What are the differences between Traffic Incident Management, Incident Command and Emergency Management?
A. These three terms are often confused and sometime used interchangeably. They mean distinctively different things to different people. Traffic Incident Management is that set of actions and procedures taken by multiple agencies and private sector partners acting cooperatively in a coordinated manner to prepare for and quickly and safely detect, respond to and remove traffic incidents and then to effectively address their lingering effects on traffic flow and safety. Incident Command (ICS) is the command and control structure for the effective management of personnel and equipment resources during an incident. Through ICS, agencies working at an incident scene are able to achieve: • Common terminology • Modular organization • Integrated communications • Unified command structure • Consolidated action plan • Manageable span-of-control • Predesignated incident facilities • Comprehensive resource management Emergency Management is a general term that describes public safety agencies as w
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