National Incident Management Systems
RANDOLPH COUNTY NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
ORDINANCE
The County of Randolph ordains: The National Incident Management System.
Section 1. Short Title
This ordinance shall be known and may be cited and referred to as ÐThe National
Incident Management System (NIMS) Ordinance for the County of Randolph.Ñ
Section 2. Intent and Purpose
A. It is the intent and purpose of this Ordinance to formally recognize the
National Incident Management System (NIMS) and adopt the principles and
policies of the NIMS that will insure the complete and efficient utilization of
all of the County of RandolphÓs resources to combat disaster resulting from
enemy actions or other disasters as defined herein.
B. The purpose of the NIMS is to provide a consistent nationwide approach for
Federal, State, territorial, tribal, and local governments to work effectively and
efficiently together to prepare for, prevent, respond to, and recover from
domestic incidents, regardless of cause, size, or complexity.
C. The NIMS provides a common foundation for day to day operations, training
and other preparedness efforts; communicating and sharing information with
other responders and with the public, ordering resources to assist with a
response effort, and for integrating new technologies and standards to support
incident management.
Section 3. Definitions
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation of this Ordinance:
A. ÐCoordinatorÑ means the Coordinator of the Randolph County Emergency
Management Agency, appointed as prescribed in this Ordinance.
B. ÐDisasterÑ includes but is not limited to actual or threatened enemy attack,
sabotage, extraordinary fire, flood, storm, epidemic, accident, chemical spill
or other impending or actual calamity endangering or threatening to endanger
health, life or property of constituted government.
C. ÐEmergency ManagementÑ refers to the basic government functions of
maintaining the public peace, health and safety during an emergency. This
term includes plans and preparations for protection and relief, recovery and
rehabilitation from effects of an attack by the forces of an enemy nation or the
agents thereof, or a disaster as defined herein. It does not, however, include
any activity that is the primary responsibility of the military forces of the
United States.
D. ÐEmergency Management ForcesÑ means the employees, equipment and
facilities of all County departments, boards, councils, institutions and
commissions; and in addition, it shall include all volunteer personnel,
equipment and facilities contributed by, or obtained from, volunteer persons
or agencies that are assigned the duties of responding to emergencies within
Randolph County.
E. ÐIncident Command System (ICS)Ñ means the combination of facilities,
equipment, personnel, procedures, and communications operating within a
common organizational structure, designed to aid in domestic incident
management activities as outlined in the NIMS Document under Appendix A.
F. ÐNational Incident Management System (NIMS)Ñ means a document
produced by the Department of Homeland Security under the direction of
Presidential Directive-5 that strengthens response capabilities through a
balance between flexibility and standardization, and use of common doctrine,
terminology, concepts, principles, and processes.
G. ÐNIMS Integration Center (NIC)Ñ means the federal agency established to
provide strategic direction and oversight of the NIMS, supporting both routine
maintenance and continuous refinement of the system and its components.
NIC develops and facilitates national standards for the NIMS.
Section 4. Adoption of NIMS.
A. The County formally adopts NIMS as its system of response to a disaster
and to provide a common foundation for training and other preparedness
efforts, for communicating and sharing information with other responders
and with the public, for ordering resources to assist with a response effort
and for integrating new technologies and standards to support incident
management.
B. NIMS principles and policies are to be adhered to by all emergency
management forces and across all functional disciplines within Randolph
County.
C. Randolph County shall institutionalize the use of the ICS as outlined in
Appendix A of NIMS in order to enhance command, control and
communications capabilities.
Section 5. Appointment and Duties of Coordinator.
A. The Randolph County Director of Emergency Services shall serve as the
Coordinator of NIMS operations pursuant to this Ordinance.
B. The Coordinator shall have the following duties and responsibilities:
(1) To consult with other agencies, municipalities, and affected
organizations in Randolph County to recommend levels of NIMS
training. However, it shall be the responsibility of each agency to
implement said training and to ensure its own commitment to
NIMS.
(2) To oversee Randolph CountyÓs commitment to NIMS through
planning, training, and implementation.
Section 6. Violations
It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to violate any of the provisions of this
Ordinance or plans issued pursuant to the authority contained herein, or to willfully
obstruct, hinder or delay any member of the Emergency Management organization as
herein defined in the enforcement of the provisions of this Ordinance or any plan issued
hereunder.
Section 7. Severability
Should any of the provisions of this Ordinance be declared invalid for any reason, such
declaration shall not affect the validity of other provisions of this Ordinance, as a whole,
it being the legislative intent that the provisions of this Ordinance shall be severable and
remain valid notwithstanding such declaration.
Section 8. Conflicting Ordinances, Orders, Rules and Regulations Suspended
At all times when the orders, rules and regulations made and promulgated pursuant to this
Ordinance shall be in effect, they shall supersede all existing ordinances, orders, rules and
regulations insofar as the latter may be inconsistent therewith.
Section 9. Applicability Extension
The undersigned municipalities and organizations hereby ratify this ordinance and adopt
it as their own including all forms and conditions specified herein.
Section 10. Effective Date
This Ordinance shall take effect on the day of , 2005.
Upon motion of Commissioner , seconded by Commissioner
, the foregoing National Incident Management System Ordinance
was passed by the following vote:
Ayes:
Noes:
I, Alice D. Dawson, Clerk to the Board of the Randolph County Board of
Commissioners, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted by the
governing body of Randolph County at a regular meeting thereof, a quorum being
present.
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This the 6 day of September, 2005.
Alice D. Dawson
Clerk to the Board