NIMCAST 3
NIMCAST 3 : The National Incident Management System (NIMS) Compliance Assurance Support Tool. NIMCAST is a web-based self-assessment tool designed to help federal, state, local and tribal governments, organizations, and jurisdictions determine their capabilities and compliance against the requirements established by NIMS. Preparedness assistance from federal departments and agencies through grants, contracts and other activities requires adoption of NIMS by state, local, and tribal governments. To evaluate compliance with NIMS, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), an entity in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has set forth standards and guidelines to determine whether such an entity has adopted NIMS. NIMCAST is the assessment tool to: (a) evaluate state, local and tribal governments' compliance with the standards and requirements established in NIMS as mandated by Presidential Directive HSPD-5; (b) determine eligibility for federal preparedness assistance; and (c) provide management tools to strengthen incident management programs at the department, agency, or jurisdiction level. Information collected through NIMCAST contains readiness metrics and elements that support the national preparedness goal, including standards for preparedness assessments and strategies, and a system for rating the nation's overall preparedness to respond to major events, regardless of cause, size, or complexity, especially those involving acts of terrorism. NIMCAST builds a national baseline for compliance with NIMS by all affected entities to enhance the ability of the nation to manage domestic incidents by establishing a single, comprehensive national incident management system. Affected jurisdictions and/or organizations include 50 states, 3,066 counties, 140 independent cities, 579 federally-recognized indian tribes, and 27 federal agencies for total of 39,620 respondents. Relates to Capability Assessment for Readiness (CAR), Looked it up elsewhere in the source
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