I just finished completing the 3rd National Incident Management System (NIMS) compliance course required of me by my organization, and it got me thinking about planning in general. There are a lot of ...

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 ...

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 ...

There is a lot of talk these days about implementing the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and using the Incident Command System (ICS). However, colleges and universities have been slow to ...

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, ...

This looming deadline has left some agencies scrambling, particularly smaller ones that already suffer from manpower shortages and high turnover rate. But there are notable exceptions to the many ...

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 ...

Emergency Services Interactive Systems rolls out its software created to assist first responders and management teams in the development of a coordinated response process. The Coordinated NIMS ...

Aside from the flood of obvious concerns involving the environmental and financial impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a frustration among some in the emergency ...