Imt, Imat, Imst What Difference Does It Make?: 25 APRIL 2019
Imt, Imat, Imst What Difference Does It Make?: 25 APRIL 2019
Imt, Imat, Imst What Difference Does It Make?: 25 APRIL 2019
Slide 6
• Flexibility
• Standardization
• Unity of Effort (added in the OCT 2017
update)
Coordinating activities among various
organizations to achieve common objectives.
Unity of effort enables organizations with
specific jurisdictional responsibilities to support
each other while maintaining their own
authorities.
“A rostered group of ICS-qualified personnel,
consisting of an Incident Commander, other
incident leadership, and personnel qualified for
other key ICS positions. IMTs exist at local,
regional, state, tribal, and national levels and
have formal notification, deployment, and
operational procedures in place. IMTs can be
delegated the authority to act on behalf of the
affected jurisdiction or organization.”
NIMS 3rd Ed., 2017
“Nationally, there is an insufficient number
of type 1 and 2 teams which was really
emphasized by the 2018 disaster year. Type
3 IMTs not only filled the gap, but
demonstrate better versatility.”