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.
Lesson 3: Incident Commander and Command Staff Functions. This lesson introduces you to the roles of the Incident Commander and Command Staff functions. By the end of this lesson, you should be able to: 1  Identify the five major ICS management functions.  Describe the role and function of the Incident Commander.