There is a lot of talk these days about implementing the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and using the Incident Command System (ICS). However, colleges and universities have been slow to ...

Available from Informed Publishing, the NIMS Incident Command System Field Guide, the first pocket reference to give first responders fast access to information needed for effective incident command, ...

Previstar's Continual Preparedness System has been evaluated by independent, third-party reviewers and was shown to meet the standards set by NIMS Supporting Technology Evaluation Program, the company ...

With the recent availability of more affordable and multi-functional UAS platforms and sensor technologies, and their demonstrated capability to provide critical information for a wide variety of ...

Mobile Emergency Response Team are on location at the Hazard Area Command Center providing assistance in local flood response in Hazard, Kentucky, on July 30, 2022. (Robert Kaufmann/FEMA) FEMA has ...

One of the big changes since the 9/11 attacks has been the institution of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) here in the United States. A core portion of NIMS is the Incident Command ...

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 ...

The United States is moving too fast in implementing a new system for standardizing the response to terrorist attacks and other disasters, top emergency responders told a House of Representatives ...

The Incident Command System (ICS) is a management system used within the United States to organize emergency response and was designed to offer a scalable response to incidents of any magnitude. As ...

When police officers handle emergencies, they often work with state or federal responders within the National Incident Management System (NIMS). Because emergency response situations affect many ...

Most of our readers have probably already taken IS-700.A NIMS at some point in their careers. According to FEMA, which has primary responsibility for the maintenance of national preparedness doctrine, ...