HomeMy Public PortalAboutRES-CC-2005-21Resolution #21-2005
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, respond to, and recover from domestic
incidents regardless of the cause, size and complexity; and
WHEREAS, the NIMS provides for interoperability and compatibility among Federal,
State, and local capabilities and includes a core set of concepts, principals, 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 Moab adopts the National Incident
Management System (NIMS) as its system of preparing for and responding to disaster incidents.
PRESENTED, READ, AND ADOPTED this 28th day of June, 2005.
David Sakris, n
or, City Or Ma
ache' Ellison
City Recorder, City Of Moab
Resolution #21-2005
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