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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: June 23, 2005 Action Agenda Item No. 5-~ SUBJECT: Proclamation Adopting the National Incident the Countywide Incident Management Syste DEPARTMENT: Emergency Management ATTACHMENT(S): NIMS Proclamation Homeland Security Presidential Directive-5 North Carolina NIMS Proclamation System (NIMS) as ~e to All-Hazards PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No INFORMATION CONTACT: Jack Ball, 968-2050 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To consider a proclamation to adopt the National Incident Management System (NIMS) as the incident management system to be used throughout the county during all emergencies and disasters. BACKGROUND: Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5 adopted by the President on February 28, 2003 directed the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to create and establish a single, comprehensive national incident management system to be used throughout the United States. This system, called the National Incident Management System (NIMS), will assist in the coordination of many aspects of emergency preparedness, response and recovery missions. Emergencies of all types share common issues such as public protective actions, resource needs, incident site response, planning, and recovery. The ultimate goal of this system is to enable responders at all levels to work together more effectively to manage a domestic incident, no matter what the cause, size or complexity. Qn May 11, 2005, Michael F. Easley, Governor of the State of North Carolina, signed a proclamation adopting NIMS throughout the state, and directed all counties and localities to do the same. The National Wildfire Coordination Group developed the NIMS incident management characteristics in 1982 and called the management system the National Interagency Incident Management System (NIIMS). The Department of Homeland Security adopted this framework as the framework for the management system.