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SUBJECT: Incident Command Procedures SOP: 300.1.10<br />

CATEGORY: PAGE: 3 of 4<br />

Incident Commanders Primary Responsibilities:<br />

Establish Strategies<br />

Establish a functional ICS<br />

Rescue, remove and treat endangered or injured occupants<br />

Control spread of <strong>fire</strong> and extinguishment<br />

Protect property and contents from further damage<br />

Accountability control for personnel <strong>operating</strong> on the scene<br />

Rehabilitation for personnel <strong>operating</strong> on scene<br />

Insure adequate resources to accomplish the mission at hand<br />

Determine staging areas as needed<br />

Passing of Command:<br />

Command may be passed to another Officer or may be taken over by a higher-ranking officer if<br />

the situation dictates the need. In all cases when command is passed it will be done in the<br />

following manner:<br />

Preferred method is through face to face communications if possible.<br />

By radio if face to face transfer is not possible.<br />

The person taking command must notify dispatch of the commander change<br />

The person passing command will notify the new commander of the following:<br />

Current situation<br />

Steps that are currently in process<br />

Immediate needs<br />

Sectoring:<br />

For the purpose of simplification the responsibilities for tasks and support services should be<br />

divided into sectors determined by task and location. A few examples of this concept are listed<br />

below:<br />

Interior Fire Attack Sector<br />

Interior Fire Attack Floor 1 Sector<br />

Rehab Sector<br />

Exposure Sector Side C<br />

Ventilation Roof Sector<br />

rev: 4/94, 3/99

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