Incident Command Functional Area

Description

Tactical decision support, resource coordination, and communications integration among emergency management agencies for Incident Commands that are established by first responders to support local management of an incident.

Included In

Carter County 911 Communications District
THP Dispatch
Washington County Emergency Communications District
Washington County/Johnson City EMA
TDOT Region 1 HELP Dispatch
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
TEMA
Elizabethton/Carter County EMA
Wings Air Rescue Flight Operations
Municipal Public Safety Dispatch
Washington County Sheriffs Office

Functional Requirements

IDRequirement
1The center shall provide tactical decision support, resource coordination, and communications integration for Incident Commands that are established by first responders to support local management of an incident.
2The center shall provide incident command communications with public safety, emergency management, transportation, and other allied response agency centers.
3The center shall track and maintain resource information and action plans pertaining to the incident command.
4The center shall share incident command information with other public safety agencies including resource deployment status, hazardous material information, rail incident information, evacuation advice as well as traffic, road, and weather conditions.
5The center shall assess the status of responding emergency vehicles as part of an incident command.