Volunteer fire department perceptions of ICS and NIMS

Jessica A. Jensen; D. K. Yoon

doi:10.2202/1547-7355.1808

Volunteer fire department perceptions of ICS and NIMS

Jessica A. Jensen, D. K. Yoon

Department of Urban Planning and Engineering

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Abstract

A mail survey designed to explore perceptions of the Incident Command System (ICS) and the National Incident Management System (NIMS) was sent to volunteer fire fighters and department chiefs in Spring of 2008. The data demonstrated that both ICS and NIMS were not well perceived among responding volunteer fire chiefs and volunteer fire fighters in North Dakota. Rather than indicating issues with the ICS or NIMS systems themselves, respondents' comments revealed concerns with the systems to be rooted in their status as volunteers and their residence in rural areas.

Original language	English
Article number	14
Journal	Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
Volume	8
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2202/1547-7355.1808
Publication status	Published - 2011 Jan

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Safety Research

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Volunteer fire department perceptions of ICS and NIMS

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