RESOLUTION 10674-091906

ADOPTING THE NATIONAL RESPONSE PLAN

AND

NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

WHEREAS, the Homeland Securing Presidential Directive/HSPD-5 establishes the National Response Plan (NRP) and the National Incident Management System (NIMS); and

WHEREAS, the HSPD-5 establishes the NRP to integrate Federal government domestic prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery plans into one all-discipline, all-hazards plan; and

WHEREAS, the NRP utilizes the NIMS to respond to domestic incidents, providing the structure and mechanisms for national level policy and operational direction from Federal to State and local managers; and

WHEREAS, the NIMS establishes a single, comprehensive approach to domestic incident management to ensure that all levels of government across the Nation have the capability to work efficiently and effectively together using a national approach to domestic incident management; and

WHEREAS, the NIMS provides a consistent nationwide approach for Federal, State and local governments to work together to prepare for and respond to and recover from domestic incidents regardless of the cause, size or complexity; and

WHEREAS, the NIMS provides for interoperability and compatibility among Federal, State and local capabilities and includes a core set of concepts, principles, terminology and technologies covering the incident command system, unified command, training, management of resources and reporting; and

WHEREAS, beginning October 1, 2004, all Federal departments and agencies shall make adoption of the NIMS a requirement for providing Federal preparedness assistance through grants, contracts or other activities to local governments.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Oak Creek, Wisconsin, that the Homeland Securing Presidential Directive-5 establishing the NRP and NIMS is hereby adopted as the City of Oak Creek government’s system of preparing for and responding to disaster incidents.

Passed and adopted this 19^th day of September 2006.

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                                                                                    President, Common Council

Approved this 19^th day of September 2006.

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                                                                                    Mayor, City of Oak Creek

ATTEST:

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