Is Your Agency Ready for Severe Weather?

<img class=" wp-image-158 aligncenter" title="severe-weather" src="http://pcnews.rcomcreative cialis rezept.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/severe-weather1.jpg” alt=”FEMA says be ready for severe weather” width=”800″ height=”286″ /> No matter your perspective on why, we’re encountering more severe weather than in years past. These issues are affecting us in a … Read More

The Importance of Simulations

In the 1960s, structure fires were a common occurrence in large urban cities. As a result of evolution of the fire code, technology, and fire suppression tactics, fires are no longer the daily part of many firefighters lives. In Los … Read More

Updated iPad App Development

The Command Journal iPad application has been updated to support the protocol set forth by NFIRS 5.0 specification. This addition will enable appropriate addition of data either while on-scene or when back in quarters. The iPad app is designed to … Read More

Navy F/A 18D Crash Highlights Value of ICS Training

When a Navy F/18D suffered a catastrophic engine failure after takeoff from NAS Oceana, in Virgina Beach, VA, the first two officers from VBFD on scene had some immediate and critical decisions to make. District Fire Chief Michael Barakey and … Read More

Fire Officer Survey Will Help Define Tools For the Future

If you’re a fire officer, fire commissioner, or fire chief, you’re invited to take a free, short but quality online survey related to the use of technology in the fire service. Today, too many developers think they know all of … Read More

Getting Started with ICS 100

FEMA offers a series of online courses in Incident Command. If you’re in the fire or emergency services business, you’ve probably already completed a series of ICS education programs. If you’re new to ICS, then get ready to rev up … Read More

Development Update

Progress relative to the development of our iOS Command Journal solution is progressing nicely. The issues involved with development can be challenging if you permit too many new issues to be added as you move along. We refer to that … Read More

ICS Origins

<img class="aligncenter wp-image-61" title="ICS-promo-banner" src="http://pcnews.rcomcreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ICS-promo-banner1 c20 cialis.jpg” alt=”” width=”696″ height=”250″ /> The issue of incident management is one that continues to evolve. In the early 1970s, a number of significant wildfires in Southern California proved challenging to the point of … Read More

A brief history of Incident Command

The commonly held opinion on the history of incident command is that it began in the 1970s as a result of several catastrophic wildfires in California. But the true story of incident command goes back much further… As one might … Read More

Welcome to PureCommand

The world of emergency services is rapidly evolving. The days of manual tracking and management are rapidly disappearing. The key to making the transition is to not be forced to change the way you have been trained to mitigate a … Read More