The officer in charge of the overall management of the incident. He or she is responsible for building management organization based on a span of control and incident complexity. There is only one incident commander per incident.
The individual responsible for the management of all incident operations.
When a team is called to assist with fire suppression on a large fire, it is led by an IC.
Individual responsible for the management of all incident operations at the incident site.
Officer in charge of activities at an incident. See Incident Command System.
The firefighter in overall command of an emergency incident.
The person who has the responsibility for total operations at a hazardous materials emergency.
In the Incident_Command_System (ICS) the Incident Commander's (IC) responsibility is the overall management of an emergency incident. On most incidents the command activity is carried out by a single Incident Commander. The IC is selected by qualifications and experience.
As it is related to the fire service, the Incident Commander overseas all operations at an incident. Most times these are fires, but they can also include Hazardous Material incidents or major accidents were there is some sort of technical rescue involved or multiple patients.
