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Resolution Adopting the National Incident Management System by the City of West Allis.
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WHEREAS, the Homeland Security Presidential Directive/HSPS-5 establishes 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 for providing Federal preparedness assistance through grants, contracts or other activities to local governments.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Common Council of the City of West Allis that it hereby adopts the National Incident Management System (NIMS) as its system of preparing for and responding to disaster incidents.
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