Managers also need to understand their leadership role under Unified Command. Unified Command is a process that can be implemented by all agencies regardless of jurisdictional or functional responsibilities. The ICS concept follows all the known and established principles of emergency management and does not require new or untried approaches, nor change the way various parts of the actual emergency are handled. There are goals, recommendations and procedural guidelines. These assist in establishing a management framework that fits the size and type of emergency and the agencies involved.
All emergencies are different.
Each has its own characteristics and problems. The Unified Command concept must be applied in a configuration to meet the needs of any given emergency. Goals and guidelines provide only general information for the assigned managers. Personnel having responsibility for the outcome of the emergency must make specific decisions and take actions that may seem to modify Unified Command. Develop a single collective approach to the incident regardless of its functional or geographical complexity.