National Incident Management System

The National Incident Management System (NIMS) (December 2008) provides a nationwide template enabling: Federal, State, local, and tribal governments; the private sector; and nongovernmental organizations to work together effectively and efficiently to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from incidents regardless of cause, size, and complexity. The NIMS provides a uniform doctrine for command and management, including: Incident Command, Multi-Agency Coordination, and Joint Information Systems; resource, communications, and information management; and application of supporting technologies.