# Presentation: 754262

## NIMSCAST Briefing 

- National Incident Management System

*May 13, 2008*

## NIMCAST = NIMSCAST

- NIMCAST – National Incident Management System Capability Assessment Support Tool
- NIMCAST launched January 2005
- Assess compliance against the NIMS document
- State, territory, tribal, local, and/or discipline
- Created overall report
- NIMSCAST – NIMS Compliance Assistance Support Tool
- NIMSCAST Released April 9, 2007
- Assess compliance against the FY07 activities and metrics

## NIMSCAST - Architecture 

- NIMSCAST - Architecture

- 3 Tier Application
- Client Interface (browser), Application and Database
- Available via Internet
- Uses SSL (https) for secure communication
- Common Browsers supported
- Advantages
- No software to install by client
- Changes/improvements immediately available to all users
- Survey responses centrally saved/persistent

- NIMCAST DB

**Web/Application**
-  Server

**INTERNET**

## Accounts

- Account is established for each Jurisdiction
- Assessment Data is tied to Account, not the users
- Users can be removed/reassigned, data remains in system
- Accounts organized into a Hierarchy
- FEMA Region
- State/Territory
- Local Organization
- State Defined Structure
- Pre-populated with Census defined counties
- Tribes moved under FEMA Region

- USA

- Region 3

- Maryland

- Calvert

- Southern

## Users

- Users are identified by email address
- Permission defines User relationship to Account
- Administrator
- Administrates (Add, Edit, Delete) user permission to access account
- Submits the assessment for roll-up to next level
- Creates sub-accounts
- Save/edit responses to questions
- Standard
- Only Save/edit responses to questions
- Read-only
- Only view assessment responses via reports
- Read-only with Inheritance
- Read-only on hierarchy starting at account granted.
- Only Administrators of an Account (or a higher account) can establish/change User permission

## FY07 Metrics

- New Metrics Collection
- State/State Agency Metrics
- 53 Metrics Questions across 7 Sections
- 16 can be N/A for State Agency
- Tribal/Local Metrics
- 40 Metrics Questions across 7 Sections

## Training Metrics (2007)

## Training Metrics (2007)

- 100% of States reporting
- indicated “Yes”

## Training Metrics (2007)

- 7.1

- 24.8

- 13.8

- 39.9

- 14.1

- 46.5

- 43.1

- 88.1

- 35%

- 33%

- 52%

## Training Metrics (2007)

- 98%

- 100%

- 98%

- 88%

- 88%

- 98%

- 98%

- 98%

- 83%

- 83%

- 48%

- 50%

- 48%

- 37%

- 37%

- 96%

- 98%

- 94%

- 79%

- 79%

## Training Metrics (2007)

- 90%

- 79%

- 35%

- 71%

- 52%

- 13%

## Training Metrics (2007)

## Reports

## Rollup Reports 

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## NIMSCAST Features

- Improved Admin Functions
- Grand Inheritance (no need to grant yourself permission to descend account tree)
- User/Account Search
- Send Email to Accounts
- Short Cuts (links to quickly switch accounts, manage permissions, edit details)
- Deleting and Clearing Accounts
- Account Restructuring capabilities
- Public Account Access to States
- Improved User Functions
- Edit User Information (change email etc.)
- Rollup Diagnostics
- Missing criteria to rollup
- Notification to Rollup

## NP/IMSID Contacts 

April Perry, Program Specialist 
   April.d.perry@dhs.gov 
   (202) 646-4390
Marc Tagliento, Program Specialist 
   Marc.Tagliento@dhs.gov
   (202) 646-2687
Robert Sullivan, Program Specialist
   Robert.Sullivan@dhs.gov
   (202) 646-4329

- April Perry, Program Specialist
-    _[April.d.perry@dhs.gov](mailto:April.d.perry@dhs.gov)_
-    (202) 646-4390
- Marc Tagliento, Program Specialist
-    _[Marc.Tagliento@dhs.gov](mailto:Marc.Tagliento@dhs.gov)_
-    (202) 646-2687
- Robert Sullivan, Program Specialist
-    _[Robert.Sullivan@dhs.gov](mailto:Robert.Sullivan@dhs.gov)_
-    (202) 646-4329

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