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Unified command may refer to:
- Unified Combatant Command ( United States Department of Defense)
- sub-unified command ( Joint service subordinate command of a Unified Combatant Command)
- Unified Command (ICS), U.S. federal government incident command system
- Unified Command (Deepwater Horizon oil spill), command system in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
In the Incident Command System, a Unified Command is an authority structure in which the role of incident commander is shared by two or more individuals, each already having authority in a different responding agency. Unified command is one way to carry out command in which responding agencies and/or jurisdictions with responsibility for the incident share incident management.
A Unified Command may be needed for incidents involving multiple jurisdictions or agencies.
If a Unified Command is needed, Incident Commanders representing agencies or jurisdictions that share responsibility for the incident manage the response from a single Incident Command Post. A Unified Command allows agencies with different legal, geographic, and functional authorities and responsibilities to work together effectively without affecting individual agency authority, responsibility, or accountability. Under a Unified Command, a single, coordinated Incident Action Plan will direct all activities. The Incident Commanders will supervise a single Command and General Staff organization and speak with one voice.
The Unified Command provides Incident Command System/ Unified Command (ICS) for coordinating response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
The organization was initially headquartered at the Shell Robert Training and Conference Center in Robert, Louisiana. Robert has 20 streets and one stop light. On June 15, 2010, they announced plans to move its 350 staff into of space to downtown New Orleans, Louisiana near the Superdome.
The group works via consensus on managing the spill and making official statements. Incident commanders from each group report to the National Incident Commander, Admiral Thad Allen, USCG. The Command has Incident Command Centers in Houma, Louisiana; Mobile, Alabama; and Miami, Florida (moving on June 11 from St. Petersburg, Florida).
Among the functions is the Joint Information Center, consisting of Public information officers from the various components which coordinates the daily news.
Usage examples of "unified command".
In light of the Inner Domain's manifest hostility, a unified command structure is essential to deal with the further incursions that are bound to come.
I'd say Unit Thirteen - the Special Forces Unified Command domestic counterterrorism team.
Mundek's Redeemers joined all the diversified groups in forming a unified command.
Without unified purpose, without semblance of unified command or a single strong leader.
Brasche shuddered at the memory of a fight between his medium panzers and no less than a dozen Russian guns, dug in, camouflaged and firing under a unified command.
President, Major Cleary and his unified command have exited the aircraft.
I needn't remind any of you what history taught us during the Riftwar: that a unified command is essential.