NIMS Medical/Public Health Components and Disaster Responses
The objective of this study is to discuss the NIMS medical and public health components and disaster responses in terms of its logistics, inventory, personnel credentialing, emergency operations center and ICS 206, Medial Plan.
Incident Management
Incident management is reported to include on-site incident management and multiagency coordination using the Incident Command Systems (ICS) structure which involves maintaining 'a continuation flow of critical information among multijurisdictional and multidisciplinary emergency responders, command posts, agencies and the governmental officials for the duration of the emergency response operation in compliance with National Incident Management System (NIMS)" and to "coordinate activities above the field level by prioritizing demands for competing resources, thereby assisting with coordination of operation in the field." (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2009, p. 24) Also requires during incident management operations is communication among responders that is timely in nature so that there is efficient management of "response, services and available assets." (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2009, p. 24) Finally, there is a requirement of monitoring of "critical resources, logistics and distribution." (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2009, p. 24)
II. Population Safety and Health
Ensuring the safety and health of the population includes ensuring the safety and health of responders whether they be "volunteers…specialized personnel" and this includes "equipment, training and other resources that protect against all hazards, prevent illness and injuries" that occur from exposures that are avoidable in nature during the incident response mission. In addition it is necessary to ensures that a safe and secure environment is maintained for the public both during and...
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