The Current NIMS Implementation Behavior of United States Counties

Jensen Jessica
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Jensen Jessica: North Dakota State University - Main Campus

Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, 2011, vol. 8, issue 1, 27

Abstract: This study described and explained the current implementation behavior of counties in the United States with respect to the National Incident Management System (NIMS). Data were collected in two phases: 1) an internet survey was sent to a national random sample of county emergency managers and 2) a mail survey was sent to emergency managers in the sample that had not completed the internet survey. When data collection ceased, 355 randomly selected county emergency managers had participated in the study providing a nationally generalizable study. It was discovered that NIMS may be limited in its usefulness as the foundation for our nationwide emergency management system as well as its potential for use in large-scale disaster situations because of the wide variation in the manner in which NIMS is currently being implemented in counties across the United States.

Keywords: NIMS; National Incident Management System; emergency management; policy; preparedness; response (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.2202/1547-7355.1815

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