<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article contains content that is written like an advertisement . Please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links, and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . (July 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article contains content that is written like an advertisement . Please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links, and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . (July 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Most emergency management in the United States is done at the local and state level . The recently formed Department of Homeland Security has attempted to standardize equipment, organizational structures, and terminology to create better response and preparedness to large and small scale disasters across the country . The National Incident Management System is a collection of principles and methods that can be utilized by local, state, federal emergency managers as well as the private sector and NGOS . NIMS aims to better improve the nation's response to emergencies . Its goal is a better system that can more efficiently allocate resources in the event of a disaster and facilitate cooperation among diverse entities and agencies . Large scale disasters in the past in the U.S. suffered from lack of solid coordination and authority, as well as different entities utilizing different lingo when communication which led to confusion . NIMS attempts to solve these issues . To that end, FEMA developed the National Incident Management System (NIMS). </P> <P> NIMS guides all levels of government, nongovernmental organizations (NGO), and the private sector to work together to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from incidents . NIMS provides stakeholders across the whole community with the shared vocabulary, systems, and processes to successfully deliver the capabilities described in the National Preparedness System . NIMS is: </P>

The national incident management system (nims) was created as result of which of the following