Resolution 14212CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 14212
IMPLEMENTING THE NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
(NIMS) AS THE OFFICIAL REGULATORY GUIDANCE FOR EMERGENCY
RESPONSE, PREPAREDNESS, MITIGATION, PREVENTION AND
RECOVERY WITHIN THE CITY OF ALAMEDA
WHEREAS, the President, in Homeland Security Directive -5, directed
the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to develop and
administer a National Incident Management System, which would provide a
consistent nationwide approach for federal, state, local, and tribal governments
to work together more effectively and efficiently to prevent, prepare for, respond
to, and recover from disasters, regardless of cause, size, or complexity; and
WHEREAS, California local and state governments pioneered the
development of standardized incident management systems to respond to a
variety of catastrophic disasters, including fires, earthquakes, floods, and
landslides; and
WHEREAS, in the early 1970s, the California fire service, in partnership
with the federal government, developed the seminal emergency incident
command system that has become the model for incident management
nationwide; and
WHEREAS, in 1993, California was the first state to adopt a statewide
Standardized Emergency Management System for use by every emergency
response organization, and implemented a system involving local and state
agencies to ensure the continual improvement of the Standardized Emergency
Management System; and
WHEREAS, California local and state emergency management
professionals have contributed their expertise to the development of the new
National Incident Management System; and
WHEREAS, it is essential for responding to disasters and securing the
homeland that federal, state, local, and tribal organizations utilize standardized
terminology, standardized organizational structures, interoperable
communications, consolidated action plans, unified command structures,
uniform personnel qualification standards, uniform standards for planning,
training, and exercising, comprehensive resource management, and designated
incident facilities during emergencies or disasters; and
WHEREAS, the California Standardized Emergency Management
System now substantially meets the objectives of the National Incident
Management System; and
WHEREAS, the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks (9 -11
Commission) recommended adoption of a Standardized Incident Command
System nationwide,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City
of Alameda, hereby adopts the National Incident Management System (NIMS)
which enhances the current Standardized Emergency Management System
(SEMS), as the official . regulatory guidance = for emergency response,
preparedness, mitigation, prevention and recovery within the City of Alameda.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and
regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda during the Regular
Meeting of the City Council on the 20th day of May, 2008, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers deHaan, >Gilmore, Matarrese, Tam
and Mayor Johnson - 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of
said City this 21st day of May, 2008.
Lara Weisiger, City Jerk
City of Alameda