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 ...

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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 ...

Insight from Mike Noyes, Jeff Holloway and Richard Tice, who have 110 years of combined experience, can help ICs excel at multiple-alarm fires. When more companies arrive on scene, the most important ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

THE 1103rd Infantry Brigade (1103Bde) and partner agencies strengthened disaster preparedness in the geographically isolated island municipality of Pangutaran, ...

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 ...