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 ...

If there is anything that the last several years have taught long-term care providers about managing emergencies and disasters, it’s that strong leadership is a critical operational component to help ...

Lubbock Fire Rescue adopts a new incident command system designed to set up a seamless plan of action to coordinate control ...

The founding principles of the incident management system are establishing, maintaining, supporting and terminating command. A strong, central single incident commander is the starting point of the ...

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 ...

Every fire department needs to develop individuals who are capable of stepping up, organizing, and leading a firefighting operation. This was certainly true for the FDNY. The frequency and complexity ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - A public facility in Grand Junction went from housing a fair to a fire crew. The Mesa County Fairgrounds is being used as an incident command post, which is a central ...

Uvalde School Police Chief Pete Arredondo detailed in a new interview the 77 minute delay in breaching a room at Robb Elementary School where a gunman had barricaded himself with students last month. ...

Bob Sandman was called to Texas soon after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, where he said he ran an evacuation center for 16,000 people from an airport in San Antonio. He's asked on Friday morning about ...