Incident Management Teams (IMT) spend a significant amount of time preparing and planning for the next operational period, while still managing on-going operations. This includes developing required support documents and/or needed contingency plans. As an IMT, we must also consider the need for managing incident potential in the event things …

The Incident Commander (IC) has overall authority and responsibility for managing all operations at the incident site.  This individual(s) is/are responsible for all incident activities including the development of the objectives and strategies and the ordering and release of resources; therefore, it is essential that the selection of Incident Command …