We welcome your thoughts and ideas on the following topics, which address including Whole Community concepts in the NIMS:
Planning for Access and Functional Needs
During an incident or disaster, individuals may have differing needs. These needs should be taken into account when planning for and implementing incident response. Please share your thoughts on how to expand the NIMS to include the roles and responsibilities associated with helping individuals with access and functional needs during an incident, particularly through relationships with non-traditional stakeholders necessary to address the needs of individuals.
“Implementing and Sustaining the NIMS”- Making it relevant to the Whole Community
Currently, the NIMS does not include a discussion on preparedness across the whole community. However, recent preparedness initiatives bring whole community to the forefront of emergency management discussions. Please share your ideas on the benefits of whole community planning, training, exercising, evaluation and corrective actions to build and enhance preparedness.
Please feel free to comment on or discuss any or all of these topics. We look forward to hearing from you!