Incident Command & Coordination

Communication & Reporting

About this lesson

Who tells whom what, on which radio net and which form, and how the Incident Action Plan renews every operational period.

Key terms

  • Chain of command: Orders and assignments go down one line

  • Informal communication: Information can cross the chart, orders never do

  • Radio net: One net for each kind of conversation

  • Incident Action Plan: The 202 to 206 forms plus a map

  • Operational period: Plan, brief, execute, repeat

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