Enables all agencies with responsibility to manage an incident together by estabilishing a common set of of indicdent objectives and strategies
Incident Commander
The agency representatives within the Unified Command make joint decisions and speak as one voice. There is no individual who is the "Incident Commander" in a Unified Command, however, there is a single General Staff, administered by the joint UC.
Moving the responsibility for incident command from one Incident Commander to another.
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.
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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
Firsts responder.
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In the context of Incident Command System (ICS), "command" refers to the authority and responsibility for managing an incident response. It involves directing operations, making strategic decisions, and coordinating resources to achieve incident objectives. The Incident Commander is the individual who holds this authority and is responsible for ensuring effective communication and teamwork among responding agencies and personnel.
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