By Marc Pellegrino Building a high-performing Incident Management Team (IMT) requires more than just an introductory foundation; it demands continuous progression and the refinement of complex coordination skills. Recognizing a critical gap in the national training curriculum for teams seeking the “next step” after the USFA O-305 course, EMSI developed the …
The Incident Management Team Association (IMTA) Mid-Year Academy will be held at the South Carolina Fire Academy June 23-27. Have you enrolled? EMSI is proud to partner with the IMTA, South Carolina Emergency Management Division, South Carolina State Fire, and Palmetto Incident Support Team to offer the following courses at …
Greetings ICS Practitioners! Here is your one stop shop for Environmental Unit Leader information qualification and performance task book. Enjoy! As you know, one of the key principles when utilizing the Incident Command System (ICS) is to build and sustain a modular response organization. This ensures that your Incident Management …
As we ring in the new year (its already March!), the staff at Emergency Management Services International (EMSI) have an additional reason to celebrate…being in business for 25 years! Since its inception in 2000, EMSI has played a significant role in building capacity across all levels of government and within …
Howdy fellow ICS practitioners! EMSI recently conducted a three-day scenario-based Tactics Workshop to help 40 members of an Incident Management Team (IMT) improve quality collaboration, documentation, and performance of their participants during the “Preparing for Tactics” phase of the Incident Action Planning process. Some of these new collaboration concepts …
Last fall the EMSI team designed and delivered an Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Functional Exercise for Fairfax County (Virginia) Department of Emergency Management and Security. The Exercise Design team included planners from county emergency management, police, and fire and rescue (including EMS), among other partners and stakeholders. Many of those …
As we enter a new year, EMSI is looking forward to seeing our clients, partners, and friends at several 2024 conferences. Additionally, we look forward to meeting new members of our ever-expanding All-Hazard community at the upcoming AHIMTA, Clean Waterways, IOSC, and Clean Gulf conferences. The All-Hazard Incident Management Team …
After a four-year hiatus, EMSI is excited to re-launch our blog and newsletter. These tools previously allowed EMSI to communicate with our clients, partners, and the broader emergency management community, and were an effective means to share best practices and new developments from EMSI. As the COVID-19 pandemic pushed the …
As you respond to hurricanes and other natural disasters amid the COVID pandemic, EMSI resources remain available to respond in support of your organization or community, including our Type 1 IMT resources. While many of us are still reeling from the effects of a global pandemic, hurricane season has not …
“You will not find it difficult to prove that battles, campaigns, and even wars have been won or lost primarily because of logistics.” –General Dwight D. Eisenhower There are approximately 30,000 wildland firefighters in the United States. On a large wildland fire, it is not unusual to have thousands of …
