(a) (1) National Incident Management System (NIMS) will provide a consistent nationwide approach allowing federal, state, local and tribal governments to work effectively and efficiently to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from domestic incidents.
(2) The Department of Homeland Security has sought extensive input on NIMS from state, local, and tribal officials, the emergency response community, and the private sector and has incorporated the best practices currently in use by incident managers.
(3) Effective homeland security incident management involves new concepts, processes, and protocols that will require refinement over time. The collective input and guidance from all homeland security partners has been, and will continue to be, vital to the further development of an effective and comprehensive national incident management system.
(4) NIMS was published by the Department of Homeland Security on March 1, 2004.
(5) Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD-5) and NIMS require all federal departments and agencies to adopt NIMS and use it in domestic incident management and emergency prevention, preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation programs and activities, as well as to assist state, local or tribal entities.
(6) HSPD-5 and NIMS require federal departments and agencies to make state, tribal and local organizations adopt NIMS as a condition for federal preparedness assistance beginning in federal fiscal year 2005.
(7) Short-term compliance will include adopting the basic tenets of the Incident Command System identified in the NIMS document. The Secretary of Homeland Security published standards, guidelines, and protocols for determining compliance in December 2004.
(b) The City of Columbiana shall utilize the Incident Management System prescribed by the Department of Homeland Security, as implemented by the Ohio EMA.
(c) The City Manager for the City of Columbiana shall determine the timetable and steps necessary for the expedient implementation of this section.
(d) The City of Columbiana will begin training on NIMS and revise the City of Columbiana’s Emergency Operations Plan as soon as practicable.
(Res. 05-R-324, passed 6-21-2005)