%0 Journal Article %T Regional interoperability: making systems connect in complex disasters %J Journal of trauma %D 2009 %A Briggs, Susan M. %V 67 %N 2 Suppl %P S88-90 %X Effective use of the Incident Command System (ICS) is the key to regional interoperability. Many different organizations with different command structures and missions respond to a disaster. The ICS allows different kinds of agencies (fire, police, and medical) to work together effectively in response to a disaster. Functional requirements, not titles, determine the organizational hierarchy of the ICS structure. The ICS is a modular/adaptable system for all disasters regardless of etiology and for all organizations regardless of size.

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%G en %I Lippincott Williams and Wilkins %@ 0022-5282 %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/TA.0b013e3181adbcc0