For decades now the fire service has been managing large fire grounds through use of the Incident Management System. Within the past few years - since the attacks of nine eleven - it's been realized ...

NIMS compliance has taken a front-row seat in California, as well as other states, and Whitman says they are working on 100-percent compliance -- naturally. "We have approximately 600,000 first ...

In some circles, the National Incident Management System (NIMS) is misunderstood, misapplied and not embraced. But make no mistake about it, it’s become the “law of the land,” and it’s not going away ...

WASHINGTON - The National Incident Management System (NIMS) Integration Center has developed guidelines for Incident Command System (ICS) training providers that will help them ensure that the ...

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 ...

One of the big changes since the 9/11 attacks has been the institution of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) here in the United States. A core portion of NIMS is the Incident Command ...

Sometime in the last few years, your eyes probably glazed over while attending a mandated course on the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the Incident Command System (ICS). If you’re an ...

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 events of 9/11 have become a part of the fabric of this nation. Those who died, both the heroic rescuers and the innocent victims, are immortalized in myriad ways and will be long remembered in ...

Today someone mentioned the article The Elephant in the JIC which speaks to the issue of reconciling the use of social media with NIMS and ICS control mechanisms. This is something I've written about ...