A critical evaluation of the incident command system and NIMS

Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Buck, Dick A ^a   Trainor, Joseph E ^a   Aguirre, Benigno E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency management; ICS; NIMS; Social science

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748780074     PISSN: 15477355     EISSN: 15477355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1547-7355.1252     Document Type: Article

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