Operational Art and the Incident Command System: Public Health's Bridge in Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response

Abstract

Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5 (28 February 2003) calls for a National Incident Management System (NIMS) to provide a consistent nationwide approach for federal, state, and local governments in preparedness for, response to, and recovery from domestic incidents. The Incident Command System (ICS) is nationally recognized as the platform of choice for unification of operations in emergency response. Although ICS is a well-known entity in traditional first responder circles such as fire and law enforcement, the first responders in an event involving bioterrorism would be public health providers along with hospital and community healthcare personnel (non-traditional first responders). The national public health system has the healthcare expertise related to biological agents, but it lacks the ability to take command and control of consequence management operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 22, 2003
Accession Number
ADA414149

Entities

People

  • Sharon A. Stanley

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biological Factors
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Emergency Response
  • Geographic Regions
  • Geography
  • Health Services
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Public Health
  • Students
  • Therapy
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

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