RES 05-036
RESOLUTION 05-36
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ELK RIVER
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE NATIONAL INCIDENT
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (NIMS)
WHEREAS,Homeland 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 hereby adopts the
National Incident Management System (NIMS) as its system of preparing for
and responding to disaster incidents.
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Passed and adopted this 11 day of April 2005.
Stephanie Klinzing, Mayor
ATTEST:
Joan Schmidt, City Clerk
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