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 ...

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 ...

Preparing Command Staff personnel for training in the fine art of managing an Incident Command System (ICS) incident is really no more difficult than planning for the invasion of Europe in 1944. It ...

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 ...

The nation's first responders now can take two new incident command system (ICS) review courses online through the National Emergency Training Center (NETC) Virtual Campus. The new, scenario-based ...

Insight from Mike Noyes, Jeff Holloway and Richard Tice, who have 110 years of combined experience, can help ICs excel at multiple-alarm fires. When more companies arrive on scene, the most important ...

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 ...

In the simplest sense, incident command is the individual who oversees what’s going on, be it a straightforward run or the most complex of calls. In more complicated terms, it’s the individual who ...

The ISA Global Cybersecurity Alliance (ISAGCA) and the Incident Command System for Industrial Control Systems (ICS4ICS) announced today the release of a cybersecurity first responder credentialing ...

FieldSoft's AIMSonScene incident command system (ICS) software replaces legacy incident management technology such as tactical worksheets and tactical marker boards. The software is NIMS "consistent" ...