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TheIncident Commander is the person responsible for all aspects of an emergency response; including quickly developing incident objectives, managing all incident operations, application of resources as well as responsibility for all persons involved. The Incident Commander sets priorities and defines the organization of theincident response teams and the overall incident action plan. The role of Incident Commandermay be assumed by senior or higher qualified officers upon their arrival or as the situation dictates. Even if subordinate positions are not assigned, the Incident Commander position will always be designated or assumed. The incident commander may, at their own discretion, assign individuals, who may be from the same agency or from assisting agencies, to subordinate or specific positions for the duration of the emergency.

In the United States, most agencies use an Incident Commander for the roles and responsibilities as defined under theNational Incident Management System as a part of theIncident Command System.^[1]

• Incident Commander – oversees all operations at the incident.^[2]
  • usually one of the first officers on scene.
  • assessment of the scene.
  • establish command as well as command centre.
  • request required resources.
  • initiatestriage.
• triage officer – oversees allpatient assessment, tagging and movement to treatment areas
• treatment officer – oversees alltreatment and the treatment area
• transportation officer – oversees allambulance movement, priority, identity, and destination of patients.
• staging officer – oversees all acquisition, release and distribution of resources.

• Obtain briefings and guidelines for level of involvement from requesting agency and/or prior Incident Commander.
• Obtain delegation of authority if requesting agency desires Team to assume operational control and/or underunified command to allow all affectedjurisdictions shared responsibility.
• Ensure incident safety.
• Establish Incident Command Post and operational plan if not already accomplished.
• Maintain contact with statefire marshal and ERC.
• Provide other command assistance as requested by agency/jurisdiction.
• Coordinate the multiple aid from interagencies like: USFS, BLM, BIA, state, county, city and volunteer fire/emergency resources.

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