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<br />RESOLUTION 05-36 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ELK RIVER <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE NATIONAL INCIDENT <br /> <br />MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (NIMS) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />WHEREAS,Homeland Security Presidential Directive/HSPD-5, 28 Feb 2003 established <br /> <br /> the National Incident Management System (NIMS); and <br /> <br /> <br />WHEREAS,the NIMS establishes a single, comprehensive approach to domestic incident <br /> management to ensure that all levels of government across the Nation have <br /> the capability to work efficiently and effectively together using a national <br /> <br /> approach to domestic incident management; and <br /> <br /> <br />WHEREAS,the NIMS provides a consistent nationwide approach for Federal, State, and <br /> local governments to work together to prepare for and respond to, and <br /> recover from domestic incidents regardless of the cause, size or complexity; <br /> and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the NIMS provides for interoperability and compatibility among Federal, <br /> State and local capabilities and includes a core set of concepts, principles, <br /> terminology and technologies covering the incident command system, <br /> unified command, training, management of resources and reporting; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, beginning October 1, 2004 all Federal departments and agencies shall make <br /> adoption of the NIMS a requirement, to the extent provided by law, for <br /> providing Federal preparedness assistance through grants, contracts or other <br /> <br /> activities to local governments; <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Elk River hereby adopts the <br />National Incident Management System (NIMS) as its system of preparing for <br /> <br />and responding to disaster incidents. <br /> <br /> <br />th <br />Passed and adopted this 11 day of April 2005. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Stephanie Klinzing, Mayor <br />ATTEST: <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Joan Schmidt, City Clerk <br /> <br /> 05-36 <br />