Civil-Military Incident Command: Integrating ICS and C2 to Meet Current Emergency Response Demands

摘要

The Incident Command System (ICS) was developed to address the failure of a unified response in a multi-agency response to wildfires. Since its implementation, emergency responders are better trained and have effectively adapted to the complexity of multi-agency response. Recent events such as 9-11, Hurricane Katrina, and the earthquake in Haiti demonstrate the increasing complexity of the nature and effects of today's disasters. The need to include military units in emergency response operations appears to be growing and may become the future standard. A new Civil-Military operations paradigm is defined but not yet fully developed into an efficient and effective multi-agency response team. This paper will explicate research that utilizes lessons learned and current theory to develop an improved ICS model that integrates the current civil ICS with the military Command and Control (C2) system. The model will provide the framework for a unified multi-agency emergency response to meet the future challenges facing the United States. The presentation includes briefing charts.