National Capital Region Incident Management Team

03/22/2020

NCR IMT members are actively supporting the response to COVID-19 in our region and parts of the Commonwealth. Don’t forget to follow us on all your social accounts for updates!

11/19/2019

‪Day 2 of O-305 (Type 3 Incident Mgmt Team training) graciously hosted by Ready Prince William. Great mix of Health, EM, PD, FD & Transportation students. Bonus for IMT PIO students from the Hagerstown class— Steve B is back as an instructor! ⭐️‬

11/14/2019

PIO Workshop today. Situation Unit interface is a critical part of information sharing and social media monitoring

11/01/2019

Several team members just completed the FEMA Emergency Management Institute L-952 IMT #PIO course filled with methyl ethyl bad stuff, heckler interviews, angry easels, and even a (real) tornado warning! Thank you to the Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), Maryland Incident Management Team, and Washington County Sheriff’s Office for their hospitality in hosting us. Lastly, a special thank you to instructors Steve and Sean!
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10/15/2019

IT workshop today and repeated tomorrow to train members on the many support systems available for deployments such as fill sharing, network systems, GIS, remote printing and phone systems

10/10/2019

Quarterly team meeting today at Montgomery County (MD) Fire & Rescue Station 34 (Thank you for hosting!) including a challenge coin presentation from Lt. Colonel Armstrong to team members Joe and Brian for their ongoing support to Marine Corps University Command and Staff College.

09/07/2019

NCR IMT is back at home base, safe and sound. Always happy to help, but it’s nice to be home. Thanks to everyone who followed and supported us, and kept us in their thoughts!

09/07/2019

Headed home!!

The Virginia blended IMT has been demobilized and our four regional teams are heading home! We stayed ahead of Dorian and staged for missions in Florida, North Carolina and Virginia.

Thanks to home agencies Montgomery County (MD) Fire & Rescue Chesapeake Fire Department Virginia Department of Emergency Management Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department Norfolk Police Department Virginia Beach Fire Department Amelia County Emergency Management Hampton Fire Prince William County Fire & Rescue System Botetourt County Department of Fire & EMS Department of Homeland Security Henrico County Division of Fire Public Safety Virginia

National Capital Region Incident Management Team Central Virginia All Hazards Incident Management Team Hampton Roads Incident Management Team Southwest Virginia Incident Management Team All Hazards Incident Management Teams Association IAFC - International Association of Fire Chiefs International Association of Chiefs of Police

09/07/2019

Virginia Blended Incident Management Team

Virginia Blended Incident Management Team

It’s not like balancing a checkbook! Listen to Richard Shelly from Hampton Roads Incident Management Team talk about the importance of the Finance Section within an IMT.
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National Capital Region Incident Management Team Central Virginia All Hazards Incident Management Team Southwest Virginia Incident Management Team Virginia Department of Emergency Management Montgomery County (MD) Fire & Rescue All Hazards Incident Management Teams Association IAFC - International Association of Fire Chiefs International Association of Chiefs of Police

09/06/2019

Virginia Blended Incident Management Team

Check out Dale McCleese from our NCR team sharing how we make sure we’re self-supporting!

We don’t pack light! Meet Dale McCleese, our Logistics Section Chief from National Capital Region Incident Management Team. Watch him explain everything we bring along to be self-sufficient.
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Central Virginia All Hazards Incident Management Team Hampton Roads Incident Management Team Southwest Virginia Incident Management Team Virginia Department of Emergency Management Montgomery County (MD) Fire & Rescue All Hazards Incident Management Teams Association IAFC - International Association of Fire Chiefs International Association of Chiefs of Police

09/06/2019

Virginia Blended Incident Management Team

The blended team is still staged in Hampton Roads. While remaining mission ready, we have some members supporting the Virginia Department of Emergency Management Regional Coordination Center while other members are working with the Planning Section on demobilization and capturing info for the after action report.
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National Capital Region Incident Management Team Central Virginia All Hazards Incident Management Team Hampton Roads Incident Management Team Southwest Virginia Incident Management Team All Hazards Incident Management Teams Association IAFC - International Association of Fire Chiefs International Association of Chiefs of Police Montgomery County (MD) Fire & Rescue

09/05/2019

Partners are partners are partners.

Small world! We’re down in Hampton Roads alongside partners like Dominion Energy and Virginia National Guard. All prepared and all ready to help!
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National Capital Region Incident Management Team Central Virginia All Hazards Incident Management Team Hampton Roads Incident Management Team Southwest Virginia Incident Management Team Montgomery County (MD) Fire & Rescue All Hazards Incident Management Teams Association IAFC - International Association of Fire Chiefs International Association of Chiefs of Police

09/05/2019

We’re here in Hampton Roads and ready to help!

