Given the foundational and the fundamental role that the Incident Command System (ICS) is
intended to play in on‐scene response efforts across the United States, it is important to …

In the wake of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States, organizations
involved in emergency management at the local, state and federal level were mandated to …

DISASTER RESPONSE AND RECOVERY The new edition of the standard textbook in the
field, updated with new studies and practical guidelines for reacting to the complexities of …

Since the 1970s, emergency management agencies, associations, and standards have
declared the emerging profession to be responsible for facilitating the framework within …

For more than a decade, the National Incident Management System (NIMS) has served in
the United States as the mandated framework for coordinated organization, operational …

This paper explains the perceived implementation behaviour of counties in the United States
with respect to the National Incident Management System (NIMS). The system represents a …

Disasters can serve as focusing events that increase agenda attention related to issues of
disaster response, recovery, and preparedness. Increased agenda attention can lead to …

This study harnesses the non-literal communicative power of metaphor to enable quicker
transferal of rich detailed information within and across emergency management …

The book offers an in-depth analysis of the challenges of establishing authority within
collaborative efforts. It introduces the concept of cumulative authority, arguing that …

American governance in the twenty-first century continues down a path of enhanced
coercion and direction from the federal government. Emergency management policy is no …