Purja beat a previous speed record by years. When Nims Purja decided to try to obliterate the speed record for climbing the world's tallest 14 mountains, he knew it wouldn't be enough just to do it.

The National Incident Management System (www.nemaweb.org), released by the Department of Homeland Security, has major implications for the fire service and inter-agency operations. Adoption of the ...

According to the base camp sources, at least 10 climbers including Nims and American woman climber Anna Gutu scaled the world's seventh highest peak. Anna, who is on her mission to be the first ...

My first attempt at this column began with a list of all my department’s endeavors to obtain the Holy Grail of incident management-the coveted “NIMS compliance.” This included defining the five types ...

The events of 9/11 have become a part of the fabric of this nation. Those who died, both the heroic rescuers and the innocent victims, are immortalized in myriad ways and will be long remembered in ...