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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Over the years, computerization of the fire service has provided many enhancements to operations. However, computers or mobile data computers (MDCs) often don’t offer the speed, reliability and ease ...

Compliance with the Emergency Preparedness Requirements for Medicare and Medicaid Participating Providers and Suppliers Final Rule indicates that skilled nursing facilities (SNF) along with other ...

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 ...

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 ...

Michael D. Brown, under secretary of the Department of Homeland Security for Emergency Preparedness and Response, recently announced the release of the Web-based Incident Command System (ICS) ...

If one of the primary purposes of the Incident Command System (ICS) within the National Incident Management System (NIMS) is to provide for the safety of those involved in mitigating an incident, why ...