âPreheat oven to 350 degrees.â I hate this phrase. First, as George Carlin pointed out, itâs linguistically absurdâyou donât preheat an oven, you heat it. More importantly, however, it gives you a false sense of how much control you have over your oven. Itâs also plain terrible advice, in many cases.
(August 2010) The incident commander is the person responsible for all aspects of an emergency response; including quickly developing incident objectives, managing all incident operations, application of resources as well as responsibility for all persons involved.
A written IAP may be required for each operational period. Type 4 Incident Command staff and general staff functions are activated only if needed. Several resources are required to mitigate the incident, including a task force or strike team. The incident is usually limited to one operational period in the control phase. The agency administrator may have briefings, and ensure the complexity analysis and delegation of authority is updated.