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KITTITAS COUNTY CEMP <br /> Page 28 of 63 November 2024 | BASIC PLAN <br />B. Emergency Organizational Structure <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ICS and EOC organizational structures develop in a modular fashion based on an incident’s size, <br />complexity, and hazard environment. Responsibility for establishing and expanding ICS <br />organizations and EOC teams ultimately rests with the Incident Commander (or Unified Command) <br />and EOC director. Responsibility for functions that subordinates perform defaults to the next higher <br />supervisory position until the supervisor delegates those responsibilities. As incident complexity <br />increases, organizations expand as the Incident Commander, Unified Command, EOC director, and <br />subordinate supervisors delegate additional functional responsibilities. <br /> <br />Maintaining an appropriate span of control helps ensure an effective and efficient incident <br />management operation. It enables management to direct and supervise subordinates and to <br />communicate with and manage all resources under their control. The optimal span of control for <br />incident management is one supervisor to five subordinates; however, effective incident <br />management frequently necessitates ratios significantly different from this. <br />