Tag: incident command

The first report on the failures into the response of Katrina has been released. Their findings are the same thing as I have said from day one. The problem lied with in the actual chain of command. It doesn’t matter if it is an auto accident, house fire, or a mass disaster like Katrina, if […]

Now that Michael Brown has resigned as head of FEMA, more questions must be asked about the failures of the Katrina response. Was the failures caused by the former FEMA head or were they just compounded by other failures? Is Michael Brown becoming a fall guy for higher ups in the Department of Homeland Security? […]