Under the National Incident Management System, when there are several agencies involved in the response to an emergency event, Unified Command is appropriate. This allows participants with differing jurisdictional, geographic or functional responsibilities to coordinate their respective elements in a single Incident Action Plan, implemented by a properly selected Operations Chief.
For instance, the fire chief, police chief and highway director may be involved in a complex incident on a major highway. Rather than having each one run their own "incident command", there could be a unified command with top-level coordination, funneled through a single plan and operations structure.
This may be a description of a Unified Command (UC) or an Area Command, depending upon whether the ICs are handling DIFFERENT incidents (Area) or are participating from various jurisdictions and agencies handling the SAME incident (Unified).
multiple incident commanders means multiple incidents which would be covered under an ICS structure known as "area command".
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It is true that under a unified command there are multiple incident commanders who work together to establish the incident objectives.
No, under Unified Command (UC) there is only one "incident command" element, called "the UC", and it is comprised of a committee of representatives from the important agencies or jurisdictions participating in the incident or event. There is a single Incident Action Plan, approved by the UC, designed to achieve the joint objectives. A single Operations Section Chief manages the tactical execution of the IAP. The Operations Chief would typically be selected from the agency having the greatest involvement in the tactics, as agreed by the UC.
No, under Unified Command (UC) there is only one "incident command" element, called "the UC", and it is comprised of a committee of representatives from the important agencies or jurisdictions participating in the incident or event. There is a single Incident Action Plan, approved by the UC, designed to achieve the joint objectives. A single Operations Section Chief manages the tactical execution of the IAP. The Operations Chief would typically be selected from the agency having the greatest involvement in the tactics, as agreed by the UC.
It is true. Always establish pricing objectives.
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