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 ...

In the 1970's, California (U.S.) resources were severely taxed by major wildfire outbreaks. These incidents required the cooperation of multiple agencies that did not usually work together. Many ...

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 ...

BUTUAN CITY – Of the three participating countries namely Vietnam, Malaysia, and the Philippines, the latter was recognized to be advanced in its implementation of the Incident Command System (ICS) ...

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 ...

President George W. Bush visits a base camp Oct. 25, 2007, for first responders battling the Southern California wildfires. (White House photo by Eric Draper) Following the 2001 9/11 terrorist attacks ...

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 ...

The Rhodium Incident Management Suite, a cloud-based command and control software, was widely deployed in response to Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. The Rhodium Incident Management Suite, a cloud-based ...