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Official's Guide to Disasters • It may also include attachments that provide direction and important information for management of the incident during one or more operational periods. • Incident Commander (IC): The individual responsible for all incident activities, including the development of strategies and tactics and the ordering and the release of resources. The IC has overall authority and responsibility for conducting incident operations and is responsible for the management of all incident operations at the incident site. • Mutual Aid or Assistance Agreement: Written or oral agreement between and among agencies/organizations and/or jurisdictions that provides a mechanism to quickly obtain emergency assistance in the form of personnel, equipment, materials, and other associated services. The primary objective is to facilitate rapid, short-term deployment of emergency support prior to, during, and/or after an incident. These must be executed prior to a disaster and must contain the terms for charges for mutual aid, but cannot have a contingency clause (i.e., "Payment will be provided only upon receipt of funding from FEMA") • Public Information Officer (PIO): A member of the Command Staff responsible for interfacing with the public and media and/or with other agencies with incident- related information requirements. • Unified Command (UC): An Incident Command System application used when • more than one agency has incident jurisdiction or when incidents cross political jurisdictions. Agencies work together through the designated members of the UC, often the senior persons from agencies and/or disciplines participating in the UC, to establish a common set of objectives and strategies and a single Incident Action Plan. • NIMS Page 2.3 Version Date-April 9, 2012