Integrated Emergency Management System (IEMS) Concept and Goal
Integrated Emergency Management System (IEMS) Concept and Goal : "FEMA is continually reassessing the delivery of program funds and technical assistance in an attempt to become more responsive to State and local emergency management needs and to reduce the number of response plans required without sacrificing program integrity. The agency believes that the most effective way to do this is through increased emphasis on developing the common and unique capabilities require to perform specific functions across the full spectrum of hazards, rather than focusing on the requirements of specific hazards. The approach FEMA is taking to accomplish this reorientation is characterized by the Integrated Emergency Management System (IEMS). The goal of the system is to develop and maintain a credible emergency management capability nationwide by integrating activities along functional lines at all levels of government and, to the fullest extent possible, across all hazards. State and local governments can begin to achieve this goal by (1) determining the hazards and magnitude of risk in a logical, consistent manner; (2) assessing the existing and required capability with respect to those hazards; and (3) establishing realistic local and State-tailored plans that lay out necessary actions for closing the gap between existing and required levels of capability. These efforts are related and must be undertaken sequentially. The identification of hazards forms the basis for assessing capability and determining the capability shortfall. The shortfall, in turn, leads to preparation of a multi-year development plan. These initial steps are the starting point for integrated emergency management activities on a multihazard, functional basis". (FEMA, IEMS Process Overview, 1983, p. 5)
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