National Incident Management System Policy 600.4

Applicability: This Policy applies to the Midwest Emergency Academy (“MEA”) community, including all students, personnel, and visitors.

Purpose: The purpose of this Policy is to set out the method and practices MEA will follow for incident management and disaster recovery.

Statement:

In support of its emergency management and mission continuity endeavors, MEA will use the National Incident Management System (NIMS) as its standard, coordinated and systematic method for incident management along with Disaster Recovery Institute International professional practices.

The Office of Emergency Management will ensure the NIMS approach is incorporated into MEA emergency management practices to help MEA prepare for, respond to, recover from, and reduce the effects of incidents and potential incidents, whether they are intentional, accidental, or natural.

MEA employees who have functional or oversight responsibilities associated with incident management are expected to complete NIMS training requirements as developed under the National Response Framework for NIMS and participate in emergency management and mission continuity exercises intended to improve overall preparedness.