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B1 - AUTHORITY Threat category Responsibility
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Develop agreements (see Elements B1.1 and B1.2), signed by the organizations responsible for the
performance of the tasks listed in Section 3.2 delineating their authority and responsibilities during a
response. These agreements should be summarized in or attached to the emergency plans as shown in
Appendix 12. Identify and develop agreements with organizations with functions that may need to be
integrated with the response by non-radiological response organizations (e.g. law enforcement, military).
To prevent unplanned response actions, all major organizations (ministries) should sign a general
agreement of responsibilities and concept of operations, even those with no identified role during the
response.
Delegate the authority and responsibility for initiating and implementing initial protective actions to local
level of government.
Arrange for the incident command system, as described in Appendix 13, to be used to direct and coordinate
the response. This would include an incident commander and incident command group with the
responsibility for co-ordination of the entire response (on and off-site) as discussed in Element A1.4.
Command of the response is best performed from near the scene by local officials. The incident
commander is typically assigned to an individual in the organization with the primary role during each
phase of the response. As the emergency progresses, responsibility would typically flow from the operator
or first responders to a local official and finally to a national official or incident command group
(composed of the representatives of the principal responders) for emergencies involving several
jurisdictions or ministries. See Elements A1.2 and 1.3 for related guidance.
Address the co-ordination of the radiological response with the conversional response (e.g. fire fighting,
rescue) and the law enforcement or military response.
The single on-site position with the responsibility for directing the entire on-site response may be
transferred to different positions as the on-site staff is augmented (see Elements A1.1). The position
should become part of the incident command group (see Appendix 13) as the emergency progresses.
B1.4 Arrange for delegation and/or transfer of authority in the relevant emergency plans, together with
arrangements for notifying all appropriate parties of the transfer (5.5).