Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We are finally hearing from those within the Los Angeles Fire Department who planned for and led the Palisades Fire fight. Lakers ...

Three weeks into fighting the flames, a National Incident Management Organization (NIMO) has taken over managing the Jenkins Creek Fire. With the Jenkins Creek Fire remaining at 16,091 acres and 94% ...

Three weeks after it began, the Jenkins Creek Fire sits at 16,091 acres, with 188 personnel still working to fight the flames. “Overall, one thing we’re finding with the hotter, drier weather ...

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 ...

For a department to perform its critical mission, competent incident commanders (ICs) are an absolute necessity. The optimal word in this statement is competent. Anyone can wear a badge or occupy the ...

Explore how fire agencies are moving beyond the whiteboard. Tactical worksheets and command boards have long been part of the job—but they come with significant limitations such as hard-to-read ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - A public facility in Grand Junction went from housing a fair to a fire crew. The Mesa County Fairgrounds is being used as an incident command post, which is a central ...

Mayor Caroline Simmons and Stamford Fire Chief Rex Morris were on hand at Turn of River Fire Station Thursday to highlight the department's reorganization. In July, the city added a second incident ...