Following the completion of a course this summer attended by many senior state representatives, the National Association of State Foresters (NASF) issued the following memorandum giving Intent into Action: Organizational Leadership for the Command and General Staff equivalency for both … Read More
MCS facilitated the intent based planning workshop “Moving IMT Decisions through Intent into Action” at this year’s Colorado AHIMT conference in Keystone, CO. The conference, held on September 18th and 19th, included members from each of Colorado’s local incident management … Read More
MCS, in partnership with the Country Fire Authority, Victoria, successfully delivered two Intent into Action: Organisational Leadership for the Command & General Staff courses as part of the multi-agency Level 3 Incident Management Team accreditation framework. In the Australasian Inter-Agency Incident Management System … Read More
Funding for the development effort of the L-580 project is complete. The San Diego Foundation’s Regional Disaster Fund Board approved a generous donation for the amount needed, and the San Diego Regional Fire Foundation assisted in ensuring that the transaction … Read More
MCS conducted Moving IMT Decisions through Intent into Action at the 2014 Rocky Mountain IMT Meeting in Cheyenne, WY, on April 10, 2014. Eighteen primary and trainee members of RMIMT2A’s C&GS received certificates for the course. Conducted in a workshop … Read More
The BLM recently announced a decision to grant equivalency to MCS’s Intent into Action program for NWCG’s S-420: Command & General Staff. This move enables BLM employees to receive credit for both S-420 and L-480 when completing Intent into Action. … Read More
MCS participated in a multi-agency Lessons Learned Workshop hosted by the Kern County Fire Department in Bakersfield, CA. We had the honor of co-presenting with survivors turned teachers (thrivers) of the 1993 Glen Allen and 2001 Thirtymile fatality fires. … Read More
About 80 area commanders and incident commanders from the National AC-IC meeting conducted a “Leader’s Recon” of the L-580 San Diego Megafires Interactive Case Study project. The development of this L-580 project is a public-private partnership including sponsorship and support … Read More
February 3-7, 2014 – MCS helped facilitate the Advanced Leadership Seminar for the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), in Arlington, VA. The seminar, which MCS helped develop, is designed for OFDA members serving on Response Management and Disaster Assistance Support Teams … Read More
In partnership with the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department and San Diego Gas & Electric Utility, MCS has initiated development of L-580: Leadership is Action, a new training program for senior leaders in incident response. Designed as an interactive case study … Read More