Compliance with the National Incident Management System (NIMS) is a critical piece of your community's preparedness programs, but has anyone really explained how public health activities fit into the NIMS framework? You may have heard that your preparedness work should be "NIMS compliant" but what does that mean for you, working daily on the frontline of public health? Listen to our live studio audience in answering these questions and several others during this 90-minute program on the implications of NIMS for public health. Through the presentation and dialog with the studio audience and viewers around the country, participants will learn the basics of NIMS and related Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) initiatives.
The program will focus on practical "take-home" information for local and state public health personnel seeking to learn more about NIMS and NIMS compliance in the future. At the conclusion of the presentation, the participants will be able to:
This program is presented in partnership with the National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO) and co-sponsored with the New York Consortium for Emergency Preparedness Education.
