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No. 08 -15 7 Date of Adoption July 10, 2008
RESOLUTION ADOPTING NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
SYSTEMS (nims) FOR ALL INCIDENTS IN THE BOROUGH OF
CARTERET
WHEREAS, on February 28, 2003 the President of the United States issued
Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) - five (5) which directed the
Department of Homeland Security, in cooperation with representatives of federal,
state and local government to develop a National Incident Management System
(NIMS) to provide a consistent approach to the effective management of situations
involving national disaster, man-made or terrorism; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary that all Federal, State and Local emergency
management agencies and other public safety agencies coordinate their efforts to
effectively and efficiently provide the highest levels of incident management; and
\VHEREAS, to facilitate the most efficient and effective incident management it
is critical that Federal, State and Local organizations utilize standard tenninology,
standardized organizational stmctures, unifonn personnel qualification standards,
unifonn standards for planning, training and exercising, comprehensive resource
management and designated incident facilities during emergencies or disasters;
and
WHEREAS, the NIMS standardized procedures for managing personnel,
communications, facilities and resources will improvement the ability to utilize
State and Federal funding to enhance County and Local agency readiness maintain
fires responder safety, and streamline incident management processes; and
WHEREAS, the Incident Command System components ofNIMS are already an
integral pari of various incident management activities throughout the State,
County and Local Municipalities, including all public safety and emergency
response organizations training programs; and
WHEREAS, over Federal grant programs mandate that NL\1S be adopted as a
prerequisite for obtaining these grants.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Borough of Carteret, County
of Middlesex, State of New Jersey that the Borough ofCarteret mandates that the
National Incident Management System (NIMS) be utilized for all incident
management in the Borough of Carteret; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution shall take effect
immediately.
Adopted this 10ili day of July, 2008 and
certified as a true copy of the original on
July II th, 2008.
KATHLEEN M. BARNEY, MMC
Mnnicipal Clerk
RECORD OF COUNCIL VOTE
COUNCILMAN YES NO NY A.B. COUNCILMAN .YES NO NV A.I3.
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