WaveTalkers ICS Guide: Key Bridge

NIMS ICS Expanding Incident - Episode 106

Recorded LIVE at 1pm PST March 31, 2024


This week the WaveTalkers crew dives into the early moments of the real world Expanding Incident: The Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse in Baltimore Maryland, March 2024.

We will listen to and interpret the communications traffic that occurred in the early moments of the incident through the lens of the Incident Command System (ICS). You will hear the real time and real world implementation of ICS as information is gathered, confirmed, and acted upon by the first responders on the scene.

Calm, clear, and concise communications combined with exceptional leadership empowered diverse teams of highly trained professionals to quickly organize and collaboratively work together with the singular objective of accomplishing the mission. All involved, seamlessly integrated into a unified command structure for this rapidly expanding and tragic incident which until this week, could have only been conceived of happening in Central City.


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