2005-098-RES ADOPTING THE NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (NIMS)

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RESOLUTION NO. 2005-098 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, ADOPTING THE NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (NIMS); MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, Homeland Security Presidential Directive / HSPD-5, 28 Feb 2003 established the National Incident Management System (NIMS); and WHEREAS, the NIMS establishes a single, comprehensive approach to domestic incident management to ensure that all levels of government across the Nation have the capability to work efficiently and effectively together using a national approach to domestic incident management; and WHEREAS, the NIMS provides a consistent nationwide approach for Federal, State, and local governments to work together to prepare for and respond to, and recover from domestic incidents regardless of the cause, size or complexity; and WHEREAS, the NIMS provides for interoperability and compatibility among Federal, State and local capabilities and includes a core set of concepts, principles, terminology and technologies covering the incident command system, unified command, training, management of resources and reporting; and WHEREAS, beginning October 1,2004 all Federal departments and agencies are required to make adoption of the NIMS a requirement, to the extent provided by law, for providing Federal preparedness assistance through grants, contracts or other activities to local governments; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That the City of Paris hereby adopts the National Incident Management System (NIMS) as its system of preparing for and responding to disaster incidents. Section 3, That this resolution shall be effective from and after its date of passage.