CONCLUSION
Incident Commanders Should:
- Help your community prepare for an emergency. Make information available online and through public speaking opportunities, news releases, community newsletters, CERT teams, and so on.
- Encourage first responders to prepare their own homes and families for an emergency so that the responders can be focused on their jobs. Have plans in place to deal with first responders’ reluctance and worries.
- Work with the municipality’s mayor or other head official to designate authority for evacuation or SIP decisions. Plan, plan, plan. Work with any EHS facilities in your area to pre-plan.
- Be aware of and communicate with institutional facilities about their emergency plans.