For decades now the fire service has been managing large fire grounds through use of the Incident Management System. Within the past few years - since the attacks of nine eleven - it's been realized ...
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 ...
WASHINGTON - The National Incident Management System (NIMS) Integration Center has developed guidelines for Incident Command System (ICS) training providers that will help them ensure that the ...
Area Command (Unified Area Command): An organization established (1) to oversee the management of multiple incidents that are each being handled by an ICS organization or (2) to oversee the management ...
My first attempt at this column began with a list of all my department’s endeavors to obtain the Holy Grail of incident management-the coveted “NIMS compliance.” This included defining the five types ...
The 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG), held at the Kentucky Horse Park (KHP) in Lexington, was the first time the quadrennial WEG was hosted outside of Europe. To help manage the 17-day ...