By Craig Nelson, Executive Director Updated: March 30, 2020 As we here at NIRMA along with our valued Members and the rest of the world deal with the unprecedented efforts underway to stop the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic outbreak, I thought it would be...

*** ON-LINE TRAINING NOW AVAILABLE *** NIRMA continues to track and follow recommendations implemented by the CDC and public health officials due to the unfolding outbreak of respiratory illness caused by the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) and the impact it is having...

In light of the fluid events surrounding COVID–19 and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendation over the weekend that events consisting of 50 or more people be canceled or postponed for at least the next eight weeks, NIRMA will follow that...

Last year was a record-setting and record-tying year for NIRMA’s ASSIST Program in terms of the number of members applying and the number of applications submitted for grant funding assistance. So when it came time for the NIRMA Board of Directors to consider renewing...

Member county jail administrators, sheriffs, corrections staff members, county attorneys and county commissioners and supervisors were given an opportunity in February to learn about emerging trends in jail liability and the best practices for reducing liability risks...

The legacy of Jack Mills will live on in the form of two college scholarships approved by the NIRMA Board of Directors. Mills, who was a driving force in introducing risk management pooling in Nebraska and the creation of NIRMA in 1988, died February 14, 2019, at the...