A Comprehensive Review of Staging Areas

Recognized as a critical element of the Incident Command System, Staging Areas are established to maintain a ready reserve of tactical resources and operational overhead to support evolving or emergent operational resource requirements.  Staging Areas with adequate resource reserves are a critical component of maintaining a proactive posture on the …

EMSI Introduces New ICS Advanced Planning Process Course

Continuing to introduce innovative and advanced Incident Command System (ICS) training courses and support tools, EMSI recently developed an ICS Advanced Planning Process course and is working to develop an ICS Planning Process Guide Book. This course greatly expands on operational planning concepts, to better prepare response personnel to develop …

EMSI Initial Response Guide Book Now Available

Recognizing a critical ICS training shortfall, EMSI developed the ICS-220 Initial Response Team course, an advanced ICS training course greatly expanding on initial response management concepts, to better prepare response personnel for managing the often chaotic and dynamic initial stages of the response, with additional focus on a prolonged posture …

EMSI Provides Leadership and Decision-Making Training to the IAEA

Last month, EMSI delivered a customized leadership and decision-making training session to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria. Created by EMSI instructor/practitioners with expertise in crisis and incident leadership, this training was provided to responders from the IAEA Incident and Emergency System (IES). With a purpose of …

Managing Extended Operations Using an ICS-201

EMSI is pleased to announce that we will be offering our recently revised and enhanced ICS-220 Initial Response Team course (All-Hazards Initial Response) at the All-Hazards IMT (AHIMT) Association (AHIMTA) Training & Education Symposium, December 2-3. Training enrollment is limited to symposium attendees and will be managed by the AHIMT …

¡EMSI ofrece cursos de SCI en español!

EMSI está orgulloso de ofrecer cursos básicos de Sistemas de Comando de Incidentes (SCI) (100, 200, 300) en español. Los cursos a este nivel proporcionan una visión general de cómo funciona el SCI, incluyendo las características principales, la terminología común, los conceptos clave, la estructura organizacional y un conocimiento básico …

New Incident Leadership Course Developed for Energy Department

EMSI recently completed development and delivery of a new crisis and incident leadership course for the Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA). The course, intended for Senior Energy Officials from the DOE/NNSA Office of Nuclear Incident Response, focused on crisis and incident leadership challenges the DOE/NNSA Senior Energy Official …

EMSI Provides Nuclear and Radiological Incident Management Training to NJ Emergency Management Officials

A 10 kiloton (10kt) nuclear detonation is one of the most complex scenarios emergency response personnel can face.  Through a contract with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), EMSI recently provided nuclear and radiological response incident management training for emergency management officials from New Jersey, including personnel from New Jersey …