Implementation Guidance and Reporting

Federal Departments and agencies are required to make adoption of NIMS by local, state, territorial, and tribal nation jurisdictions a condition to receive Federal Preparedness grants and awards.  The National Incident Management System (NIMS) Implementation Objectives were developed to guide jurisdictions in their implementation of NIMS. NIMS implementation is assessed through the direct reporting of data to FEMA utilizing the Unified Reporting Tool.

For additional information on NIMS, NIMS implementation, or the Unified Report Tool contact the National Integration Center (NIC) via e-mail: FEMA-NIMS@fema.dhs.gov.

FY2010 NIMS Federal Departments and Agencies Package

• NIMS implementation Objectives and Metrics for Federal Departments and Agencies [5/10] (PDF 320KB)

• Secretary Memorandum regarding NIMS Implementation for Federal Departments and Agencies [5/10] (PDF 59KB)

FY2009 NIMS Compliance Package

• All Governors NIMS Implementation Letter [4/09] (PDF 152KB, TXT 3KB)

• NIMS Implementation Chart [4/09] (PDF 264KB, TXT 8KB)