The United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) explains that an incident action plan (IAP) “formally documents incident goals, operational period objectives, and the response ...

Your Emergency Management Plan starts with understanding the potential threats, planning for an emergency and responding appropriately. Everyone needs to have a plan of action in order to be prepared ...

FEMA has just released the National Planning System, a much anticipated document intended to provide a unified approach and common terminology to all-hazards planning. It’s a bit underwhelming.

FEMA has released Key Planning Factors and Considerations for Response to and Recovery from a Chemical Incident, written for response and recovery planners at the regional, state, local, tribal, and ...

LeDuc: Why Incident Action Planning Is Critical? Aug. 27, 2015 Todd LeDuc explains why the incident command plan needs to be utilized every day, so responders are ready for the major incidents.

The purpose of an Incident Action Plan (IAP) is to identify and mitigate any potential risks associated with the planning, implementation and successful completion of an event occurring on the ...

Michael Daley outlines the 15-point size-up to develop an incident action plan for technical rescue incidents. Today’s emergency responders find themselves reporting to a variety of incidents ...

One of the CSB's recommendations to FEMA following the explosion in West, Texas, was to fund training for fire departments on pre-incident planning for fires at facilities storing fertilizer grade ...

Provide the Emergency Operations Center director with the control necessary to support all operations and all agencies responding to the incident. Normally, the incident commander will be the fire ...