National Incident Management System (NIMS) Concepts
National Incident Management System (NIMS) Concepts :
"NIMS is based upon the concepts of (1) interoperability, (2) reliability, (3) scalability, (4) portability, and the resiliency and redundancy of communication and information systems". (FEMA, NIMS (FEMA 501/Draft), 2007, p. 7)
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