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Define the concepts and principles of effective resource management. ▫ Identify the steps for managing incident resources. Scope. ▫ Unit Introduction and ...
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This unit presents an overview of the NIMS Resource Management component.
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This video provides an introduction to the NIMS Resource Management component.
Video Transcript: During an incident, getting the right resources, to the right place, at the right time, can be a matter of life and death. NIMS establishes a standardized approach for managing resources before, during, and after an incident.
Resources include:
Prior to an incident, resources are inventoried and categorized by kind and type, including their size, capacity, capability, skills, and other characteristics.
Mutual aid partners exchange information about resource assets and needs. And resource readiness and credentialing are maintained through periodic training and exercises.
When an incident occurs, standardized procedures are used to:
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The purpose of tracking and reporting is accountability. Resource accountability helps ensure responder safety and effective use of incident resources. As incident objectives are reached, resources may no longer be necessary. At this point, the recovery and demobilization process begins.
Recovery may involve the rehabilitation, replenishment, disposal, or retrograding of resources, while demobilization is the orderly, safe, and efficient return of an incident resource to its original location and status. And finally, any agreed- upon reimbursement is made.
When disaster strikes, we must be able to take full advantage of all available and qualified resources. In this lesson you will learn how NIMS provides the mechanisms for ensuring that we can be inclusive and integrate resources from all levels of government, the private sector, and nongovernmental organizations.
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Jurisdictions should work together in advance of an incident to develop plans for identifying, ordering, managing, and employing resources.
The planning process should result in:
when inventories reach a predetermined minimum.
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The resource management process uses standardized methods to identify, order, mobilize, and track the resources required to support incident management activities. Identification and ordering of resources are intertwined.
Those with resource management responsibilities perform these tasks either at the request of the Incident Commander or in accordance with planning requirements.
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Effective resource management includes:
track the status and location of resources.
It is critical to have redundant information systems or backup systems to manage resources in the event that the primary system is disrupted or unavailable.
prioritize requests, activate and mobilize resources to incidents, and return resources to normal status.
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The focus of this section of the lesson is on a standardized seven-step cycle for managing resources during an incident.
It is important to remember that preparedness activities must occur on a continual basis to ensure that resources are ready for mobilization.
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This graphic depicts the flow of assistance during large-scale incidents. The following description of the flow of requests and assistance:
communicates needs through the Area Command (if established) to the local Emergency Operations Center (EOC). The local EOC fulfills the need or requests assistance through mutual aid agreements and assistance agreements with private-sector and nongovernmental organizations.
agreements will provide the first line of emergency response and incident management. If the State cannot meet the needs, they may arrange support from another State through an agreement, such as the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC), or through assistance agreements with nongovernmental organizations.
interstate agreements, the Governor may ask the President for Federal assistance.
statutory responsibility for response and may coordinate and/or integrate directly with affected jurisdictions.
requests a disaster declaration, the President will consider the entirety of the situation including damage assessments and needs. The President may declare a major disaster (section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act).
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and resources/equipment) that is made available based on the specifics and magnitude of the incident. In instances when an incident is projected to have catastrophic implications (e.g., a major hurricane or flooding), States and/or the Federal Government may position resources in the anticipated incident area.
the Federal response will be coordinated with State, tribal, and local jurisdictions, and the pre-positioning of Federal assets will be tailored to address the specific situation.
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Those responsible for managing resources, including public officials, should recognize that reaching around the official resource coordination process within the Multiagency Coordination System supporting the incident(s) creates serious problems.
Requests from outside the established system can put responders at risk, and at best typically lead to inefficient use and/or lack of accounting of resources.
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Incident resources mobilize as soon as they are notified through established channels.
Mobilization notifications should include:
When resources arrive on scene, they must be formally checked in.
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