NIMS Standards
A fundamental responsibility of IMSD is to adopt existing standards that are consistent with NIMS doctrine and recommend those standards for voluntary adoption to state and local jurisdictions as guidance in fully implementing NIMS.
IMSD's standard review process is conducted by a multi-disciplinary field-based Practitioner Working Group (PWG) and Technical Working Group (TWG) to ensure the adopted NIMS standards are relevant, implementable, and useful in implementing NIMS. Results of the PWG and TWG review processes are captured in the NIMS Recommended Standard List (RSL).
By adopting these voluntary consensus standards and recommending their adoption by state and local governments, IMSD provides guidance and direction to first responders by further defining NIMS and providing established standards to build their incident management policies and programs around.
Coordination with Standard Development Organizations (SDO’s – ANSI, ASTM, OASIS, etc.), DHS S&T Office for Standards, Testing & Evaluation, and DHS S&T Office for Command, Control and Interoperability are key to IMSD success in standards and interoperability work.
DHS S&T maintains a National Standard List, which is populated by standards used by and in support of DHS program offices. As standards recommended for use in implementing NIMS are added to the NIMS RSL, they are usually submitted to S&T for consideration as DHS adopted standards. The list of standards adopted by DHS can be found at the following website: www.dhs.gov/xfrstresp/standards/editorial_0420.shtm
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