National Incident Management System [NIMS] Law and Legal Definition
National Incident Management System or NIMS is a system prescribed by Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5 to coordinate emergency preparedness and incident management among various federal, state, and local agencies. NIMS provides a uniform nationwide approach to work effectively and efficiently together to prepare for, respond to, and recover from domestic incidents no matter what the cause, size or complexity, including catastrophic acts of terrorism and disasters. It is a system that is commonly used in U.S. Federal agencies also are required to use the NIMS system in domestic incident management and in support of state and local incident response and recovery activities.
Legal Definition list
- National Incident Management System [NIMS]
- National Imagery and Mapping Agency
- National Human Trafficking Resource Center [NHTRC]
- National Historic Preservation Act
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [NHTSA]
- National Incident-Based Reporting System
- National Indian Child Welfare Association
- National Indian Gaming Commission [NIGC]
- National Indian Organization
- National Industrial Recovery Act
- National Information Exchange Model
Related Legal Terms
- 9-1-1 System
- Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding [USIP]
- Accelerated Cost Recovery System
- Access Control List [National Security]
- Access Control Mechanism [National Security]
- Accessible Space [National Security]
- Active Management
- Active Portfolio Management
- Active Solar System
- Activity of Multinational Enterprises
