Common use of Command Authority Clause in Contracts

Command Authority. Upon arrival of the requested service area’s resources at the incident scene, staging area, or cover assignment location, all such personnel, equipment, and materials shall remain under the command of the requested service area’s senior responding personnel. The requested service area’s senior responding personnel shall report to and operate under the direction of the requesting (jurisdictional) service area’s Incident Command (“IC”). In no case shall any equipment be loaned for use to personnel who have not been trained in its use.