Incident Planning, Response, and Recovery Manual The George Washington University Campuses, Graduate Education Centers, and Strategic Partners

University Incident Teams Overview >> Response Management and Leadership Group members are vital to crisis management. They will advise the Vice Presidents and President respectively. Principal members comprise the core of the Team for most incidents. Alternates, with similar expertise, are designated in case of unavailability of the principal. Alternates can also be called in by the Crisis Manager in the event that an incident: Will require management at the level reflected by Team membership for longer than eight (8) hours, or The scope of the incident is anticipated to exceed the capabilities of the Team and the duration is expected to be short. The Crisis Manager, with the advice of the team, will decide when to activate the alternate Leadership Group. As alternate members may be required to replace the first team, they should seek an opportunity to rest any time an incident’s management by the principals exceeds two hours and resolution is not imminent. They should check-out with their principal before proceeding to the GW Inn (or an alternate lodging option near the scene). If the alternate is acting for an absent principal, they are responsible to identify their own alternate should the incident have the potential to last long enough for relief of the team to be required. NEXT: Leadership and Activation >> Complete Table of Contents

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