An effectively implemented incident command system saves lives by promoting firefighter accountability and controlling activity. Incident command is the fundamental building block of a much larger ...

Purdue University’s Integrated Emergency Management Plan (IEMP) uses a management system widely known as the Incident Command System (ICS). The ICS provides an organizational structure capable of ...

Suchi Rudra is a writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, BBC and Vice, among other publications. Emergency situations are simply a part of life, but schools now have a wider range of ...

(TNS) - This year on the Gila National Forest, in New Mexico, there have been 55 wildfires — nine of which were human caused and the rest because of lightning. Based on the Forest’s Fire Management ...

The National Incident Management System (NIMS) established by FEMA in 2004 includes the utilization of a standardized approach to managing critical incidents through the use of the Incident Command ...

All State of California employees are considered “disaster service workers” and may be called on to provide assistance if a disaster occurs. Since the SEMS/ICS system will be used by first responders ...

Four Sauk Valley fire departments are taking part in Calm the Chaos fireground command training as part of an ongoing effort to standardize leadership and improve emergency response. For the past two ...

The Next-Generation Incident Command System (NICS) — a full-time emergency response capability – has been transitioned to the Worldwide Incident Command Services Corporation (WICS), according to an ...

I am absolutely positive that everyone will not agree with what I’ve written below. Perhaps it will provoke some discussion on the topic where you live and work. I have noted that where I live, some ...

Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil speaks with Syra Madad and Nicholas Cagliuso about embracing change and uncertainty and what it’s like to operate an incident command system during a pandemic.

Ed Krell operates FEMA's Incident Response Vehicle (IRV) set up at the base of Lake LaMoure spillway during North Dakota flooding on March 24, 2010. (Michael Rieger/FEMA) The Department of Homeland ...

The local government of Cagayan de Oro City has launched an Incident Command System (ICS) to address public health concerns ...