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.
The Incident Commander shall request SWAT when at a barricaded or hostage incident when the suspect is probably armed ; the suspect is believed to have been involved in a criminal act or is a significant threat to the lives and safety of the public and / or police ; the suspect is in a position of advantage , affording cover and concealment or is ...