They will have the lead in all aspects of patient care as assigned by the medical officer or incident commander.

Initially, the local first responders such as the fire department would become the incident commander.

Identify and contact the current incident commander and present identification.

When an actual emergency occurs, the materials are made available to the Incident Commander.

"We'll probably be working this fire for at least two weeks," said Larry Humphrey, the fire's incident commander.

Incident Commander must assess available flow to determine whether additional apparatus or streams are required.

Often the first responder on the scene will assume the role of Incident Commander.

"When different incident commanders try managing multiple incidents on one channel, it's confusing," he said.

Multiple alarms: A request by an incident commander for additional personnel and apparatus.

The deputy fire chief, Robert Sullivan, was the incident commander responsible for actually running the drill.