IC response actions

Actions (as appropriate and practical):

• Stand off, observe and assess
• Determine inner cordoned area
• Reposition response personnel, vehicles and equipment
• Ensure safe operations at the scene
• Follow personnel protection guidelines
• Take life saving actions
• Establish an incident command post (ICP) and staging area
• Consider terrorism/bomb/second event
• Check and identify packages, people, papers and vehicles
• Mark inner cordoned area
• Evacuate public from inner cordoned area
• Request radiological assessor — get phone advice on radiation issues
• Request initial assessment from first responder monitor
• Establish response areas/facilities
• Account for all response personnel
• Manage field triage, registration, monitoring and decontamination
• Establish a security perimeter at scene and other facilities
• Limit spread of contamination
• Notify transport/medical facilities
• Notify national EOC. Consider need for full response (specialised teams)
• Brief requested teams upon arrival
• Keep the public informed through a single official source
• Treat scene as a crime scene
• Do not attempt recovery or decontamination of the scene
• Follow the general on scene response action guide