WELCOME TO THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
The City of Fountain Office of Emergency Management (OEM) provides coordination and support of activities relating to disaster prevention, preparedness, response and recovery to protect the lives of the citizens in our City.
THE INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM (ICS):
- Is a standardized management tool for meeting the demands of small or large emergency or non-emergency situations.
- Represents "best practices" and has become the standard for emergency management across the country.
- May be used for planned events, natural disasters, and acts of terrorism. Is a key feature of the National Incident Management System (NIMS).
The ICS is a management system designed to enable effective and efficient domestic incident management by integrating a combination of facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures, and communications operating within a common organizational structure, designed to enable effective and efficient domestic incident management. A basic premise of ICS is that it is widely applicable. It is used to organize both near-term and long-term field-level operations for a broad spectrum of emergencies, from small to complex incidents, both natural and man made. ICS is used by all levels of government—Federal, State, local, and tribal—as well as by many private-sector and nongovernmental organizations. ICS is also applicable across disciplines. It is normally structured to facilitate activities in five major functional areas: command, operations, planning, logistics, and finance and administration.