SUMMARY OF NIMS IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE,

							                     SUMMARY OF NIMS IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE,
                      REQUIREMENTS, AND CERTIFICATION PROCESS

         Fiscal Year                      Implementation                    Certification Process
                                           Requirements
           FY 2005                   States and territories must           At the end of FY 2005,
                                       meet minimum FY 05                   States and Territories
                                       NIMS implementation                submit a self-certification
                                           requirements;                form attesting that the state,
                                                                         taken as a whole*, has met
                                          Tribal and local                 the minimum FY 2005
                                    governments encouraged to                   requirements.
                                      start implementing the
                                              NIMS                           State certification is
                                                                        required to receive FY 2006
                                                                             preparedness funds.
           FY 2006                  States, territories, tribes and        At the end of FY 2006,
                                      local governments must                States and Territories
                                       meet the FY 06 NIMS                submit a self-certification
                                          implementation                form attesting that the State
                                            requirements                   (including its tribal and
                                                                         local jurisdictions) has met
                                     Refer to the attached FY              the minimum FY 2006
                                    2006 NIMS Implementation                    requirements.
                                      Matrices for State and
                                       Local Governments                    State certification is
                                                                        required to receive FY 2007
                                                                            preparedness funds.
    FY 2007 and outyears              Full NIMS compliance is               State certification of
                                       required for all federal          ongoing NIMS compliance
                                        preparedness funds.                    requirements.

                                    States, territories, tribes and          NIMS compliance
                                    local governments continue           continues to be required to
                                    to implement the NIMS and           receive federal preparedness
                                        meet any additional                        funds.
                                     requirements as identified
                                      by the NIMS Integration
                                        Center to ensure the
                                      continued success of the
                                                NIMS.



*
  “Taken as a whole” recognizes that not every community or individual responder will have completed all of the
requirements. The “taken as a whole” standard means that most have and that good faith efforts are underway to
achieve full compliance.