1. Unit 6: Unified Command

2. Unit Objectives  Define Unified Command.  List the advantages of Unified Command.  Identify the primary features of Unified Command.  Describe the roles and reporting relationships between school personnel and emergency responders under a Unified Command.

3. Unit 6: Unified Command Activity: Optimal Strategy Instructions: Read the scenario below and select the optimal strategy in your Student Manual. Scenario: A high school football team is returning home from a State tournament in two buses. The first bus is involved in an accident on State Highway 1 right at the county line. Most of the bus is in Franklin County. However, the front part of the bus is in Revere County (the team’s home county). First responders from both counties and the State have arrived on the scene. The Athletic Director was on the second bus and assumed command until first responders arrived.

4. Unit 6: Unified Command Unified Command The Unified Command organization consists of the Incident Commanders from the various jurisdictions or agencies operating together to form a single command structure. Fire & Rescue Incident Commander Law Enforcement Incident Commander School Incident Commander

5. Unit 6: Unified Command Unified Command Benefits  A shared understanding of priorities and restrictions.  A single set of incident objectives.  Collaborative strategies.  Improved internal and external information flow.  Less duplication of efforts.  Better resource utilization.

6. Unit 6: Unified Command Unified Command Features  A single integrated incident organization  Collocated (shared) facilities  One set of incident objectives, single planning process, and Incident Action Plan  Integrated General Staff – Only one Operations Section  Coordinated process for resource ordering

7. Unit 6: Unified Command School Fire: Unified Command Speaking With One Voice! Unified Command Fire & Rescue Law Enforcement School Incident Commander Incident Commander Incident Commander Safety Officer (Fire & Rescue) Liaison Officer (Fire & Rescue) Agency Representatives (Law Enforcement and School Personnel) Liaison Officer (Fire & Rescue) Agency Representatives (Law Enforcement and School Personnel) Public Information Officer (PIO) (School Spokesperson) PIO Assistant Officer (Law Enforcement) PIO Assistant Officer (Fire Service) Public Information Officer (PIO) (School Spokesperson) PIO Assistant Officer (Law Enforcement) PIO Assistant Officer (Fire Service)

8. Unit 6: Unified Command School Fire: Integrated Ops Section In a Unified Command there is only one Operations Section Chief. Emergency Services Branch Director Emergency Services Branch Director Law Enforcement Branch Director Law Enforcement Branch Director Student Care Branch Director Student Care Branch Director Student Accountability & Release Group Supervisor Student Accountability & Release Group Supervisor Crisis Intervention Group Supervisor Crisis Intervention Group Supervisor Accident Investigation Group Supervisor Accident Investigation Group Supervisor Perimeter Control Group Supervisor Perimeter Control Group Supervisor Fire Suppression Group Supervisor Fire Suppression Group Supervisor EMS Group Supervisor EMS Group Supervisor Public Works Group Supervisor Public Works Group Supervisor Operations Section Chief Operations Section Chief

9. Unit 6: Unified Command Overcoming Barriers to Unified Command What are the potential barriers to school personnel being included in the Unified Command? How can you overcome these barriers?

10. Unit 6: Unified Command Making Unified Command Work  Include key community response personnel as part of the school emergency planning process.  Make sure that first responders know what the school’s legal and ethical responsibilities are during an event.  Learn ICS so that you can blend into the response structure.  Practice together during exercises and planned events.

11. Applied Exercise: School Bus Accident Unit 6: Unified Command

12. Applied Exercise (1 of 2) Instructions: 1.Working as a team, review the scenario and scenario map located in your Student Manual. 2.Answer the following questions:  Which agencies/organization should be included in the Unified Command structure?  Which ICS positions/Sections will be activated?

13. Unit 6: Unified Command Applied Exercise (2 of 2) Continue answering the following questions:  How many Operations Section Chiefs will be assigned representing each of the agencies?  What is one example of an incident objective that the Unified Command group might establish? 3.Select a spokesperson and be prepared to present your work in 20 minutes.

14. Unit 6: Unified Command Summary Are you now able to:  Define Unified Command?  List the advantages of Unified Command?  Identify the primary features of Unified Command?  Describe the roles and reporting relationships between school personnel and emergency responders under a Unified Command?