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Analysis Of National Incident Management System: The Five Components Of The NIMS

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On March 2004, the Department of Homeland Security released an incident management and responses system called the National Incident Management System (NIMS). The creation of the NIMS was to establish a standardized system for responding to disasters. Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) 5 required that all Federal departments, State, tribal, and local organizations adopt NIMS as part of their incident management programs and if this was not adopted Federal preparedness assistance would not be given. To maintain the uniformity of the NIMS it followed five components:
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