Responsibilities and Training
Establish a Chain of Command
A chain of command links one person with overall responsibility for managing an emergency to others who are responsible for carrying out specific emergency-response tasks.
A chain of command establishes who is in charge.
A chain of command establishes who is in charge and ensures that everyone in the chain responds to emergencies in an organized way.
- EAP Coordinator. At the top of the chain is the trained emergency evacuation coordinator who has overall responsibility for managing emergencies.
- Evacuation Wardens. Just below the emergency evacuation coordinator are the volunteer evacuation wardens who assist others in evacuation.
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4-1. Who assumes the incident command role and is responsible for directing all emergency response activities?
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