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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED
<br />RESOLUTION NO. 2005 - 125
<br />By: Mayor O'Grady, Council Members Barker and Nashar
<br />A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE UTILIZATION,
<br />IMPLEMENTATION, AND TRAINING OF THE NATIONAL
<br />INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN THE CITY OF NORTH
<br />OLMSTED, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
<br />WHEREAS, President Bush issued Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) -5,
<br />Management of Domestic Incidents, on February 28, 2003, directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to
<br />develop, submit for review to the Homeland Security Council, and administer a National Incident
<br />Management System (NIMS); and
<br />WHEREAS, Governor Taft issued Executive Order 2004 -14T on July 30, 2004 ordering all
<br />departments and agencies of the State to utilize the Incident Management System prescribed by the
<br />Department of Homeland Security; and
<br />WHEREAS, NIMS will provide a consistent nationwide approach allowing federal, state, local and
<br />tribal governments to work effectively and efficiently to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from
<br />domestic incidents; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Department of Homeland Security has sought extensive input on NIMS from state,
<br />local, and tribal officials, the emergency response community, and the private sector and has incorporated
<br />the best practices currently in use by incident managers; and
<br />WHEREAS, effective homeland security incident management involves new concepts, processes,
<br />and protocols that will require refinement over time. The collective input and guidance from all homeland
<br />security partners has been, and will continue to be vital to the further development of an effective and
<br />comprehensive national incident management system; and
<br />WHEREAS, NIMS was published by the Department of Homeland Security on March 1, 2004; and
<br />WHEREAS, HSPD -5 and NIMS require all federal departments and agencies to adopt NIMS and
<br />use it in domestic incident management and emergency prevention, preparedness, response, recovery, and
<br />mitigation programs and activities, as well as to assist state, local, or tribal entities; and
<br />WHEREAS, HSPD -5 and NIMS require federal departments and agencies to make state, tribal and
<br />local organizations adopt NIMS as a condition for federal preparedness assistance beginning in federal fiscal
<br />year 2005; and
<br />WHEREAS, short -term compliance will include adopting the basic tenets of the Incident Command
<br />System identified in the NIMS document. The Secretary of Homeland Security published standards,
<br />guidelines, and protocols for determining compliance in December, 2004.
<br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH
<br />OLMSTED, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA AND STATE OF OHIO:
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