Incident Commander

Incident Commander

The Incident Commander is the person responsible for all aspects of an emergency response; including quickly developing incident objectives, managing all incident operations, application of resources as well as responsibility for all persons involved. The Incident Commander sets priorities and defines the organization of the incident response teams and the overall Incident Action Plan. The role of Incident Commander may be assumed by Senior or higher Qualified Officers upon their arrival or as the situation dictates. Even if subordinate positions are not assigned, the Incident Commander position will always be designated or assumed. The Incident Commander may, at their own discretion, assign Officers, who may be from the same agency or from assisting agencies, to subordinate or specific positions for the duration of the Emergency.

Any suitable emergency vehicle can be valuable as an Incident Command post and also for public relations during emergencies and other public events.

The Incident Command System in a Canadian EMT scenario

* Incident Commander - overseas all operations at the incident. [Vahradian, S. "Emergency Medical Responder Workbook Canadian Edition" Chapter29 Prentice Hall 2003]
**Usually one of the first Officers on scene.
**Assessment of the scene.
**Establish command as well as Command Centre.
**Request required resources.
**Initiates Triage.

* Triage Officer - overseas all patient assessment, tagging and movement to treatment areas
* Treatment Officer - overseas all treatment and the treatment area
* Transportation Officer - overseas all ambulance movement, priority, identity, and destination of patients.
* Staging Officer - overseas all acquisition, release and distribution of resources.

Duties in a US fire fighting scenario

* Obtain briefings and guidelines for level of involvement from requesting agency and/or prior Incident Commander
* Obtain Delegation of Authority if requesting agency desires Team to assume operational control and/or under unified command to allow all affected jurisdictions shared responsibility
* Ensure incident safety
* Establish incident command post and operational plan if not already accomplished
* Maintain contact with State Fire Marshal and ERC
* Provide other command assistance as requested by agency/jurisdiction
* Coordinate the multiple aid from interagencies like: USFS, BLM, BIA, State, County, City and Volunteer fire/emergency resources

ee also

* Incident Management Team
* incident command post
* Incident Command System

References

External links

* [http://www.incidentcommander.net Incident Commander Crisis Training Simulation Software]
* [http://www.nifc.gov/fireinfo/ics_disc.html National Interagency Fire Center]


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