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. Ensure common and proven incident management doctrine, practices, and principles are used to plan for, protect against, respond to, and recover from emergency incidents and preplanned events; . Maintain a response operation capable of expanding to meet an escalating situation and the ability to integrate resources and equipment from intrastate and interstate mutual aid agreements, State-provided assistance, and Federal government response; . Order and track response assets using common resource typing and definitions, and draw on mutual aid agreements for additional assistance; . Establish staging and allocation plans for the re-distribution of equipment, supplies, and aid coming into the area from other localities, States, or the Federal government through mutual aid agreements; . Conduct situational assessments and establish the appropriate ICS organizational structure to effectively manage the incident; and . Establish communication processes, procedures and protocols that will ensure effective interoperable communications among emergency responders, 9-1-1 centers, and multi- agency coordination systems (Emergency Operations Centers). In Federal Fiscal Year 2005, the Secretary of Homeland Security provided guidance to each State, outlining initial actions that should be taken to implement the NIMS. The letter to the Nation's governors included a list of recommended actions for Tribal and local governments to help them work towards NIMS compliance. A copy of this letter is posted on the NIMS webpage at: http://www.fema.gov/nims/nims compliance.shtm. Recommended FY 2005 NIMS activities included: . Institutionalize the use of the Incident Command System; . Complete the NIMS awareness course IS-700 NIMS: An Introduction; . Formally recognize NIMS and adopt NIMS principles and policies; . Establish a NIMS compliance baseline by determining the NIMS requirements that have already been met; and . Develop a strategy and timeline for full NIMS implementation. By completing these activities, communities will have made substantial progress toward full NIMS implementation by the start of Fiscal Year 2007 (i.e. October I, 2006). In Federal Fiscal Year 2006, Tribes and local communities will be required to complete several activities to comply with the NIMS. The attached implementation matrix describes the actions that jurisdictions must take by September 30, 2006 to be compliant with NIMS. Completion of these actions will position Tribal and local communities to better manage prevention, response and recovery efforts. The matrix identifies activities that are underway by the NIMS Integration Center (NIC) to support the effective implementation ofNIMS as well as activities that will be required for NIMS implementation in future years. G-14