Operational Command and Control of Federal Domestic Emergency Response Operations

Abstract

In the past 50 years, the federal role in emergency response operations to larger-scale disasters has increased and so have the related command and control (C2) challenges. Large-scale federal domestic emergency response is comparable to the operational level of war in which C2 is one of the most important functions. At present no national standard C2 organization and system is mandated for domestic emergency responses. This paper recommends that the Incident Command System (ICS) be mandated as the national, all-hazard, all-risk command and control system for all domestic emergency response operations. This paper reviews recent disaster responses, explores the advantages using the Incident Command System as a C2 system for response operations and provides recommendations to further improve emergency responses at the operational level.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 16, 2000
Accession Number
ADA381616

Entities

People

  • Sharon K. Richey

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • California
  • Coast Guard
  • Command And Control
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Disasters
  • Emergency Response
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Law
  • Lessons Learned
  • Local Governments
  • Military Operations
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Public Administration
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control