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 ...

September 7, 2006 Simulating one of the most demanding and mission critical roles available to a human being, Incident Commander is a PC-based simulation that provides a safe environment for first ...

If there is anything that the last several years have taught long-term care providers about managing emergencies and disasters, it’s that strong leadership is a critical operational component to help ...

Through the years, the need to control and coordinate groups requiring teamwork has had many different approaches. From the autocratic manner of the military to the brutish forcefulness of a coal mine ...

FORT BENNING, Ga., (Dec. 10, 2014) -- The Directorate of Emergency Services recently purchased a new mobile incident command post, and is ready to roll the vehicle out for large-scale emergency events ...

In the simplest sense, incident command is the individual who oversees what’s going on, be it a straightforward run or the most complex of calls. In more complicated terms, it’s the individual who ...

Bob Sandman was called to Texas soon after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, where he said he ran an evacuation center for 16,000 people from an airport in San Antonio. He's asked on Friday morning about ...

Uvalde School Police Chief Pete Arredondo detailed in a new interview the 77 minute delay in breaching a room at Robb Elementary School where a gunman had barricaded himself with students last month. ...