Transcription of Communications in the Incident Command System
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Number 2 May 2007. Communications in the Incident Command System By Dan Hawkins SEARCH. Introduction military roots to serve domestic emergen- Unfortunately, as we have often seen, cy response needs, including communica- Communications and Command failures Communications is an inseparable tions. Today, ICS provides a rich set of are intertwined. Structured, consistent component of modern Command and tools for managing human and techno- means of managing Communications control systems. In the United States, logical resources to ensure effective and resources are necessary, particularly dur- the Incident Command System (ICS) has efficient management of emergencies of ing incidents involving multiple agencies.
command system; multi-agency coor-dination systems; unified command; training; identification and manage-ment of resources (including systems for classifying types of resources); qualifications and certification; and the collection, tracking, and reporting of incident information and incident resources.”2 HSPD-5 also required the Secretary of
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