management System (NIMS); and
WHEREAS, the NIMS establishes a single, comprehensive approach to domestic incident
management to ensure that all levels of government across the Nation have
the capability to work efficiently and effectively together using a national
approach to domestic incident management; and
WHEREAS, the NIMS provides a consistent nationwide approach for Federal, State, and
local governments to work together to prepare for and respond to, and
recover from domestic incidents regardless of the cause, size or complexity;
and
WHEREAS, the NIMS provides for interoperability and compatibility among Federal,
State and local capabilities and includes a core set of concepts, principles,
terminology and technologies covering the incident command system,
unified command, training, management of resources and reporting; and
WHEREAS, beginning October 1,2004 all Federal departments and agencies shall make
adoption of the NIMS a requirement, to the extent provided by law, for
providing Federal preparedness assistance through grants, contracts or other
activities to local governments;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Elk River Fire Department
hereby adopts the National Incident Management System (NIMS) as its
system of preparing for and responding to disaster incidents.
Passed and adopted this 21 st day of March 2005.
Stephanie Klinzing, Mayor
ATTEST:
Joan Schmidt, City Clerk
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