Incident Command System Management Essay

The effective ICS management is an essential condition of the successful emergency management and minimization of negative effects of emergencies on the population and environment under the impact. The ICS management is equally important at both local and international level that means that regardless of the level, at which an emergency occurs, the ICS management team should come prepared to manage the emergency effectively. At this point, it is possible to refer to recent snowfalls in North California, which virtually paralyzed the local transportation system, and the aircraft crash in Indonesia of Airasia Flight 8501.

North California has faced the nature’s outrage as snowfalls have reached the high level and caused considerable problems, especially in terms of the transportation and the supply of electricity as well as infrastructure at large. In this regard, the development of the ICS response aimed at the prevention of numerous negative effects, which affect the impact of the emergency on the population under the impact. In fact, the development of the ICS response was grounded on the maintenance of the local transportation system and protection of the local infrastructure from the negative impact of the disaster. However, the ICS has failed to respond effectively because, in spite of the efforts of the ICS management team, it has failed to prevent the transportation system’s collapse. On the other hand, the infrastructure was basically maintained effectively that helped to maintain the effective communication within the local community, the supply of electric power and maintain basic elements of the local infrastructure successfully.

At the same time, in response to the emergency, the ICS team has managed to restore the local transportation system relatively fast because the transportation has been restored in the matter of a couple of days that allowed the local community to regain the normal functioning and normal transportation within a relatively short time, which helped to secure the local community and maintain key functions within the local community. The local population has suffered provisional inconveniences because of the collapse of the local transportation system caused by unparalleled, high snowfalls. Nevertheless, the response of the ICS emergency team was relatively fast. However, the response of the ICS team could have been better, if the ICS team has managed to close key transportation directions and start using special vehicles and equipment to clean the roads and maintain their normal functioning from the beginning of the snowfall. Moreover, the emergency prevention management was poor because the information about the upcoming emergency and the response to the emergency were ineffective. To put it more precisely, in spite of the warning about the upcoming emergency, the local authorities and emergency services have failed to prevent the transportation collapse at the local level. The problem was caused by communication gaps or under-estimation of the scope of the emergency and its impact on the local community by the ICT team.

The Airasia flight 8501 crash was the emergency that has occurred at the international level. The aircraft crash occurred in Indonesia and passengers from different countries suffered the crash that resulted in the death of all passengers and crew of the aircraft. The emergency response of the ICS management team was quite controversial. On the one hand, the ICS management team had little chances, if any to save survivors of the aircraft crash. On the other hand, if the ICS management team has responded faster, they could have probably saved some passengers or crew members of the aircraft. At the same time, the problem was that the local authorities and emergency services could not respond to the emergency effectively. Instead, they needed the international support. This is why the interaction of the ICS management team at the international level could have improved the rescue operation. For example, the location of the aircraft crash could have been identified faster than it has been actually done. In addition, the aircraft crash could be prevented, if the communication between the crew and on-land services was better and more effective. Instead, operators have failed to prevent the crew of the aircraft of possible risks and dangers that the aircraft’s crew has confronted. More important, the crew has failed to prevent the accident and crash of the aircraft. As for the ICS management team, its response was still adequate since, as the accidents has not been prevented, there were little, if any chances to find and rescue any survivor because there were none of them in the aircraft crash.

Thus, the analysis of the aforementioned emergencies reveals the importance of fast response of the ICS management team to emergency because it is the matter of survival of people under the impact of the emergency. If the ICS management team fails to respond fast, the risk of casualties increases. Instead, the fast and proper response helps to prevent devastating impact of emergencies at both local and international levels.

 

References:

Associated Press. (2015). Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Relatives View Indonesia Crash with Empathy, and Envy. Retrieved from http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2015/01/malaysia_airlines_flight_370_r_1.html

Spillman, B. (2014). N. California, Nevada get another round of rain, snow, USA Today. Retrieved from http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2014/12/15/california-storms/20423075/

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