NIMS (National Incident Management System) is an extensive emergency management doctrine which is taught across the board to both private and public sectors. Its main goal is to prevent, respond to, recover from, protect against and mitigate the effects of incidents both large and small in order to minimize the incident's effect on both the environment and the people. This system is currently in
. use by Federal, Tribal, state, and local government agencies.This system works together with the NRF (National Response Framework) in order to shield against and recover from incidents that could potentially damage the country's infrastructure and livelihood. As of 2003, thanks to the Presidential Directive, the NIMS has been adopted as the official national system for individual domestic incident management and emergency prevention, preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation programs and activities by all Federal, State and Tribal agencies, including Homeland Security, FBI, CIA, NSA and others.As of 2005, the United States government also offers "Federal Preparedness Awards," which can include grants, contracts, equipment, supplies and other activities. It is not limited to financial aid.The NIMS final exam is a difficult one. It thoroughly tests an individual's familiarity with every facet of the Naitonal Incident Management System, as well as their ability to apply the concepts learned to real-live scenarios, be they actual events from the past or fabricated "worst case scenario" events which can feasibly occur in the individual's line of duty. As such, the NIMS final exam is tailored to each specific branch of service and varies depending on who the test subject may be. There are sample exams on the internet which offer questions which have been used on past exams. Individuals are free to take these sample tests in order to better prepare for the sort of content which will be offered on the actual exam. Here is a sample website with such tests: http://www.oema.us/NIMS.html More reference links: http://www.ok.gov/homeland/NIMS/Sample_NIMS_Adoption_Documents/index.html http://www.oema.us/NIMS.html
