Course Overview:
This unit covers the coordination of the response to off-shore or on-shore incidents. The person may be the incident coordinator, or could be a member of the incident control centre team. The incident coordinator typically responds to the incident manager, who may be stationed away from the facility or plant.
In a typical scenario, the person is in charge of an incident control centre on or near the facility. The incident coordinator is responsible for interactions between corporate headquarters, the on site incident response teams and the person in charge of the facility. There may be more than one incident response team involved depending on the size and complexity of the incident.
Key aspects of the competence include:
- minimising the escalation of the incident
- allocation of resources and assets
- tactical response planning, consistent with the philosophies and strategies of the organisation
- close communication with the incident response team(s)
- interactions with external agencies required to assist with the emergency
- gathering information concerning the incident
The individual may:
- effectively communicate and consult with a range of individuals and organisations
- develop incident response and/or incident search and rescue tactics based on information available
- negotiate and communicate with internal support structures set up to assist with logistics planning, operations and external affairs
Generally the individual would assume command of the incident response team(s) during an incident response though may be required to take advice from the incident support management group. At all times they would be liaising and cooperating with members of the incident support management group.
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