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What are Complex Incidents? Involve multijurisdictional and/or multidisciplinary
efforts of more than one agency and/or political
jurisdiction
What are characteristics of Complex - Draw national media interest
Incidents? - Require numerous tactical and support resources
normally exceeding the jurisdiction's internal
resource capacity
- Span multiple operational periods (days, weeks,
years)
What is an Incident Complex? An organizational structure that exists when two or
more individual incidents located in the same
general area are assigned to a single Incident
Commander or Unified Command.
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How do incidents fit into the - Incidents become branches in the ops section
program structure? under the same incident commander
- Using Branches allows for more flexibility to
establish Divisions or Groups if required later.
What is Area Command? - This is activated to address competition for similar
resources among multiple ICPs based on the
complexity of the incident and incident
management span-of-control considerations.
- 2 or more incidents
- Competing resources
Area Command primary functions - Number 1 function: Coordinate the development
of incident objectives and strategies for each
incident.
- Develop broad objectives for the affected area.
Sets policies
- Coordinate the development of incident
objectives and strategies for each incident.
- Prioritizes
Advantages of Area Command - This allows the Incident Commanders to focus
their
attention on their incident objectives, strategies,
and tactics.
- Resolves resource competition
- Also reduces the workload of the EOCs and MAC
Group officials
- Maintains shared situational awareness
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