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RESOLUT ION NC•. ~
SERIES OF ,004
A RESOLUT ION APPROV ING THE NAT ION I\L I. CiDE NT MA1'.AGEME NT SYSTEM
(N .1.M .S.) AS THE BASIS FOR EMERGENCY 0PERAT IONS WITHIN THE CITY OF
ENGLEWOOD , COLORADO AND FOR INTF R-GOVERNME NTX.I\L COO PERATIVE
RESPONSE EFFORTS AT THE METROPO LIT AN , STA TE AND NAT IONAL LEVEL.
WHEREAS, on February 28, 2003 , the Pre sident iss ued Homel and Security Pre si dential
Direc ti ve (HSP D)-5, th at directed th e Dcpanmc nt of l·lome land Security , in coopera ti on wit h
representa ti ves of federal, s1atc an d loca l gove rnm en t, to deve lop a Nation al In cident
Management System (N.I.M .S.) to provide a cons istent app roac h to the effective manageme nt of
situ ations in vo lvin g natu ra l di sas ters, man-made di sasters , or terrorism ; and
WHEREAS, th e final Natio nal Incident Management Systems (N.I.M .S.) was rele ased on
March I , 2004 and is now th e mode l approved fo r use; and
WHEREAS , the N.1.M .S. co nt ai ns a pract ice mode l for the accomplishment of the signific an t
responsib iliti es assoc iated with preve nti on, prepared ne ss, re sponse, r,eco very, and mitigati on of
all major an d nati onal haza rd s si tu ati ons; and
WHEREAS, th e Home land Sec urity President ial Direc ti ve (HSPD)-5 requires that state and
loca l gove rnm ent s adopt the N.I.M .S. by fi sca l yea r 2005 as a pre-cond ition to the re ce ipt of
federal grant s, contracts and activ itie s related to the management and preparedn ess for certain
di saste r and haza rdous situ ati ons; and
WH EREAS, th e City of Englewood has become a vit al com pon ent and rec ip ie nt of Federal
Homeland Security gra nt funding as a participant in th e Urban Area Security Initi ativ e and the
state -lev el Non h Ce ntra l region ; an d
WHEREAS, th e Ci ty of Engl ewood has successfull y used th e In cident Management System
for years as our model for emerg enc y res ponse, N.I .M.S. is esse nti all y th e same sys tem so it will
be eas ily ada pt abl e to Englewood's ope rati ons; and
WHEREAS , lhe City Council of the Cit y of En glewood, Co lorado desires to adopt the
N.I.M .S. as requi red by HSPD-5
NOW, TH EREFO RE, BE IT RESOLVED BY TIIE CITY COUNC IL OF THE CITY OF
ENGLE WO OD, COLORA DO, THAT :
Section I. The City Co un cil of th e Ci ty of Englew ood, Colora do hereby ado pt s th e Nati onal
Incide nt Managem ent System da ted March I, 2004
Section 2, Pu rs uant to Article V, Section 40, of tt ., Englewood Home Rule Cha rter, the Cit y
Co uncil has determined that the National Inci dent Man agement System (N .1.M .S.) shall be
publi shed by titl e because of its •ize . A co py is ava il ab le in th e Office of the Englewood Ci ty
Clerk.
ADOPTED AND APPROV ED thi s 16~ day of August, 2004 .
I, Loucrishia A. Ellis, City Clerk for thr91Y of Englewood Co
above is a true copy of Resolution No. __n, Series of 2004 . hereb~ certify
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COUNCIL COMMUNICATION
Date: ,\genda llem : Subject.
AU [ JS ! 16, 2004 11 C ii A dopti on o f th e National Incident Management
Syst em as Direc ted by th e D ep t. of H omeland
Sec urity
Initiat ed By: I Staff Source :
Safety Serv ices Chris O lso n, Di,ector of Safe tr Serv ices
COUNCIL GOAL AND PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION
Int ergove rnm ental Coop era ti on . Similar ag ree m ents related to mutual aid w ith o th er public sa fety
orga ni za ti ons.
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Re;olu ti on to approve th e Nati on al In cident Management Sys tem as th e basis fo r em ergency
o p erat io ns w ithin th e City an d for inter-a ge ncy coopera ti ve response efforts at ti1e m etrop olitan,
state, and n ati onal level.
BACKGROUND, ANALYSIS, AND ALTERNATIVES IDENTIFIED
Englewood has beco me a vi tal compone nt and recipien t of fed eral H omeland Security gra nt
funding as a participa nt in th e Urban Area Securi ty Ini tiative and th e sta te-leve l North Cen tral
reg ion. On February 28, 2003 th e Pres ident iss ued a Direc ti ve requirin g federa l, state and local
gove rn men ts to es tablish a consi sten t all -haza rds emergency management model. The National
In cident Management Sys tem s is n ow th e m odel approve d fo r use. Eng lewood has successfully
us ed th e In cident Management Sys tem for yea rs as our model fo r eme rg ency response. N.I.M.S . is
essen ti all y th e sa me sys tem, so it w ill b e easi ly adaptable to ou r opera ti ons.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Future federal H omeland Secu rity funding will be based o n th e adop ti on of N .I.M .S. No cos ts to
implement. All traini ng cos ts for el ec ted and non-e lc·c ted m uni cipa l empl oyees ar e t o be cove red by
c urrent and fu ture gra nt fund in g.
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