What Was The Evolution of ICS?
ICS applications and users have steadily increased since the system’s original development. In 1980, the ICS that was originally developed in California under the FIRESCOPE program made the transition into a national program called the National Interagency Incident Management System (NIIMS). At that time ICS became the backbone of a wider-based system for all federal agencies with wildland fire management responsibilities. The following agencies and entities, among others, have endorsed the use of ICS: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). National Curriculum Advisory Committee on Incident Command Systems/Emergency Operations Management Systems recommends adoption of ICS as a multihazard/all- agency system. FEMA’s National Fire Academy (NFA) has adopted ICS as a model system for fire services. FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue Response System, a component of the Federal Response Plan, uses ICS as its on- site management structure. NFPA Standard 1405 (Land-Based Firefighters who resp
