Role of Elected and Appointed Officials during an Incident

Generally, elected and appointed officials are not at the scene of the incident, but should have the ability to communicate and meet with the Incident Commander (IC) and/or Unified Command (UC), as necessary.

Typically, Incident Commanders keep elected officials well informed, and elected officials convey the information to their constituents. Depending on the nature of the incident or level of the overall emergency, elected and appointed officials could function from the following locations:

The agency or jurisdictional offices.
An Emergency Operations Center.
A location housing multiagency coordination.