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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Two years after an amphibious assault ship was set on fire and burned while commanders argued over who was in charge, the U.S. Navy finally has issued clear directives on authority in such matters.

On an upper floor of the San Diego Convention Center, above huge halls where several hundred people have been sheltering nightly during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a nerve center. Staff members ...

David Decker – On April 30th at 2036 hours NFD units were dispatched to 643 McKinley Avenue for a report of a commercial building fire. While responding, Dispatch reported additional calls reporting ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon Governor Kate Brown rescinded her order on Sunday that established a temporary joint incident command structure for law enforcement in Portland. The move followed the ...

Calm winds overnight helped Gifford Fire crews build containment lines on the “rapidly-growing fire on the northern flank,” incident commanders said Wednesday morning. The wildfire was reported at ...

While deepwater operators take numerous precautions to maintain the safety and control of their well sites, they must also be prepared to contain an incident or subsea “blowout” if one should occur.