VERMONT EMS DISTRICT #5 Multiple Casualty Incident Management Plan  EMS Command should not perform any Primary Triage or get involved with patient care as he/she needs to be evaluating the entire situation and communicating with incoming units and other agencies.  EMS Command should immediately report to Command Post (if established) to receive a situation status report from the Incident Commander or initiate a Command Post if not already established.  The EMS Commander should then notify EMS dispatch that Command has been “EMS established”. It is recommended that when EMS Command is established that you give a name identifiable with the location (i.e. Acme 101 has established Pine Road Command)  EMS Command may relinquish any or all responsibility to another qualified EMS provider if appropriate.
VERMONT EMS DISTRICT #5 Multiple Casualty Incident Management Plan  EMS Command should not perform any Primary Triage or get involved with patient care as he/she needs to be evaluating the entire situation and communicating with incoming units and other agencies.  EMS Command should immediately report to Command Post (if established) to receive a situation status report from the Incident Commander or initiate a Command Post if not already established.  The EMS Commander should then notify EMS dispatch that “EMS Command has been established”. It is recommended that when EMS Command is established that you give a name identifiable with the location (i.e. Acme 101 has established Pine Road Command)  EMS Command may relinquish any or all responsibility to another qualified EMS provider if appropriate.