Sample JAS
On the following pages you will find the Job Action Sheets for the top level Command Staff that were developed by public health staff at the Westchester County Department of Health in New York State:
- [Agency] Incident Commander (AIC)
- Liaison Officer
- Safety Officer
- Public Information Officer (PIO)
- Documentation Officer
These roles serve critical functions with which everyone should be familiar. They also provide a good illustration of the division of labor that occurs in the other sections. The Command Staff function as a single unit, and one single person might be competent to carry out all of the associated tasks, but in a large emergency no one person could carry out all these tasks simultaneously.
Note that on each JAS there are some blank lines with boxes (). This is where incident-specific tasks can be quickly added if necessary. Additionally, any tasks on the JAS that are not needed during the event can be crossed out by the person issuing the JAS to a responder.
See also Volume II: Appendices, for many more sample JAS.