There is a definite desire to have someone be in charge during a disaster. This has led to much misunderstanding of the role of emergency management and the role of the Emergency Operations Center ...

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 ...

My June IAEM Bulletin took on the issue of what to call the place that is activated when disasters happen, EOC vs. ECC. Tom Cox, Canadian Eh! (you will see an alternative spelling for centre) wrote up ...

All State of California employees are considered “disaster service workers” and may be called on to provide assistance if a disaster occurs. Since the SEMS/ICS system will be used by first responders ...

The National Incident Management System (NIMS) established by FEMA in 2004 includes the utilization of a standardized approach to managing critical incidents through the use of the Incident Command ...