I am absolutely positive that everyone will not agree with what I’ve written below. Perhaps it will provoke some discussion on the topic where you live and work. I have noted that where I live, some ...

The latest Disaster Zone podcast, "Virtual ICS Trainings," is now up and running. I think online training is the future. People have gotten accustomed to online events and it saves the costs of travel ...

The nation's first responders now can take two new incident command system (ICS) review courses online through the National Emergency Training Center (NETC) Virtual Campus. The new, scenario-based ...

The primary audience for this course is personnel and service providers who deal with critical infrastructure. If you want to learn how insider threats can influence critical infrastructure and how to ...

The International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have reached an agreement to allow non-U.S. IAEM members access to the Emergency ...

The Emergency Management Institute (EMI) serves as the national focal point for the development and delivery of emergency management training. This training enhances the capabilities of the Federal, ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that National Fire Academy courses were canceled amid a “process of evaluating agency programs and spending to ensure alignment with Administration ...

All State of California employees are considered “disaster service workers” and may be called on to provide assistance if a disaster occurs. Since the SEMS/ICS system will be used by first responders ...

As watchdogs and congressional leaders eyeball the Federal Emergency Management Agency for severely lax data sharing controls, the Government Accountability Office is dinging the agency for the ...