The National Incident Management System (NIMS) provides a systematic, proactive approach to guide departments and agencies at all levels of government, nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector to work seamlessly to prevent, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of incidents, regardless of cause, size, location, or complexity, in order to reduce the loss of life and property and harm to the environment.
There are five components that make up the NIMS approach. Click on each component to learn more.
Additional information about NIMS can be accessed online at https://www.fema.gov/national-incident-management-system or by completing the Emergency Management Institute’s IS-0700 online course.
