Friday, May 16, 2008
Co-Located, But Still Not Unified Command
John Linstrom
With the advent of the latest draft of the National Response Plan and National Incident Management System documents, the public safety sector, including...
All Fall Down
By Patrick Kenney
On Jan. 28 at 23:41 hours, the Hinsdale (Ill.) Fire Department responded to the report of a house fire in a building under construction. Police officers...
Ohio County Unifies RIT Program
The Warren County Fire Chiefs Association, which includes 15 fire departments north of Cincinnati, recently completed rapid intervention team training...
Study Challenges Fire Management Tactics
By Douglas Page
Last year's devastating fires ignited new research challenging the assumptions for managing arid, fire-prone regions. Natural fires, such as those found...
Get on the National Grid
By Pat West, Senior Editor
Link to NIMS Document & Related Stories
First Gleason Leadership Awards Announced
On April 27, the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, announced the first six recipients of the Paul Gleason Lead by Example Award. The Wildland...
Are You a Credible Leader?
Mike DeGrosky
When it comes to leaders, we talk about all kinds of desireable traits, characteristics and behaviors. Effective leadership involves a complex interplay...
Tongue-Tied
Theresa B. Jain Research Forester, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Moscow, Idaho
The ineffective and inconsistent use of terminology among fire managers, scientists, resource managers and the public is a constant problem in resource...
NIMS Center to Be Nexus
The Department of Homeland Security marked a major milestone June 3 as it officially stood up the National Incident Management System Integration Center....
Training Is Top Priority for NIC
As part of its mission, the National Incident Management System Integration Center will be looking to improve the quality of NIMS training. We're not...
Emergency Credentials Under Way at NIC
Fire service credentialing has taken another step forward now that DHS has opened the National Incident Management System Integration Center. The NIC...
NIMS: The Lasting Legacy of 9-11
Michael D. Brown, Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Emergency Preparedness and Response
No doubt those who died on Sept. 11 will always be remembered in art, song and other moving memorials, but for those of us involved in emergency response, perhaps the best living memorial is the implementation of National Incident Management System....
Alert: Ladders Slip Off Metal Roofs
NIMS Integration Center Director Discusses Plans
Pat West, Senior Editor
Chiefs Urged to Prep for Scorching Season
California saw several early fires in May, and with long-term drought affecting many areas of the United States, climatologists predict that 2004 will...
Run for the Border
By Chris DeChant
First responders are the front-line soldiers in the WMD battle. Being fully trained and capable to respond is an absolute necessity. Chief officers are...
Forest Service Develops Megafire Model
Federal wildland fire agencies will be changing their strategies to battle wildfires, especially on fighting according to Jerry Williams, director of...
It's Time to Extend the Military Metaphor
[ Ronny J. Coleman ]
The fire service often has been characterized as paramilitary, ever since the corps of vigils, Rome's original fire brigade, was a unit of the Roman army....
Risk Management More Than Fireground Safety
[ Mike Chiaramonte ]
A small volunteer fire department noticed an increase in kitchen fires and food-on-the-stove calls from their elderly population. They developed a fire...
A Model Approach
By John M. Buckman III
On March 1, the Department of Homeland Security released the National Incident Management System, a template for all emergency responders to use in disaster...
A Historic Day in Washington
Janet Wilmoth, Editor
Last Wednesday was a hallmark day for the fire service in our nation's Capitol. Historic events were held at the White House and the Washington Hilton....
No New Lessons
Last November's California wildfires prompted former Gov. Gray Davis and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to appoint a 34-member panel to make recommendations...
Firefighting's Constant Motion
Michelle Ryerson-Grett
What are some of the biggest risk you see facing the managers of wildland situations? We have a tendency to focus in on the job at hand. As with past...
Are We Ready for Our Medicine?
[ John Eversole ]
When chemical and biological weapons moved from the military arena to the civilian world via terrorism nearly 10 years ago, we in the fire service didn't...
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