NATIONAL RESPONSE FRAMEWORK (NRF)

NATIONAL RESPONSE FRAMEWORK (NRF) AND NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (NIMS)

Required Reading

Comprehensive preparedness guide: Developing and maintaining emergency operations plans   (CPG-1) (2010). FEMA.

Executive Summary: Unified San Diego County Emergency Services Organization Operational Area Emergency Plan (2010). Office of Emergency Services, County of San Diego. Retrieved from:  http://www.co.san-diego.ca.us/oes/emergency_management/protected/docs/2010_Complete_Plan_w_Annexes.pdf

National Incident Management System (2017), 3rd. Ed., FEMA. Retrieved from  https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/1508151197225-ced8c60378c3936adb92c1a3ee6f6564/FINAL_NIMS_2017.pdf

National Preparedness Goal. (2016). FEMA.gov. Retrieved from  https://www.fema.gov/national-preparedness-goal   Click “Download Materials.” Then click “Information Sheet.”

Overview of the National Planning Frameworks (2013). U.S. Department of Homeland Security, FEMA. Retrieved from:  https://s3-us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/dam-production/uploads/20130726-1914-25045-2057/final_overview_of_national_planning_frameworks_20130501.pdf

Presidential Policy Directive / PPD-8: National Preparedness (2011). U.S. Department of Homeland Security Retrieved from:  http://www.dhs.gov/presidential-policy-directive-8-national-preparedness

Renauld, C. (2012). The missing piece of NIMS: Teaching incident commanders how to function in the edge of Chaos, Homeland Security Affairs, 8(8). Retrieved from:  http://www.hsaj.org/?article=8.1.8   [Download article]

Required Website

National Planning Frameworks. FEMA.gov.   http://www.fema.gov/national-planning-frameworks

National Response Framework. FEMA.gov. Retrieved from  https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/1466014682982-9bcf8245ba4c60c120aa915abe74e15d/National_Response_Framework3rd.pdf

Required Videos

Incident Command System, NIMS Familiarization (2012). RMP Corp. Retrieved from:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykVEWtq9x3g

Note: Regardless of whether the Presenter talks about natural or manmade disasters focus on the components of NIMS.

NYC Emergency Management. NYC.gov.  https://www1.nyc.gov/site/em/about/citywide-incident-management-system.page