Incident_Command_Chart_____Roles_and_Responsibilities.docx Incident Command Chart “ Roles and Responsibilities AJS/564 University of PhoenixIncident Command Chart “ Roles and Responsibilities According to Smith, Scma
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Incident_Command_Chart_____Roles_and_Responsibilities.docx Incident Command Chart “ Roles and Responsibilities AJS/564 University of PhoenixIncident Command Chart “ Roles and Responsibilities According to Smith, Scmalleger, & Siegel (2017), œThe Incident Command System (ICS) is a standardized, on-scene, all-hazards approach to incident management (p. 250). Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)has been around since 1979 with a mission to help people during and after disasters. The program was started by President Jimmy Carter and is one of the many agencies under the umbrella of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, protecting the U.S. Critical Infrastructure today. According to FEMA (n.d.), ICS is normally structured to facilitate activities in five major functional areas: command, operations, planning, logistics, Intelligence & Investigations, finance and administration. It is a fundamental form of management, with the purpose of enabling incident managers to identify the key concerns associated with the incident”often under urgent conditions”without sacrificing attention to any component of the command system (para. 2). Below is an example (provide by FEMA) of how a common incident command chart should look. There arevarious levels of command, and the chain is broken-down into thefollowing hierarchy: U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was established shortly after the tragic events that occurred on September 11, 2001, when terrorists attacked various structur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .
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