The National Incident Management System (NIMS) is the United States national framework in which the Incident Command System is embedded. It treats common terminology, integrated communications, unity of command, and accountability as required management characteristics, although standardization shows institutional adoption rather than proof of high reliability.
- Entry typeRelated entry
- FromIncident Command System (ICS) (tool)
- Category of its source unitGovernance Institutions & Procedures
- DomainRisk, Crisis & Safety
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Related entry
Related entries name an idea, effect or practice that belongs to a model or tool of the series. They are not models or tools themselves and are not counted as such; each one leads to the model or tool it comes from, and to its Executive Insight Brief.
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Governance Institutions & Procedures
Organizes authority, representation, participation, deliberation, collective decision or institutional resolution of conflict. Its contribution concerns who may act, speak, decide or challenge, and under what arrangements.