The Incident Command System, or ICS, is a management system that supports effective and efficient incident management by integrating a combination of facilities equipment, personnel, procedures and ...

While the incident command system (ICS) is important to fire chiefs and officers, it is also refreshing to examine it from the firefighter’s perspective. More to the point, we need to look at what we ...

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 ...

Following the events of 9/11 and Katrina the Department of Homeland Security fell in love with the Incident Command System (ICS). You can now find ICS for hospitals, schools and yes--emergency ...

Sometime in the last few years, your eyes probably glazed over while attending a mandated course on the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the Incident Command System (ICS). If you’re an ...

After the devastating attack on the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, Arlington County (Virginia) found itself a key player in a complex, first responder crisis. During its initial response to the Pentagon ...

How are you going to organize the place where you coordinate and/or command from when responding to a disaster? Most organizations, public and private have struggled with this question. For those in ...