How many NIMS Management Characteristics are there?

How many NIMS Management Characteristics are there?

A. 12

B. 13

C. 14

D. 15

Answer: C. 14

NIMS identifies 14 Management Characteristics that are critical to the organization and structure of incident management across jurisdictions and disciplines. These 14 characteristics are aimed at making the response of all the involved agencies and organizations uniform and integrated.

Four of the most important characteristics in terms of realizing a convergence paradigm that encapsulates incident management are known as Common Terminology, Modular Organization, and Management by Objectives. The management of resources during an incident is favourable when there is an Investment in Incident Action Planning, Implementing Manageable Span of Control, and Purchase of proper Incident Facilities and Locations. Procedures of using Comprehensive Resource Management, Integrated Communications and other protocols of Command Control Coordination such as Establishment and Transfer of Command, Chain of Command and Unified Command all help in having effective coordination.

Also, the features of Accountability, strategic Deployment, and sound Information & Intelligence Management promote responsibility and responsibility partnership and wise decision-making. The 14 Management Characteristics of NIMS presented collectively form a logical structure worked out for managing any sort of large or small incident and put forth the principles of standardization, mutual compatibility, and concerted cooperation from different agencies.