President George W. Bush visits a base camp Oct. 25, 2007, for first responders battling the Southern California wildfires. (White House photo by Eric Draper) Following the 2001 9/11 terrorist attacks ...

Incident Management Technology's Personnel Accountability Management System (PAMS) is the most effective solution available for maintaining accurate and reliable firefighter accountability. The ...

Having already proven their worth in various parts of the country, All-Hazard Type 3 Incident Management Teams (IMT) are now catching on in other areas — and their growth within the last five years is ...

Let’s get right to the point: If your implementation of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) Incident Command System (ICS) does not help you achieve and maintain tactical accountability, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Organizations, regardless of their size, encounter incidents that lead to prolonged downtime, significant revenue losses, and unhappy customers. These incidents can be related to anything from ...

Small and medium-sized organizations without a disaster recovery plan are 40% more likely to close their doors permanently after a disaster. Research from FEMA highlights this alarming reality, ...

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An "incident" is defined as unplanned downtime, or interruption, that either partially or fully disrupts a service by offering a lesser quality of service to the users. If the Incident is major, then ...