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The Incident Command System: Applying Emergency Response Best Practice to Your Disaster

The Incident Command System: Applying Emergency Response Best Practice to Your Disaster
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Author(s): David W. Carmicheal (Pennsylvania State Archives, USA)
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 24
Source title: Handbook of Research on Disaster Management and Contingency Planning in Modern Libraries
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Emy Nelson Decker (Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library, USA)and Jennifer A. Townes (Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8624-3.ch002

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Abstract

The Incident Command System (ICS) was created in 1970 to provide a standardized protocol for managing incidents that threaten life and/or property. Although the ICS grew out of a disaster that involved 20,000 responders, and was envisioned as a way to coordinate response for major disasters, it was designed to be scalable. As a result, the ICS can scale down. This chapter describes how ICS can be a valuable tool for responding to incidents even within the confines of a single repository. During a disaster, librarians and archivists who understand ICS are better prepared to initiate their internal response, interact with emergency responders, and manage any extended recovery phase that may follow the disaster.

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