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Board of Regents Approves NIMS Guidelines
At the meeting held on February 16, 2008, the UH System
Board of Regents approved the implementation
of the National Incident Management System (NIMS)
for the entire UH System.
“This is an emergency management system
that works on all levels,” said Malcolm
Davis, assistant vice president for public
safety and UHDPS chief. “It gives specific
duties to specific entities, but at the same
time is scalable, allowing responders to
address the intricacies of any emergency.”
In 2003, President George W. Bush directed
the Secretary of Homeland Security to
develop and administer a system designed to
help prevent, prepare, respond, and recover
from incidents, regardless of their size or
complexity. In 2005, Texas Governor Rick
Perry designated NIMS as the incident
management system for Texas. At the time, it
was not clear if institutions of higher
education were included in this mandate, and
would be required to have their emergency
management plans based on NIMS guidelines.
Davis recognizes the value of implementing
NIMS as the UH System standard and
spearheaded an initiative to formally adopt
NIMS as the standard for emergency
management for all the component
institutions of the UH System.
A
revision of the Emergency Management Plan is
currently underway that will incorporate
NIMS standards.
