ICS, incident command, and command-structure guidance.
View all tagsHow Incident Command gets established when several agencies show up to the same search — jurisdiction, Unified Command in plain English, and why nobody just does their own thing.
Every state runs SAR authority differently. Pennsylvania's emergency-management model against the Western sheriff model — and why you need to know your own state's answer.
Ten things experienced responders do in the first few minutes at a mutual-aid search — from parking and check-in to confirming who you report to.