The National Incident Management System (NIMS) offers a
structured, proactive approach for different government
departments, agencies, non-governmental organizations, and
businesses to collaborate effectively.
It aims to prevent, protect against, respond to, recover from,
and mitigate the impact of incidents, no matter their cause,
size, location, or complexity. The goal is to minimize loss of
life, property damage, and harm to the environment.
NIMS works alongside the National Response Framework (NRF). While
NIMS provides the blueprint for incident management, the NRF
establishes the framework and processes for national-level
incident management policies.
CHA’s NIMS Compliance Objectives tool was developed to
assist hospitals with National Incident Management System (NIMS)
implementation. The compliance objectives are mandated, however
the examples to achieve compliance are only suggestions.
Hospitals may have other means for demonstrating compliance:
