Incident Response Team
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An Incident Response Team are the group of persons directly involved, or prepared for, a Emergency Incident. The team is generally comprised of specific members, but may, under certain circumstances be an ad-hoc group of willing volunteers. Incident Response Team members are prepared to fufill the roles requied by the specific situation (eg. Incident commander). As the size of an Incident grows, and as more resources are drawn into the event, the command of the situation may shift through several phases. In a initial small event, usually only a volunteer or Ad-hoc Team may respond. In small but growing, and large events, both Specific Member and Ad-hoc teams work jointly in a unified command system. individual Team members can be trained in various aspects of the response, be it Medical Assistance/First Aid, Hazardous Materials spills, Hostage situations or disaster reliefe.
[edit] Specific Member Teams
Trained and on standby at all times, during scheduled hours. Paid by the State as a means of financial support. Organized by Ranks and clearly defined chain of command
Examples :
- Critical Incident Response Team (aka. SWAT)
- Air Rescue units
[edit] Volunteer and Ad-hoc Teams
Respond in a similar fashion as do Volunteer FireFighters. Have a unrelated job outside of the Response Team environment for means of support. Usually the first responder on the scene will assume the role of Incident Commander
Facility Examples :
- Factory Nurse
- Plant Engineer's
Community Examples :
- St. John Ambulance Brigaid
- Nabourhood Watch
- Campus response
[edit] External Links
- List of Special Response Units
- Carnegie Mellon University Computer Emergency Response Team.
- Disaster Assistance Response Team - DART Department of National Defence
- US National Response Team (NRT)Oil and hazardous materials spills
- Canada’s national Computer Emergency Response Team.CNERT
- Lakehead University Emergency First Response Team
- Ontario Volunteer Emergency Response Team - O.V.E.R.T
- The Emergency First Response Team at McMaster University EFRT
