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Incident Command Structure

Incident Command Structure is a formal hierarchical framework within emergency management systems that establishes standardized roles, reporting relationships, and decision-making authority to coordinate response efforts during incidents, distinguishing it from other organizational models by its scalable, functionally specialized, and unified command design.

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236

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84

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2017–2026

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THE INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM: HIGH-RELIABILITY ORGANIZING FOR COMPLEX AND VOLATILE TASK ENVIRONMENTS.

Gregory A. Bigley, Karlene H. Roberts · Academy of Management Journal · 2001 · 923 citations

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The Network Governance of Crisis Response: Case Studies of Incident Command Systems

D. P. Moynihan · Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory · 2009 · 502 citations · Full text

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A Critical Evaluation of the Incident Command System and NIMS

Dick A Buck, Joseph Trainor, Benigno E. Aguirre · Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management · 2006 · 251 citations

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Responding to COVID-19: The UW Medicine Information Technology Services Experience

Elisha S. Grange, Eric J. Neil, Michelle Stoffel et al. · Applied Clinical Informatics · 2020 · 159 citations · Full text

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The Incident Command System: High-Reliability Organizing for Complex and Volatile Task Environments

Gregory A. Bigley, Karlene H. Roberts · Academy of Management Journal · 2001 · 150 citations

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Authors

236

  1. KH
    Karlene H. Roberts

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    3 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. GA
    Gregory A. Bigley

    University of Washington, United States

    2 publications · 1.1K citations

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  3. SM
    Sharifa Merali

    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States

    2 publications · 61 citations

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  4. SE
    Sara E. Cosgrove

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    2 publications · 33 citations

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  5. AG
    Alain Georges Mballa Etoundi

    Ministry of Public Health, Cameroon

    2 publications · 61 citations

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Institutions

84

  1. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    4 h-index

    20 publications

    2.6K citations

  2. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    146 citations

  3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    Atlanta, United States

    3 h-index

    21 publications

    624 citations

  4. University of California System

    Oakland, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    1.1K citations

  5. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    618 citations

  6. Johns Hopkins Medicine

    Baltimore, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    77 citations

  7. Seattle Children's Hospital

    Seattle, United States

    2 h-index

    11 publications

    389 citations

  8. National Cheng Kung University Hospital

    Tainan City, Taiwan

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    197 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

    JHSEM · 3 publications · 282 citations

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  2. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management

    3 publications · 120 citations

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  4. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

    2 publications · 142 citations

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  5. Emerging infectious diseases

    EID · 2 publications · 61 citations

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