Advantages of Multi-Agency Coordination
Due to the various accruing advantages, the multi-agency management community is worth the initiative. Coordination plays a critical role in reducing, if not entirely eliminating, the risks of incidents going into safeguarding processes in the early stages. Other benefits of multi-agency cooperation include shared decision-making and an enhanced forum for the exchange of knowledge that enables the timely recognition of threats. Moreover, good collaboration facilitates collective activities which are important for risk control, evaluation, and reduction. As a comprehensive national approach at all jurisdictional levels, the National Incident Management System has adopted effective policies necessary for incident management. The coordination has proven to be paying off across spectrums of potential hazards and incidents regardless of the complexity of the issues to be handled (Anderson et al. 5). The system has further boosted fruitful coordination between private and public bodies through its well-thought-out activities in incident management.
The Role of NIMS
NIMS, through its national framework, has succeeded in uniting the local, state, and federal government as well as NGOs in responding and mitigating incidents despite the bureaucratic differences that arise.
Effective Disaster Response by FEMA
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has also proven to be successful in responding to emergencies and disasters. The agency has proven to be worth supporting during calamities like Hurricane Irene, after learning lessons from the response to Hurricane Katrina (Hunt et al. 529-532). In order to effectively respond to major disasters like hurricanes, FEMA should enact policies to effectively maximize cooperation with the federal government to boost its measures in dealing with disasters (L. Nimmich, Joseph).
Conclusion
Conclusively, multi-agency coordination should continue to be given support because of the fruits that are evident in the country.
Works Cited
Anderson, Anice I., Dennis Compton, and Tom Mason. "Managing in a dangerous world - The national incident management system." Engineering Management Journal 16.4 (2004): 5.
Hunt, Melissa G., Kelsey Bogue, and Nick Rohrbaugh. "Pet ownership and evacuation prior to Hurricane Irene." Animals 2.4 (2012): 529-532.
L. Nimmich, Joseph. "HSPD 8 Annex 1 | Homeland Security." Dhs.Gov, 2017.
