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 ...

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 ...

Preparing Command Staff personnel for training in the fine art of managing an Incident Command System (ICS) incident is really no more difficult than planning for the invasion of Europe in 1944. It ...

Tens of thousands of people have taken the online basic Incident Command System (ICS) training. How much of that do they really retain over time? It all becomes very real when someone is told they are ...

In 2004, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, under presidential order, instituted the National Incident Management System. This nationwide initiative was targeted at getting federal, state, ...

This course provides training on and resources for personnel who require advanced application of the Incident Command System (ICS). This course provides training on and resources for personnel who ...

The FEMA Emergency Management Institute’s (EMI) Curriculum Management Branch offers the Independent Study Program (ISP). This is a distance learning program which offers training, free of charge, to ...

ICS training. Members of the Lanao del Sur Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council attend the Incident Command System (ICS) Executive Training Course, conducted by the Office of ...

Integrating tools such as drones, artificial intelligence and real-time data analytics promises to revolutionize how first responders operate. However, one tried-and-true concept from the 1970s is ...

NIOSH investigators spoke of the importance of incident command and management and firefighters receiving training on Mayday following a probe of a 2010 blaze that claimed a Texas captain, who asked ...