Simply put, Crisis Management Teams (CMTs) manage a company crisis, while Incident Management Teams (IMTs) manage incidents. Therefore, a comparison discussion has to begin with a clear definition of a crisis and an emergency incident to distinguish between the two. Dictionary definitions are not very helpful in this regard, except …
Incidents using the Incident Command System require a set of objectives, a strategy or strategies to accomplish these objectives and a series of tactical work assignments directing resources to accomplish these strategies. It is well understood that the Incident Commander or Unified Command creates and establishes Incident Objectives. It is …
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 …
One of the most positive developments in emergency response in recent years has been the national use of NIMS ICS. ICS has gained acceptance in public safety, private sector, and non-emergency event planning and has been applied to incidents and events ranging from Hurricane Katrina to the Olympic Games, to …
The scale and magnitude of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill is unprecedented, causing organizational decisions in the use of the Incident Command System to focus a large part of tactical response at the Branch Level. During the height of this response, eighteen geographic branches divided under two Incident Command Posts …
The Operations Section is the focal point of the management of an incident so the importance of developing and maintaining an effective and efficient Operations Section organization cannot be overstated. Unfortunately, incident organizing is a skill that many existing or up-and-coming Operations Section Chiefs and Deputy Operations Section Chiefs need …
Within the Incident Command System (ICS), there are many terms commonly used by incident and event management professionals. These terms allow responders from a variety of agencies or disciplines to join together using a common response language. “Command’s Direction” is one of those terms. It generally means the collection of …
