Suchi Rudra is a writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, BBC and Vice, among other publications. Emergency situations are simply a part of life, but schools now have a wider range of ...

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 ...

Fireground command dates back decades, and the different styles are too many to list in this article. However, all fireground commanders should understand the incident command system (ICS) and the ...

No element of response to fires and other incidents is more important to fire department leadership, incident commanders (ICs) and municipalities than the safety of their firefighters. Evidence of ...