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St)LUTh)S: Continued The first task of command is to view the scene and to make other observations and determination as necessary to insure the safety of all the emergency personnel on the scene or reporting to the scene. Subsequently arriving units allow this assessment to be made by assuming a "staged" position several hundred feet from the scene until_ assigned .to duties at- the scene by the command person. Assumption of command by standard procedure, assign,ing security.'functions to command as a high priority responsibility, and supporting the safety and security priority by the use of staging for subsequently arriving personnel allows control at a scene to be established as an initial event. Further, in the system now in place in Orange County, the Command Officer's function is to establish a simple "strategy" or plan and then to support the plan by placing people into manageable teams and assigning them to definable tasks. To establish this strategy or plan, the command person is expected to consult with as many agency chiefs or their representatives as is necessary. The teams would be formed in the staging area and deployed in "sectors" suck as "extrication," "treatment," and "transportation." This system involves the co-operation of all agencies at an emergency scene to gain and maintain control of the emergency scene. y POLE' ouN?.4 POLE: The establishment of the system in Orange County evolved over several years of discussions and reviews of incidents and a desire to improve handling of emergencies , in Our county. These discussions of incidents involved emergency personnel, community management and political leaders. The program now is coordinated by the county's Emergency Services Director. The coordinator chairs a committee referred to as the "Orange County Command Team." This team comprises the chief and assistant chiefs of every emergency agency in the county, the elected officials, the county and town managers, and the emergency department and security chiefs from the hospital. The team meets as a whole at least every two months. The meetings involve critiques of incidents, training in command functions, and planning. The command team includes a subcommittee, "Orange County Command Team Training Committee." This subcommittee was established to develop training programs, plan and coordinate disaster drills for the county and develop procedures to present to the command team. Recently, the team adopted a disaster team notification procedure. This is a procedure to notify the Command Team in the event that an emergency threatens Orange County and to maintain a line of communication with regular updates to inform members of the Command Team concerning the status of emergencies. (see attached) The Command Team selected the Orange County Communications Center as the EOC (Emergency Operations Center) during emergencies. The Center will serve as the meeting location for the policymakers and the Command Team to plan and coordinate activities during an emergency. The cost for the planning, development, training and implementation of this management program has been minima]._ Each emergency agency in Orange County has contributed many hours of on duty manpower toward making this program successful. Many people have also contributed many volunteer hours towards this program. Supposrt has come from management, department leaders and field personnel. The Program has resulted in better utilization of county funds through the sharing of resources and better management of the resources.--The resources and manpower are used more efficiently through the continued planning and cooperati by all the emergency agencies in Orange County.