Chain of Command

a. During an emergency deployment, all NET Members must abide by reasonable and safe direction given from any emergency response personnel (such as police, fire, or EMS personnel) regardless of their jurisdiction of origin; Members of the military; emergency managers associated with a City of Portland bureau (e.g. the Portland Water Bureau); or staff from PBEM.

b. Team Members take direction from Incident Team Leaders, and follow a line of authority that proceeds to Members with authority delegated by the Incident Team Leader (such as Assistant Team Leaders). See Figure 5.

c. The first NET Member at the NET Staging Area will act as Incident Team Leader until the Member most qualified to act as Incident Team Leader arrives on stage.

d. Incident Team Leaders take direction from emergency responders working under the direction of an Incident/Unified Commander (IC).

e. NET Members are not required to take direction from private individuals, unless that person owns or represents the owner of private property on which NETs are conducting pre-authorized response operations.