Reference no: EM133782948
Discussion Post: Health and Medical
The use of the incident command system is mostly commonly used in daily, small scale incidents and events by single agency/single resource type events. Larger scale events or incidents can cross jurisdictional lines and/or involve a number of agencies that each have some responsibility for a successful outcome. In many cases however, these different agencies/entities have conflicting interests. For example, in the airport crash we examined previously, a number of agencies responded to the crash and each had their own primary responsibilities. Some of the many agencies who responded include:
Fire Departments - extinguish fire, rescue victims and contain hazardous materials.
Police Departments - scene & evidence security, criminal investigation, crowd control
1) EMS - Patient treatment and transport.
2) FAA/NTSB - Protect scene and evidence, determine cause of crash
3) Airport Management - Damage repair, airport security/safety, returning to normal operations.
4) Municipal Officials - Responding to resident's concerns and issues, sheltering evacuees and those whose homes have been damaged, restoring community to a state of normalcy.
5) News Media - obtaining and reporting on the crash & victims
6) Write a short paper (3 to 4 pages) and explain how the ICS structure accommodates the needs of all of these participant agencies.
7) Who is "in charge" of the entire incident?
How is each of these representative agencies "needs" satisfied?