Beyond Initial Response Textbook (BIR) 3rd Edition

Beyond Initial Response (BIR) – Third Edition. Like its two predecessors, the Third Edition is packed with over 120 graphic illustrations to visually reinforce the straightforward, easy-to-digest text. If you want to gain a firm understanding of the Incident Command System (ICS) and pick up some best practices on how to implement it, this book is for you. The Third Edition of the BIR includes updates from the revised 2017 version of the National Incident Management System’s (NIMS) Incident Command System. In addition to the NIMS ICS updates, we saw some best practices bubbling up from the grassroots level such as adding a safety page to the ICS-201, Incident Briefing Form. Improvements were made to some of the checklists and the method for documenting response strategies. There is even a short chapter at the end of the book that talks about leadership and teamwork in emergency response. We hope that you find this Third Edition of Beyond Initial Response useful and easy to understand, and that it enables you to accomplish your ICS position responsibilities with greater confidence and success.