These include terrorist attacks‚ hurricanes‚ wildfires‚ and other mass response situations. These had great responses by first responders. This is due in part to the creation of the Incident Command System (ICS). This system allows for communication between different agencies and allows for a better response to mass incidents. According to Wikipedia there are 5 key concepts. These are unity of command‚ common terminology‚ management by objective‚ flexible and modular organization‚ and span of control
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Sean Elijah Bell Sean Elijah Bell an African-American boy born on May 18‚ 1983 in Jamiaca‚ Queens New York .As a teenager he studied acting in Flushing Queens . Then became a baseball pitcher for John Adams High School. He lived in a modest home in Queens and was the middle child. Son of William Bell ‚ a mechanic and Valerie Bell‚ an investigator. His parents were married 29 years . He also was the nephew of a current University of Missouri basketball couch‚ named Frank Haith. Bell had a high
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The Roswell Incident: Conspiracy or Cockamamie? A closer look at Project Mogul. COM/172 The Roswell Incident: Conspiracy or Cockamamie? A closer look at Project Mogul. In early July of 1947‚ most likely around July 4th or 5th‚ something crashed to the Earth in the high desert of eastern New Mexico (Carey & SChmitt‚ 2009). Mac Brazel‚ a ranch hand on the J.B. Foster ranch‚ went to check
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The National Incident Management System (NIMS) was developed by the Secretary of Homeland Security at the request of the President to integrate effective practices in emergency preparedness and response into a comprehensive national framework for incident management. It guides departments and agencies at all levels of the private sector‚ nongovernmental organizations‚ and the government by using a proactive and systematic approach to prevent‚ protect against‚ respond to‚ recover from‚ and mitigate
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The Incident Command System (ICS) was first developed and introduced in the 1970’s when a string of catastrophic fires were springing up in California. The destruction of property created by the fires produced skyrocketed in the millions causing many people to be seriously injured or perish during the event. The individuals who were assigned to investigate the cause of these fires in California studied the case histories and discovered that response efforts to battle such catastrophes could be
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In 2001 the Queensland Police Service (QPS) embarked on research to develop an incident command system (ICS)‚ specific to QPS needs‚ to be utilised for the efficient and effective management of an incident regardless of size or scale (QPS 2016‚ p. 1.7). This was incorporated after consultation with operational managers and a review of a number of incidents‚ which identified the need for an ICS and relevant training to be implemented into the QPS training curriculum. QPS senior management identified
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In the book the curious incident of the dog at night-time written by Mark Haddon‚ an important idea is the difficulty of diversity in society. Haddon communicated the idea through the book using the language features narrative point of view‚ Dialogue‚ and symbolism. Narrative point of view was used to show us Christopher’s perspective on how he views the world and society‚ and to get inside Christopher’s head to explain the fact he reacts a certain way‚ or believes in a certain philosophy like how
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In Mark Haddon’s novel‚ The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time‚ readers observe the world through the eyes of an autistic fifteen-year-old boy named Christopher Boone. Christopher discovers his neighbor’s poodle‚ Wellington‚ was mysteriously murdered so he becomes committed to solving the murder. After discovering his father killed the dog‚ the story’s external conflict evolves from solving Wellington’s murder to Christopher’s perilous journey to find the mother who he recently found out
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Christopher John Francis Boone is a fifteen year old boy who suffers from autism. As the book progresses‚ Christopher develops steadily from an immature like child to a mature teenager with autism. With Christopher’s love of dogs he solves a mystery case for the murder of Mrs. Shears‚ Christopher’s neighbour’s‚ poodle‚ Wellington. Once Christopher realizes that his father was the murderer‚ he embarks on a journey to leave his father forever and
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Similarities of Two Southwest Airlines Incidents. Two more similar incidents occurred in 2009 and 2011 to two Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-300 aircrafts. The fuselage ruptured in the similar areas due to corrosion and lap joint issues‚ but at a far lesser severity than that of Aloha Airlines Flight 243. The incidents occurred to Southwest Flight 2294 on July 13‚ 2009 and to Southwest Flight 812 on April 1‚ 2011‚ where both aircrafts made emergency landings safely with no injuries (Irving‚ 2011)
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