[Agency] Incident Commander
Public Health
Incident Command System (ICS)
Emergency Response
Job Action Sheet
[Agency] Incident Commander
Reports to: County Executive and/or chief health official
Mission: Organize and direct health department's Emergency Operations Center (EOC). Give overall direction for emergency response and operation.
| Immediate: | |
|---|---|
| Read this entire Job Action Sheet. | |
| Obtain a full briefing of the incident. | |
| Appoint all Command Staff and Section Chiefs that are required for this response and establish assistants; distribute the section packets which contain: Job Action Sheets for each position and any forms pertinent to section and positions. | |
| Assign someone as Documentation Officer. | |
| Appoint person to be responsible for maintaining essential day-to-day services. | |
| Activate the agency Emergency Operations Center (EOC). | |
| Confer with Command Staff, section chiefs and consultants and develop an Incident Action Plan (IAP) for a defined period of time, establishing priorities (Section Chiefs will communicate IAP to each section and pertinent consultants). | |
| Confer with Section Chiefs to identify and consider necessary health department services. | |
| Consider and assign communication responsibilities to agency staff, external agencies and public and media. | |
| Assure that contact has been established and resource information shared with relevant external agencies. | |
| Intermediate: | |
| Authorize resources as needed or requested by Section Chiefs, through the Finance/Administration Section Chief. | |
| Schedule routine briefings with Section Chiefs to receive status reports and update the action plan regarding the continuance and/or termination of the action plan. | |
| Maintain contact with relevant agencies. | |
| Approve media releases submitted by the Public Information Officer (PIO). | |
| Extended: | |
| Observe all staff for status and signs of stress. | |
| Provide for rest periods for staff. | |
| Prepare end of shift report and update with incident tracking board and present to chief health official, County Executive and oncoming Agency Incident Commander. | |
| Plan for the possibility of extended deployment. | |