We’ve arrived! Check out this pic of our team traversing the Monitor Merrimac Bridge Tunnel on I-664 as they entered Hampton Roads. Ready to help!
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National Capital Region Incident Management Team Central Virginia All Hazards Incident Management Team Hampton Roads Incident Management Team Southwest Virginia Incident Management Team Virginia Department of Emergency Management Montgomery County (MD) Fire & Rescue All Hazards Incident Management Teams Association IAFC - International Association of Fire Chiefs International Association of Chiefs of Police

09/05/2019

Welcome back to Virginia!

On the road again! Our blended team was released by NC this morning and picked up by Virginia Department of Emergency Management. It’s a special feeling to help residents so close to home!
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National Capital Region Incident Management Team Central Virginia All Hazards Incident Management Team Hampton Roads Incident Management Team Southwest Virginia Incident Management Team All Hazards Incident Management Teams Association Montgomery County (MD) Fire & Rescue IAFC - International Association of Fire Chiefs International Association of Chiefs of Police

09/04/2019

Everyone, meet Andrew!

Our IMT members make friends wherever they go! Meet our new friend Andrew Fusco of the Verizon Response Team! While staged in NC, Andrew showed us the technology they bring to support disaster management. Thanks, Andrew!
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National Capital Region Incident Management Team Central Virginia All Hazards Incident Management Team Hampton Roads Incident Management Team Southwest Virginia Incident Management Team Virginia Department of Emergency Management Montgomery County (MD) Fire & Rescue All Hazards Incident Management Teams Association IAFC - International Association of Fire Chiefs International Association of Chiefs of Police Fairfax County Government

09/04/2019

The blended team that we’re a part of has been released by FL and already picked up by NC! Our NCR team (made up of members from VA and MD on this deployment), with the blended team, is already in NC and ready to help!

Boy do we have an update for you! Our team—made up of IMTs from around the Commonwealth, including NCR IMT that has members from Maryland and D.C. too—were released by Florida and picked up by North Carolina. Our team is already there and ready to help!
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National Capital Region Incident Management Team Central Virginia All Hazards Incident Management Team Hampton Roads Incident Management Team Southwest Virginia Incident Management Team Virginia Department of Emergency Management Montgomery County (MD) Fire & Rescue All Hazards Incident Management Teams Association IAFC - International Association of Fire Chiefs International Association of Chiefs of Police

09/04/2019

Virginia Blended Incident Management Team

Virginia Blended Incident Management Team

Lost in the alphabet soup? Watch as Eric Ramacciotti of the Planning Section from National Capital Region Incident Management Team (from Montgomery County (MD) Fire & Rescue!) explains what an incident action plan (IAP) is and why we write them.
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Central Virginia All Hazards Incident Management Team Hampton Roads Incident Management Team Southwest Virginia Incident Management Team All Hazards Incident Management Teams Association Virginia Department of Emergency Management IAFC - International Association of Fire Chiefs International Association of Chiefs of Police

09/03/2019

Virginia Blended Incident Management Team

Virginia Blended Incident Management Team

Watch as Bill Skelaney, Dep Ops Section Chief from Hampton Roads Incident Management Team, explains what operations does!
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National Capital Region Incident Management Team Central Virginia All Hazards Incident Management Team Southwest Virginia Incident Management Team Virginia Department of Emergency Management All Hazards Incident Management Teams Association IAFC - International Association of Fire Chiefs International Association of Chiefs of Police

09/03/2019

Virginia Blended Incident Management Team

Wow! Look who stopped by—It’s Tom Moore, Deputy Director of Emergency Management for Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency! He even took the time to review our Incident Action Plan (IAP) with our Incident Commander. Thank you!
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National Capital Region Incident Management Team Central Virginia All Hazards Incident Management Team Hampton Roads Incident Management Team Southwest Virginia Incident Management Team Virginia Department of Emergency Management All Hazards Incident Management Teams Association IAFC - International Association of Fire Chiefs International Association of Chiefs of Police

09/03/2019

Virginia Blended Incident Management Team

Virginia Blended Incident Management Team

What is a “blended” incident management team? Watch as Steve Strawderman, Incident PIO from National Capital Region Incident Management Team, explains the who/what/why of it!
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Central Virginia All Hazards Incident Management Team Hampton Roads Incident Management Team Southwest Virginia Incident Management Team Virginia Department of Emergency Management All Hazards Incident Management Teams Association IAFC - International Association of Fire Chiefs International Association of Chiefs of Police

09/03/2019

Virginia Blended Incident Management Team

Stay tuned! We’ve got some videos coming, like this one with Bill Skelaney, Dep Ops Section Chief from Hampton Roads Incident Management Team as filmed by Daniel Murray, Asst PIO and GIS Specialist from Southwest Virginia Incident Management Team.
National Capital Region Incident Management Team Central Virginia All Hazards Incident Management Team Virginia Department of Emergency Management All Hazards Incident Management Teams Association IAFC - International Association of Fire Chiefs International Association of Chiefs of Police

