The Boulder IMT is a multi-agency, local All-Hazards Incident Management Team
An All-Hazards Incident Management Team (AHIMT) plays an essential role in management of and response to disasters. They can either enhance ongoing operations by offering support, or can transition to managing the incident.
According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), AHMITS can be used for coordination of on-scene operations, natural (e.g. floods, wildfire, tornados) or man-made hazards (e.g. terrorist incident) that lead to disasters, planned exercises or public events that require participation and coordination between two or more agencies or jurisdictions, public health emergencies, and more.
As a local IMT that invests in personnel that can respond to multiple types of incidents of different scales, the Boulder IMT tailors our response, the functions we perform, and the positions we will fill to meet the needs of the situation.
One of the first—and most distinctive—differences between a local Incident Management Team (IMT) and the IMTs that serve the different geographic regions across the country is that the complexity of the incident should have very little to do with the decision to deploy a local IMT to respond. Whether the incident is big or small, multifaceted or comparatively simple, local IMTs offer a jurisdiction support when the incident they are facing exceeds their capacity to respond and save lives.
– Patrick Van Horne, “The Local IMT: Complexity Has Nothing To Do With It”
Boulder IMT’s Staffing & Management
The mission of the BIMT is to provide an “All-Hazards” Incident Management Team as a resource for critical incidents in the City of Boulder and Boulder County, Colorado.
By serving as a mutual aid resource early on in the incident, the Boulder IMT will be able to support the City and County of Boulder by providing for incident safety, operational coordination, management support, and fiscal accountability in an expedient manner for all-hazards incidents.
There are 24 standing positions in the Boulder IMT under the following sections: Command, Operations, Planning, Logistics, Finance, and Command Staff.
Each position is filled by a qualified and experienced individual and the Boulder IMT offers trainee opportunities when applicable.
The Office of Emergency Management Board maintains governance over the Boulder IMT. The Office of Emergency Management provides organizational management of the Boulder IMT during non-emergency times, operating under OEM Board policy direction. During emergencies, Boulder OEM will provide operational support and the mobilization of resources as requested by the Boulder IMT.
The Boulder IMT meets quarterly to conduct training, exercises and necessary reviews of the team’s policies and procedures. The meetings are also used to discuss team readiness and operations.
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State Qualifications
The Boulder IMT follows the qualification standards set in the Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management IMT Task books.
