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<br />Council Members
<br />Joseph R. Cobbe, Mayor
<br />Kimble Reynolds, Jr" Vice-Mayor
<br />James W. Clark
<br />J, Ronald Ferrill
<br />Terry L. Roop
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<br />A CITY WITHOUT LIMITS
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<br />City Manager
<br />Robert R. Collins
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<br />City Attorney
<br />Eric H. Monday
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<br />Clerk of Council
<br />Susan N, Johnson
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<br />Martinsville
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<br />RESOLUTION
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<br />WHEREAS, the President in Homeland Security Directive (HSPD)-5, directed the Secretary of the Department of Homeland
<br />Security to develop and administer a National Incident Management System (NIMS), which would provide a consistent nationwide
<br />approach for Federal, State, and local governments to work together more effectively and efficiently to prevent, prepare for, respond
<br />to and recover from domestic incidents, regardless of cause, size or complexity; and
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<br />WHEREAS, the collective input and guidance from all Federal, State, and local homeland security partners has been, and will
<br />continue to be, vital to the development, effective implementation and utilization of a comprehensive NIMS; and
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<br />WHEREAS, it is necessary and desirable that all Federal, State, and local emergency agencies and personnel coordinate their efforts
<br />to effectively and efficiently provide the highest levels of incident management; and
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<br />WHEREAS, to facilitate the most efficient and effective incident management it is critical that Federal, State, and local
<br />organizations utilize standardized terminology, standardized organizational structures, interoperable communications, consolidated
<br />action plans, unified command structures, uniform personnel qualification standards, uniform standards for planning, training, and
<br />exercising, comprehensive resource management, and designated incident facilities during emergencies or disasters; and
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<br />WHEREAS, the NIMS standardized procedures for managing personnel, communications, facilities and resources will improve the
<br />city's ability to utilize federal funding to enhance local agency readiness, maintain first responder safety, and streamline incident
<br />management processes, and
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<br />WHEREAS, the Incident Command System components of NIMS are already an integral part of various city/county incident
<br />management activities, including current emergency management training programs; and
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<br />WHEREAS, the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks (9-11 Commission) recommended adoption of a standardized Incident
<br />Command System; now, therefore
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<br />BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular session assembled September 27, 2005 that
<br />the National Incident Management System (NIMS) is established as the City standard for incident management.
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<br />Attest:
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<br />Susan N, Johnson, Clerk of Council
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<br />Date Adopted
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