3440.10 with Changes - Navy Medicine - U.S. Navy
3440.10 with Changes - Navy Medicine - U.S. Navy
3440.10 with Changes - Navy Medicine - U.S. Navy
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BUMEDINST <strong>3440.10</strong><br />
20 Nov 2008<br />
SECTION 2<br />
NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (NIMS) COMPLIANCE<br />
Ref: (a) Homeland Security Presidential Directive/HSPD-5<br />
(b) National Incident Management System (NIMS)<br />
(c) National Response Plan<br />
(d) Implementation of the National Response Plan and the National Incident<br />
Management System, DEPSECDEF memo of 29 Nov 2005<br />
1. Purpose. To provide guidance to MTF commanders on issues of compliance <strong>with</strong> the NIMS<br />
to ensure efficient and effective use of NIMS in its emergency management planning,<br />
preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation activities.<br />
2. Background<br />
a. Reference (a) of this section requires all Federal Departments and Agencies to adopt<br />
NIMS for domestic incident management. References (b) and (c) of this section establish an alldiscipline,<br />
all-hazards approach to the management of domestic incidents. Reference (d) of this<br />
section provides direction on DoD implementation of NIMS and the NRP. Paragraph 5 of this<br />
section provides NIMS guidance and implementation activities for hospitals and health care<br />
systems. Paragraph 6 of this section provides specific minimum training guidance for <strong>Navy</strong><br />
<strong>Medicine</strong> personnel.<br />
b. <strong>Navy</strong> <strong>Medicine</strong> provides support to civil authorities for domestic incidents as directed by<br />
the President or Secretary of Defense, consistent <strong>with</strong> military readiness and when appropriate<br />
under the circumstances and the law. <strong>Navy</strong> <strong>Medicine</strong> will also receive support from civil<br />
authorities in response to domestic incidents, which can be essential to sustaining or restoring<br />
<strong>Navy</strong> <strong>Medicine</strong> capabilities that are critical to operations and the execution of the National<br />
Military Strategy. Any such mutually beneficial, cooperative relationship is most effective when<br />
based upon a shared understanding <strong>with</strong> a common language and structure for coordination.<br />
NIMS and NRP were issued by the U.S. DHS to provide that comprehensive and consistent<br />
national framework to all-hazard incident management at all jurisdictional levels and across<br />
functional disciplines.<br />
c. The NIMS Integration Center (NIC), in collaboration <strong>with</strong> the HHS, developed the NIMS<br />
implementation activities for hospitals and health care systems to assist them <strong>with</strong> NIMS<br />
implementation and integration, further enhancing their efficiency and effectiveness in response<br />
and recovery. This guidance provides direction that will advance individual hospital and health<br />
care emergency management and preparedness.<br />
3. Responsibility. BUMED-M3/5 has established minimum training requirements for<br />
designated <strong>Navy</strong> <strong>Medicine</strong> personnel <strong>with</strong> a reasonable likelihood of involvement in incident<br />
management/response; all designated <strong>Navy</strong> <strong>Medicine</strong> personnel shall meet the requirements of<br />
paragraph 6 of this section. Personnel currently serving in the positions identified in paragraph 6<br />
27 Enclosure (1)