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ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE GENERAL ORDER Effective Date: October 31, 2020  Amends - GO 6.2. 25 (November 2, 2012 ) Number: 6.2.25 Distribution: All Personnel Review Month: April Reviewing Authority: OSB / Emergency Management Subject: National Incident Man agement System (NIMS) This order consists of the following: 1. Purpose 2. Policy 3. Definitions 4. Procedures 1. Purpose The purpose of this policy is to provide guidance to all personnel in complying with the mandates of Homeland Securit y Presidential Directive (HSPD) – HSPD -5 and HSPD -8. 2. Policy The Orange County Sheriff’s Office shall adhere to the mandates of HSPD -5 and HSPD -8, which established the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the National Response Framework (NRF), respectively. The agency has adopted and institutionalized the NIMS and the use of the Incident Command System ( ICS). All policies, procedures, directives, manuals, job aids, workbooks, taskbooks , programs , or other materials of the Agency shall comply with all applicable sections of the NIMS. The appropriate Division Commanders shall review their polic ies and procedures on an on -going basis to verify compl iance with the NIMS and the Incident Command System ( ICS) as appropriate. The ICS mandated by the NIMS is the only incident management syst em the agency shall utilize. ICS will be used when responding to any disaster, emergency, incident, critical incident , or when planning for any event. Events may include off -duty details when deemed appropriate. The use of ICS in day to day operations i s highly encouraged. The Homeland Security Section shall be the proponent for the implementation of NIMS. All employees shall annually review and be familiar with this policy as well as the Critical Incident Management Guide (CIMG) , Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP), Hurricane Plan, Traffic Evacuation Plan, and any other applicable emergency operations plan which affects their unit or them individually. The Homeland Security Section in coordination with the Training Section shall annually review previous incidents wherein the ICS was activated and associated after action reports to determine if any training issues need to be addressed. If any training needs are identified , the Homel and Security Section in conjunction with the Training Section shall develop a course of action to address these needs. This may include in -service training or training from outside sources. Training may include seminars, workshops, table -top 6.2.25, Page 2 of 8 exercises (T TX), simulations, drills, functional exercises (FE), or full -scale exercises (FSE). 3. Definitions A. After Action Report (AAR) – a document used to provide feedback to the agency and participating units or components on their performance during an incident. The AAR summarizes the incident and analyzes performance of the tasks identified as important during the planning process. It also evaluates achi evement of the selected incident objectives and demonstration of the overall capabilities being validated. B. Agency - a division of government with a specific function offering a particular kind of assistance. In ICS, agencies are defined either as jurisdictional (having statutory responsibility for incident management) or as assisting or cooperating (providing resources or other assistance ). For the purposes of this policy, the term “Agency” will refer to the Orange County Sheriff's Office. C. Corrective Action Plan (CAP) – also known as an Improvement Plan (IP), identifies the tasks that need to be improved, the im provement actions that will be taken, the responsible party or agency, and the expected completion date. D. Critical Incident - any natural or man -made event, civil disturbance, or any occurrence of unusual or severe nature which threatens to cause or causes the loss of life or injury to citizens and/or severe damage to property and requires extraordinary measures to protect lives, meet human needs, and achieve recovery. E. Critical Incident Mana gement Guide (CIMG) - an “All Hazard s” plan for responding to critical incidents such as natural and man -made disasters, civil disturbances, mass arrests, bomb threats, hostage/barricaded person situations, acts of terrorism, and other unusual incidents. The CIMG follows standard Incident Command System (ICS) protocol s and includes func tional provisions for Command, O perations, Planning, Logistics, and Administration/Finance . The CIMG is located on the agency portal site and Power DMS . The major components of the CIMG include: 1. The Seven Critical Tasks 2. Posit ional Information & Checklists 3. Specific Incident Checklists 4. Security Conditions 5. Hospital Response Plans 6. Orange County Public Schools Response Plans 7. Incident Command System (I CS) 8. Critical Incident Management Team (CIMT) Abilities 9. Local, State and Federal Re sponse Plan Overview F. Disaster - an event that causes serious loss, destruction, hardship, or death. G. Emergency - any incident(s), man-made or natural, that require s immediate action to protect life or property and/or requires the utilization of extraord inary resources. This may include Emergencies as defined under the Robert T. Stafford Act . H. Event - a planned, non -emerge