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Unified Area Command: A Unified Area Command should be established when incidents under an Area Command are multi-jurisdictional. (See Area Command and Unified Command).
Unified Command: In ICS, Unified Command is a unified team effort which allows all agencies with jurisdictional responsibility for the incident, either geographical or functional, to manage an incident by establishing a common set of incident objectives, strategies and action plans. This is accomplished without losing or abdicating agency authority, responsibility, or accountability. The term 'Incident Command', when used throughout this standard, shall be deemed to include Unified Command.
Unit(s): The organizational element having functional responsibility for a specific Planning, Logistics or Finance/Administration activity.
Unit Leader: The individual in charge of managing Units within an Incident Command System
(ICS) functional section. The Unit can be staffed by a number of support personnel providing a
wide range of services. Some of the support positions are pre-established within ICS (e.g. Base
or Camp Manager), but many others will be assigned as Technical Specialists.
Unity of Command: The concept by which each person within an organization reports to one and only one designated.