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Incident command establishment and response configuration

Development version 26.42.00 adds the first structured workflow for an authorized Incident Commander to establish command.

Highlights​

  • Create Incident distinguishes actual incidents from exercises and drills.
  • Incident Commanders can create incidents only for facilities where they hold the active Incident Commander HICS Role.
  • Incident creation records the facility, incident name, brief description, recognized or began time, selected Incident Response Guide, Command Center, and explicit command assumption.
  • An Incident Response Guide is optional; None can be selected when no guide applies.
  • An active physical or virtual Command Center is required.
  • Creating an incident does not automatically start Operational Period 01.
  • Administrators can build structured Incident Response Guides directly or import the controlled HICSNow Word template for review before saving.
  • Unused guides can be deleted with confirmation. Guides already used by an incident are retained for historical integrity and can be made inactive.
  • Incident configuration is preserved with the incident when a guide or Command Center is changed later.
Development preview

These workflows are available in the AWS development environment. Additional incident forms, objectives, actions, assignments, and operational-period workflows will continue to be added in later releases.