The events of 9/11 spurred much change throughout the public safety industry in the United States. One major change involved the creation of a national incident management system (NIMS). Its ...

The National Incident Management System (NIMS) established by FEMA in 2004 includes the utilization of a standardized approach to managing critical incidents through the use of the Incident Command ...

Let’s get right to the point: If your implementation of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) Incident Command System (ICS) does not help you achieve and maintain tactical accountability, ...

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, ...

Incident Command System/Unified Command (ICS/UC) is an efficient tool used to manage emergency responses especially those that are multi-jurisdictional. The concept of ICS was born over forty years ...

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 ...

There is a challenge for many emergency managers in letting elected officials, especially those serving on a governing body (council, legislature) what their role is in the National Incident ...

DOHA, Qatar - ITT Exelis employees taught a Incident Command System, or ICS, course to soldiers and civilians on Camp As Sayliyah in February. "During my 10 years in the Massachusetts Army National ...

FEMA External Support Branch Director Linwood Gantt Jr., left, Robert Bondoni (APO) and Deborah Gordon (Ordering Unit) at Rafael Hernandez Airport in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, after Hurricane Irma. (K.C ...