The City of Olathe is now ready for anything Mother Nature dishes out—thanks to its utilization of the National Incident Management System (NIMS). Local governments across the nation are required to adopt NIMS, which is a comprehensive approach to incident management. For many jurisdictions, that is where NIMS ends—a book on a shelf. The City of Olathe decided to take that book off the shelf by utilizing NIMS in its daily operations. The City has realized efficiencies through better coordination, as a result of implementing NIMS in its non-emergency operations. By using NIMS on a consistent, non-emergency basis, the City is well-practiced and better prepared to use the model in a disaster situation, should such a situation arise.