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<br />~ .... <br />J <br /> <br />September 27, 2005 <br /> <br />Federal, State, and local governments to work together more effectively and efficiently to <br />prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from domestic incidents, regardless of cause, size or <br />complexity; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the collective input and guidance from all Federal, State, and local homeland <br />security partners has been, and will continue to be, vital to the development, effective <br />implementation and utilization of a comprehensive NIMS; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, it is necessary and desirable that all Federal, State, and local emergency agencies <br />and personnel coordinate their efforts to effectively and efficiently provide the highest levels of <br />incident management; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, to facilitate the most efficient and effective incident management it is critical that <br />Federal, State, and local organizations utilize standardized terminology, standardized <br />organizational structures, interoperable communications, consolidated action plans, unified <br />command structures, uniform personnel qualification standards, uniform standards for planning, <br />training, and exercising, comprehensive resource management, and designated incident facilities <br />during emergencies or disasters; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the NIMS standardized procedures for managing personnel, communications, <br />facilities and resources will improve the city's ability to utilize federal funding to enhance local <br />agency readiness, maintain first responder safety, and streamline incident management <br />processes, and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Incident Command System components ofNIMS are already an integral part of <br />various city/county incident management activities, including current emergency management <br />training programs; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks (9-11 Commission) recommended <br />adoption of a standardized Incident Command System; now, therefore <br /> <br />BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular session <br />assembled September 27,2005 that the National Incident Management System (NIMS) is <br />established as the City standard for incident management. <br /> <br />Council next considered adoption of a Resolution authorizing the City <br /> <br />to file an application to the Department of Housing and Community <br /> <br />Development for a grant to be used for redevelopment of abandoned industrial <br /> <br />sites in economically distressed rural areas. Wayne Knox, Director of <br /> <br />Community Development, gave an overview of the requirements that must be <br />