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Is it true Under Unified Command the most senior Incident Commander has seniority over the other Incident Commanders?
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Under Unified Command (UC) there is no individual who is "incident commander"; there is a jointly operated command post, jointly created objectives, unified incident action plan, and a single Operations Section Chief who is usually selected from the agency having the most involvement.
There are no "other incident commanders" in a Unified Command. There are, however, designated representatives from each agency playing a major role in the UC.
For example, at a large fire incident, the local fire chief (the initial IC) may decide to implement UC by "establishing unified command", allowing all other agencies to participate in the top-level objectives and planning, but retaining Operations management for ALL tactics being implemented. Once UC is in effect, there is no individual who is the IC.
The UC command post will coordinate all fire, ems, police, hazmat, highway, power, water and other objectives and issue plans to be carried out under the Operations Chief, who will have resources assigned from each participating agency. Those resources retain their own agency jurisdiction and legal authority, but coordinated through the UC and Operations.
Even for a small incident, such as a traffic accident, there may be UC where fire, police and EMS must coordinate with overlapping jurisdiction. The UC can establish objectives for scene safety, traffic detour, fire suppression, extrication, patient assessment and transport, vehicle removal, road cleanup and repair, and orderly demobilization of resources when their respective objectives have been met.
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An individual assuming the role of deputy incident commander must do what?
Deputy Incident Commanders must be qualified as Incident Commanders and are appointed by the Incident Commander. They must be able to perform all functions of the Incident Commander if the need arises. In addition, they must be able to:perform specific tasks required by the Incident Commanderperform the incident command function in the relief capacityrepresent an assisting agency that shares jurisdiction
What type of ics structure is being used in a complex incident with multiple incident commanders?
Area command involves multiple incident commanders.
40) Who is responsible for directing the command and control of all operations.?
Incident Commander
Transfer of command is defined as the process of?
Moving the responsibility for incident command from one Incident Commander to another.
Is 700 Unified Command?
Although a single Incident Commander normally handles the command function, an Incident Commnad System (ICS) organization may be expanded into a Unified Command (UC). The UC is a structure that brings together the "Incident Commanders" of all major organizations involved in the incident in order to coordinate an effective response while at the same time carrying out their own jurisdictional responsibilities.
IS-700 Unified Command?
Although a single Incident Commander normally handles the command function, an Incident Commnad System (ICS) organization may be expanded into a Unified Command (UC). The UC is a structure that brings together the "Incident Commanders" of all major organizations involved in the incident in order to coordinate an effective response while at the same time carrying out their own jurisdictional responsibilities.
Select the true statement a when a new incident commander assumes command the outgoing incident commander should be demobilized to avoid confusion b upon arriving at an incident the higher?
The true statement is that when a new incident commander arrives at an incident the higher ranking person will either assume command or maintain command as is. The third option would be to reassign command to a third party.
Under a Unified Command there are multiple Incident Commanders who work together to establish the incident objectives.?
True
Is it true that under command there are multiple incident commanders who work together to establish the incident objectives?
yes
Under a unified command there are multiple incident commanders who work together to establish the incident objectives?
True
Should the outgoing incident commander should be demobilized to avoid confusion When a new incident commander assumes command?
false
In the incident command system who intially assumes the role of incident commander?
Firsts responder.
