What is the primary purpose of the National Incident Management System (NIMS)?
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A
To provide a consistent nationwide framework for government and private sector to work together to prevent, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate incidents
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B
To establish a federal chain of command that supersedes all state and local emergency management authorities
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C
To allocate FEMA grant funding to state and local governments for emergency preparedness
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D
To serve as the legal authority for federal intervention in state-declared disasters