If an incident grows beyond the capability of a local jurisdition then?

Answer 1

Ideally, additional resources needed for the incident are called in from outside the locality, and an Incident Command System is instituted to coordinate the incident, resources and responding agencies.

Answer 2

When an incident grows beyond the capability of a local jurisdiction, agencies from other jurisdictions are called in to help. The Federal government institutes national response teams when large capacity things happen that local jurisdictions can not handle with their own resources.

Answer 3

If an incident grows beyond local jurisdiction then the judge will request assistance from county or city officials that can help. If this is an emergency situation, the cities or counties can request assistance from the federal government.

Answer 4

The State activates its emergency plan, provides needed resources, and requests assistance from other States using existing mutual aid agreements.
The Federal Government activates the National Response Framework to prepare to respond as needed.

Answer 5

Answer 1: Assuming that the phrase "to handle" or "to handle on its own" could be added to the end of the question to clarify it...

...then an incident growing beyond the capability of a local jurisdiction to handle refers to something -- be it natural, like a flood or hurricane, or man-made, like a riot -- becoming so big that the local village, or town, or city, or county doesn't have enough people or equipment or money (or all of those things) to properly deal with the problem.

For example, if a little town with a very limited budget, and only two police officers, and only six fire fighters were to suddenly get flooded, or where to suddenly be hit by a big tonado, then said little town would likely not have enough police officers, or fire fighters, or rescue workers, or equipment to get out there and help people. The little, local town -- the "local jurisdiction" -- would need some help... from the county, or the state, or even the federal government.

The term "local jurisdiction" refers to a local (as opposed to state or federal) unit of government: a hamlet, a village, a town, a city, or a county. It could, I suppose, also refer to a state government, but states are so large that the term "local jurisdiction" is rarely used to describe them... unless maybe the alternative is the federal government, which would be called a "federal" or "national" jurisdiction.

When an incident -- be it a flood, storm, riot, disease, or whatever -- grows beyond the capability of a local jurisdiction, then the next largest jurisdiction, and maybe other larger jurisdictions, are called-in to help. That's what happened in New Orleans, for example, during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Fire fighters, police officers, paramedics, and many others from all over the country flew or drove to New Orleans, presented themselves at the local fire and police stations -- or at the Federal Emergency Management Aministration (FEMA) office that the federal government set-up there -- and offered to help.

That's what happens when an incident -- whatever it is -- grows beyond the capability of a local jurisdiction to handle on its own.

Answer 6

In an emergency situation, the local officials can petition FEMA and/or the federal or state government to help. In a criminal situation, the FBI or CIA is sometimes called in to help.

Answer 7

If an incident grows beyond the capability of a local jurisdiction then it is handled by the national courts or tribunals. Any serious incident can also be handled by international courts.

Answer 8

d. The State activates its emergency plan, provides needed resources, and requests assistance from other States using existing mutual aid agreements.

Answer 9

If an incident grows beyond the capability of a local jurisdiction, the federal government usually steps in. This happens most often when criminals travel from state to state.