As fire season rages on, incident management teams and their types often come up in our reports. An incident, as defined by FEMA, is “an occurrence or event, natural or human-caused, that requires an emergency response to protect life or property.”
An incident management team (IMT) is a group of highly-trained men and women who respond to these emergencies. In Rio Blanco County, this is generally a wildfire, but IMTs can also respond to other…
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