The Australasian Inter-service Incident Management System (AIIMS)TM is the incident management system used by all AFAC member agencies. AIIMS was first developed in the 1980s as a derivative of the United States’ NIIMS, and is based on the principles of management by objectives, functional management and span of control.
More information is available in each of the sections below.
AIIMS as Operational Doctrine - AIIMS is AFAC’s procedural doctrine which supports the fundamental doctrine of incident management.
AIIMS Governance - Ownership of the AIIMS trademark and copyright in the AIIMS manual are vested in AFAC Ltd. Oversight of AIIMS and application of these governance arrangements has been delegated by AFAC Council to the AIIMS Steering Committee.
System - AIIMS enables the seamless integration of activities and resources from multiple agencies for the resolution of any emergency situation.
AIIMS Training - The course addresses underpinning knowledge only and does not contain any practical emergency management activities.
The trademark ‘AIIMS’ and the copyright in the AIIMS manual and training resources are owned by AFAC.
