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eve op s ra egy Ime Ine or <br /> full implementation of NIMS <br /> • Create a plan to get from where your baseline <br /> says you are, to full NIMS Compliance. - <br /> o Example -Federal Government Implementation Plan <br /> template (available on-line) <br /> a Four phase implementation: <br /> a Phase 1 -Initial Staff Training <br /> o Phase 2 - Identifiption of Relevant Plans, Procedures and <br /> Policies <br /> a Phase 3 -Modification of 6cisting Plans, Procedures, and <br /> Policies <br /> o Phase 4 -Support of the NIMS Integration Center <br /> Standards <br /> 5. Institutionalize the use of the <br /> Incident Command System <br /> (ICS) by all response agencies. <br /> To "institutionalize the use of ICS" means that <br /> government officials, incident managers, and <br /> emergency response organizations at all jurisdictional <br /> levels adopt the Incident Command System and <br /> launch activities [in FY 2005] that will result in the use <br /> of the Incident Command System for all incident <br /> resoonse operations. <br /> Actions to institutionalize the use of ICS take place at <br /> two levels policy and organizational/operational. <br /> 5. Institutionalize the use of the <br /> Incident Command System <br /> (ICS) by all response agencies. <br /> <br /> ¦ At the policy level, institutionalizing the ICS <br /> means government officials, i.e., <br /> governors, mayors, county and city <br /> managers, tribal leaders and others: <br /> ? Adopt through the ICS through executive order, <br /> proclamation or legislation as the turisdictions <br /> official incident response system; and <br /> ? Direct that incident managers and response ~ <br /> organizations in their jurisdictions train, >r ~ <br /> exercise, and use the ICS in their response <br /> operations. <br /> ~ G <br /> 10 <br /> <br />