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<br />ISlOO NIMS Course Summary <br /> <br />Summary of Course Content <br /> <br />Lesson 5: Preparedness <br /> <br />Lesson Overview <br /> <br />Preparedness is a key phase of the emergency management cycle. Through <br />preparedness, jurisdictions take actions to prevent, mitigate, respond to, and recover <br />from emergencies. <br /> <br />This lesson covers preparedness measures that are required under NIMS. At the end of <br />this lesson, you should be able to identify the ways in which NIMS affects how your <br />jurisdiction prepares for incidents and events. <br /> <br />What Is Preparedness? <br /> <br />Preparedness is critical to emergency management. Preparedness involves all of the <br />actions required to establish and sustain the level of capability necessary to execute a <br />wide range of incident management operations. <br /> <br />Preparedness is implemented through a continual cycle of planning, training and <br />equipping, exercising, and evaluating and taking action to correct and mitigate. <br /> <br />A major objective of preparedness is to ensure mission integration and interoperability in <br />response to emergent crises across functional and jurisdictional lines. <br /> <br />Preparedness also includes efforts to coordinate between public and private <br />organizations. Preparedness is the responsibility of individual jurisdictions, which <br />coordinate their activities among all preparedness stakeholders. Each level of <br />government is responsible for its preparedness. <br /> <br />NIMS provides tools to help ensure and enhance preparedness. These tools include: <br /> <br />Preparedness organizations and programs that provide or establish processes <br />for planning, training, and exercising <br />· Personnel qualification and certification <br />· Equipment certification <br />· Mutual aid <br />· Publication management <br /> <br />National-level preparedness standards related to NIMS will be maintained and managed <br />through a multijurisdictional, multidiscipline center, using a collaborative process at the <br />NIMS Integration Center. <br /> <br />Using NIMS as a basis, all preparedness stakeholders will be able to attain and sustain <br />the level of readiness necessary to respond to the range of domestic incidents facing <br />America today. <br /> <br />Preparedness Organizations <br /> <br />Preparedness organizations represent a wide variety of committees, planning groups, <br />and other organizations. These organizations meet regularly to coordinate and focus <br />preparedness activities. The needs of the jurisdiction will dictate how frequently the <br />organizations must meet and how they are structured. <br /> <br />NIMS <br /> <br />Page 1 5 <br />