BY STEVE KREIS
Whether your fire department uses Fire Ground Command (FGC), the Incident Management System (IMS), the National Interagency Incident Man-agement System (NIIMS), the FIRESCOPE Incident Command System (ICS), or any other type of command system, we all agree incident command is absolutely critical for safe and effective service delivery.
The point of this article is to determine which is the most efficient, safe, and sane way to transition from the daily house fire to incidents that require a full-blown ICS without having to use two different systems. The Feds are trying to get us all on the same page with command systems. Recently, they released the all-risk plan, called the "National Incident Management System (NIMS)" in draft form. Some have called this plan the "one-eyed" NIIMS. I don't know how successful they will be at developing a national system, but it looks as if they are making significant progress. A lot of time and taxpayer money are being expended to determine what this national system will look like. Clearly, we should all use a common command system in a national emergency.
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