1996 High Water Flood: Difference between revisions
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=== Incident Commander === | === Incident Commander === | ||
The responsibilities of the Incident Commander (IC) include the overall management of the command and general staff at the EOC who are managing the City's response to the flood. Other duties include the development of strategic goals and incident objectives, and ordering and releasing resources. | |||
The Incident Commander needed to conduct more frequent briefings for the entire group of responders. | |||
=== Operations === | |||
The mission of the Operations Section is to respond to the emergency and take whatever action necessary. This involves the development and implementation of all tactical operations necessary to achieve the Incident Commander's strategic goals, and management and coordination of all resources assigned to the flood fight. | |||
Representatives of City Bureaus of Water, Fire, Buildings, Maintenance, Police and Parks were in the Operations Section. | |||
==== Lessons ==== | |||
Operations needed to have a field or area commander with staff (minimum one PIO, Logistics representative, and Planning Representative) at each major incident location, i.e. The "Harbor Wall", Willamette River, Johnson Creek, Holgate Lake, NE Marine | |||
