When the fire fighters arrive on a scene, unless they are in charge, they want to know what they are 
supposed to do. Fire fighters can guess on what they are doing but will have no clue what their other fire fighters are doing. This is where incident command comes into play.
We need an incident commander to keep track of ev
erything that is going on at a scene. For smaller scenes this is not very hard. However, when we come upon a large fire scene, or a hazardous material site there are several departments and agencies involved. The more people involved the more complicated a scene becomes.
The incident commander(IC) will have chiefs of other departments and the heads of other agencies work under them. The IC will delegate positions to the others like safety, planning, logistics, or many others things. It depends how large the scene is how many people are under the IC. There can be as many as seven, usually three or four are preferred though. Each of the subdivisions that the IC made will have a team of people under them.
Everything that happens under the subdivisions is reported back to the IC by the subdivisions head. As you can tell by reading this it can get very complicated. The most important aspect of having an IC is that there should be good communication. Communication is vital in emergency situations, especially when they are really large.
supposed to do. Fire fighters can guess on what they are doing but will have no clue what their other fire fighters are doing. This is where incident command comes into play.We need an incident commander to keep track of ev
erything that is going on at a scene. For smaller scenes this is not very hard. However, when we come upon a large fire scene, or a hazardous material site there are several departments and agencies involved. The more people involved the more complicated a scene becomes.The incident commander(IC) will have chiefs of other departments and the heads of other agencies work under them. The IC will delegate positions to the others like safety, planning, logistics, or many others things. It depends how large the scene is how many people are under the IC. There can be as many as seven, usually three or four are preferred though. Each of the subdivisions that the IC made will have a team of people under them.
Everything that happens under the subdivisions is reported back to the IC by the subdivisions head. As you can tell by reading this it can get very complicated. The most important aspect of having an IC is that there should be good communication. Communication is vital in emergency situations, especially when they are really large.
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