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Medical Incident Command is a term used for the command and control of an emergency resposnse situaton.Ê It is also referred to as Incident Command System.
unified command and incident command
The incident command system command function may be conducted in one of two ways
Unified Command allows agencies with different legal, geographic, and functional authorities and responsibilities to work together effectively without affecting individual agency authority, responsibility, or accountability.
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Unified Command allows agencies with different legal, geographic, and functional authorities and responsibilities to work together effectively without affecting individual agency authority, responsibility, or accountability.
Unified Command refers to incidents involving multiple jurisdictions or agencies where representatives from all operational agencies JOINTLY provide input to the Incident Action Plan, sharing a single Incident Command Post, retaining their individual accountability, legal authority and responsibilities. In a typical UC, the Operations Section Chief will be selected from the agency having the most responsibility or the most resources involved.
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The Incident Command System (ICS) is a fundamental element of incident management.
In the Incident Command System, a Unified Command is an authority structure in which the role of incident commander is shared by two or more individuals, each already having authority in a different responding agency. Unified command is one way to carry out command in which responding agencies and/or jurisdictions with responsibility for the incident share incident management.