09/02/2019

Virginia Blended Incident Management Team

Virginia Blended Incident Management Team

Hi res satellite imagery of Hurricane Dorian stalled out over Grand Bahama Island.
National Capital Region Incident Management Team Central Virginia All Hazards Incident Management Team Hampton Roads Incident Management Team Southwest Virginia Incident Management Team Virginia Department of Emergency Management All Hazards Incident Management Teams Association IAFC - International Association of Fire Chiefs International Association of Chiefs of Police

09/02/2019

Virginia Blended Incident Management Team

Virginia Blended Incident Management Team

Check out this video from our Incident Commander, Lee Williams, about what the Virginia blended Incident Management Team has been working on!
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National Capital Region Incident Management Team Central Virginia All Hazards Incident Management Team Hampton Roads Incident Management Team Southwest Virginia Incident Management Team Virginia Department of Emergency Management Montgomery County (MD) Fire & Rescue All Hazards Incident Management Teams Association IAFC - International Association of Fire Chiefs International Association of Chiefs of Police

09/02/2019

Virginia Blended Incident Management Team

Hurricane Dorian has moments of beauty and awe (inside the eye pic). Be prepared and heed the evacuation order to help keep the first responders safe. (Pic: Hurricane Hunters)
National Capital Region Incident Management Team Central Virginia All Hazards Incident Management Team Hampton Roads Incident Management Team Southwest Virginia Incident Management Team Virginia Department of Emergency Management Montgomery County (MD) Fire & Rescue

09/02/2019

Virginia Blended Incident Management Team

Our morning was spent monitoring and preparing for an imminent response into Florida once Hurricane Dorian passes and conditions are safe for travel. Placing our Team ID on our vehicles as security tightens.
National Capital Region Incident Management Team Central Virginia All Hazards Incident Management Team Hampton Roads Incident Management Team Southwest Virginia Incident Management Team Virginia Department of Emergency Management Montgomery County (MD) Fire & Rescue

09/01/2019

Virginia Blended Incident Management Team

While Dorian spent the day making landfall in the Bahamas, our team continued to research, develop plans, and train— especially with our new friends from The University of Oklahoma! Our Incident Commander even presented them with team challenge coins. We’re so grateful for this new partnership.
National Capital Region Incident Management Team Central Virginia All Hazards Incident Management Team Hampton Roads Incident Management Team Southwest Virginia Incident Management Team Virginia Department of Emergency Management Montgomery County (MD) Fire & Rescue

09/01/2019

Friends, please start following our new Virginia Blended Incident Management Team page!

Central Virginia All Hazards Incident Management Team Hampton Roads Incident Management Team Southwest Virginia Incident Management Team Virginia Department of Emergency Management Montgomery County (MD) Fire & Rescue

09/01/2019

What did you do last night? Oh no big deal, but we had a discussion with fellow hotel guests who happened to be Meteorology PhD candidates at The University of Oklahoma. They spoke about OU Shared Mobile Atmospheric Research and Teaching (SMART) Radar Trucks and their work with NOAA’s National Severe Storms Laboratory. 🧐
National Capital Region Incident Management Team Central Virginia All Hazards Incident Management Team Hampton Roads Incident Management Team Southwest Virginia Incident Management Team Virginia Department of Emergency Management Montgomery County (MD) Fire & Rescue

08/31/2019

Where our logos and initials might be different, the common fiber throughout our blended VA IMT is the desire to help whenever and wherever needed. The group spent today planning, prepping, and monitoring. Always ready for a twist in the path! National Capital Region Incident Management Team Central Virginia All Hazards Incident Management Team Hampton Roads Incident Management Team Southwest Virginia Incident Management Team Virginia Department of Emergency Management Montgomery County (MD) Fire & Rescue

08/31/2019

Road Trip: When deploying on a mission, we can't pack light. We bring everything we need with us, including a place to sleep! Our blended team from National Capital Region Incident Management Team Central Virginia All Hazards Incident Management Team Hampton Roads Incident Management Team Southwest Virginia Incident Management Team Virginia Department of Emergency Management (+1 Montgomery County (MD) Fire & Rescue) drove in a convoy to GA yesterday. Always prepared... #Dorian2019 #HurricaneDorian #dorian

08/31/2019

One Virginia! Meet your Virginia “blended” Incident Management Team! We’re made up of members from NCR IMT (including a teammate from Montgomery County, MD), Central Virginia All Hazards Incident Management Team, Hampton Roads Incident Management Team, Southwest Virginia Incident Management Team, and Virginia Department of Emergency Management. We’re staged on the other side of the St Marys River from Florida and we’re ready!

08/30/2019

NCRIMT members deploying with Hampton Roads Southwest and Central Virginia IMTs to FL to preposition for Hurricane Dorian land fall

05/12/2019

To all Mothers out there, thank you for being strong and compassionate when it counts. Happy Mothers Day from all of us at the NCR-IMT