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 ...

BOISE, Idaho--The National Wildfire Coordination Group and the U.S. Fire Administration have jointly developed and implemented a new online course that will enable firefighters, incident responders ...

Sometime in the last few years, your eyes probably glazed over while attending a mandated course on the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the Incident Command System (ICS). If you’re an ...

Tens of thousands of people have taken the online basic Incident Command System (ICS) training. How much of that do they really retain over time? It all becomes very real when someone is told they are ...

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 ...

After the devastating attack on the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, Arlington County (Virginia) found itself a key player in a complex, first responder crisis. During its initial response to the Pentagon ...