An injured person.

Hospital recognised code for an external emergency

Directing an agency’s people and resources in the performance of its role and tasks. Authority is vertical within the agency.

A person within an agency empowered to direct personnel and resources of the agency in the performance of its role and tasks. A functional commander can direct personnel and resources of more than one agency in accordance with pre-determined arrangements.

A person appointed to initiate and coordinate activities in an affected community to assist its development in recovery from an emergency.

A committee which may be convened after an emergency to provide a management forum for the recovery process in respect of an affected area or a specific community.

The overall direction of response activities in an emergency situation. Control acts horizontally across agencies, as it carries the responsibility for tasking other agencies.

The agency identified in the EMMV as the agency responsible for the control of a particular type of event. The department is the nominated control agency for specific incidents.

Facilities from which site, region/area of operations, and state level functions can be carried out. Accordingly, response agencies should provide appropriate physical and technical infrastructure to support those personnel appointed as incident controllers, agency commanders, and representatives of the organisations that support them. Any centre established for this purpose shall be named based on the function it supports, e.g. control centre, command centre, operation centre.

Bringing together agencies and elements to ensure an effective response to the emergency. Involves systematic acquisition and application of resources (agencies, personnel and equipment). Police are always the coordinators of an incident response.