Incident Command definition

Incident Command means a system that combines facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures, and communications to operate within a common organizational structure and that designates responsibility for the management of assigned resources to effectively accomplish stated goals and objectives.

Incident Command means the Fire Chief, or in the absence of the Fire Chief, the highest ranking Member who first arrives at the scene of an Incident;

Incident Command means the senior personnel on scene, representing the Participating Community having jurisdiction, responsible at all times for the overall direction and coordination of all activities at the Incident site including the development of strategies and tactics and the ordering and release of resources.

Examples of Incident Command in a sentence

• Contractor shall train all ambulance personnel, supervisory personnel, and management personnel in the Incident Command System (ICS), Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS), and National Incident Management System (NIMS), consistent with federal, state, and MVEMSA Policy.

• VRT personnel will participate in an annual seminar developed by Ada County Emergency Management and Community Resilience, local responder agencies, and VRT, which reviews this MOU and directs personnel to other supporting training resources in the Incident Command System.

• These response operations shall be NIMS compliant as well as organized and functioning within an Incident Command System (ICS), Unified Control System (UCS).

• This individual shall be a Paramedic with a minimum of three years’ full-time experience working in a 9-1-1 system and who has completed additional training in EMS leadership and education including but not limited to Incident Command System (“ICS”) 300, Advanced Medical Life Support (“AMLS”), advanced airway management, and Critical Incident Stress Management (“CISM”).

• Field Supervisors serve as the Contractor’s on-duty EMS Field Commanders and accordingly must be paramedics with a minimum of three (3) years’ experience in a complex 9-1-1 system, who are highly experienced and competent both administratively and in the management of large and complex emergencies as demonstrated through experience and extensive training in the Incident Command System (“ICS”).

More Definitions of Incident Command

Incident Command means the first firefighter to arrive on scene and establish command and assume the role of Incident Command until relieved by the Duty Officer. Incident Command’s responsibility is for the overall management of the incident.

Incident Command. All responding personnel shall function under the Incident Command System and will report to the Incident Commander on-site.

Incident Command means a common system employed by the fire service in Ontario to manage fires or other emergencies in order to safely, efficiently and effectively mitigate an incident;

Incident Command means a functional management system established to control, direct, and manage the roles, responsibilities, and operations of all of the agencies involved in a multi-jurisdictional or multi-agency emergency response as defined in Wis. Adm. Code, Ch. Comm. 30.01 (16).

Incident Command means a system responsible for overall management of an incident and consisting of the Incident Commander, either single or unified command structure, and any assigned supporting staff that combines facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures, and communications to operate within a common organizational structure and that designates responsibility for the management of assigned resources to effectively accomplish stated goals and objectives.

Incident Command means the Incident Command System, a framework for managing emergency and non-emergency events, as stated by the National Incident Management System.

Incident Command means the system 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.