NIMS Alert 01-21: FEMA Seeks Feedback on NIMS Incident Complexity Guide: Planning, Preparedness and Training

FEMA Seeks Feedback on NIMS Incident Complexity Guide: Planning, Preparedness and Training

FEMA’s National Integration Center is seeking feedback on the 2021 NIMS Incident Complexity Guide: Planning, Preparedness and Training. This national engagement period will conclude at 5 p.m. Eastern Time on February 12, 2021. National engagement provides an opportunity for interested parties to comment on the draft document ensuring that it is relevant for all implementing partners.

The National Incident Management System is a key component of U.S. incident management efforts and enables organizations nationwide to work together during incidents of all kinds and sizes. Implementing NIMS across the nation is a fundamental part of building our national preparedness. FEMA identified the need to construct the 2021 NIMS Incident Complexity Guide to be used for the purpose of planning, preparedness and training, and not as a decision-making tool during a response. This guide assists incident and emergency management personnel in identifying the complexity “level” for an incident or event. Knowledge of the complexity level helps in the management of a disaster, incident, or event that requires deployable mutual aid.  

To provide comments on the drafts, complete the feedback form and submit the form to fema-nims@fema.dhs.gov.

To review this document, visit: https://www.fema.gov/media-collection/incident-complexity-guide/

The National Integration Center will host a series of 60-minute webinars to discuss the NIMS Incident Complexity Guide and answer related questions. All webinars are open to the whole community.

Each stakeholder webinar will cover the same information; choose the session most convenient for you.

Advance registration is required due to space limitations. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. To register, click on your preferred webinar session from the list below.

• Webinar 1: 2:00 p.m. ET on Jan. 25
• Webinar 2: 3:00 p.m. ET on Feb. 9

If you require accommodations to participate in these events, please provide details in the Disability Related Accommodations field on the registration page or contact us at: FEMA-NIMS@fema.dhs.gov.

Please make accommodation requests as early as possible. Late requests will be accepted, but they may not be possible to fulfill.

Thank you for your continued support. Together, we make the nation more secure and resilient.