National Incident Management System: Third Edition, October 2017

Federal Emergency Management Agency [Department of Homeland Security]. 10/16/2017 This 133-page document, updated in 2017 from the last edition in 2008, details the National Incident Management System (NIMS), which guides all levels of government, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and the private sector to work together to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from threats, hazards, and incidents. The scope of NIMS includes all incidents, regardless of size, complexity, or scope, and planned events (e.g., sporting events). (PDF)

Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - October 17, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news