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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />RESOLUTION NO. R-129-06 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLTON <br />ADOPTING THE NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND <br />ITS INTEGRATION INTO THE STANDARDIZED EMERGENCY <br />MANAGEMENT SYSTEM <br />WHEREAS, the President, in Homeland Security Directive -5, directed the <br />Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to develop and administer a <br />National Incident Management System, which would provide a consistent <br />nationwide approach for federal, state, local and tribal governments to work <br />together more effectively and efficiently to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and <br />recover from disasters, regardless of cause, size, or complexity; and <br />WHEREAS, California pioneered the development of standardized incident <br />management systems to respond to a variety of catastrophic disasters, including <br />fires, earthquakes, floods, and landslides; and <br />WHEREAS, in the early 1970's, the California fire service, in partnership <br />with the federal government, developed the original emergency incident command <br />system that has become the model for incident management nationwide; and <br />WHEREAS, in 1993, California was the first state to adopt a state-wide <br />Standardized Emergency Management System for use by every emergency <br />response organization, and implemented a system to ensure the continual <br />improvement of the Standardized Emergency Management System; and <br />WHEREAS, California emergency management professionals have <br />contributed their expertise to the development of a new National Incident <br />Management System; and <br />WHEREAS, it is essential for responding to disasters that federal, sate, <br />local and tribal organizations utilize standardized terminology, standardized <br />organizational structures, interoperable communications, consolidated action <br />plans, unified command structures, uniform personnel qualification standards, <br />