Bronze commanders

Each emergency service will appoint a forward (bronze) commander responsible for its operations within the irmer cordon. In very significant incidents, a forward medical incident commander may be appointed. In older terminology the forward commanders were known as forward incident officers. 

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Regular repeated reassessment of the scene is a key responsibility of commanders at both silver and bronze levels. Information must pass from bronze to silver to gold command and back down the same channel. 

The outer cordon surrounds the silver area and thus also contains the bronze area or areas. Within the silver area are the elements of the emergency services response, including the command centre and the casualty clearing station. Access through the outer cordon will be controlled by the police and limited to those who have a legitimate reason to be there as well as suitable professional identification, i.e. medical badge/British Association for Immediate Care (BASICS) card, etc. 

The bronze area contains the immediate scene of the incident, for example the wreckage of the bus after the London bombings. Presence within the bronze area is likely to be associated with significant physical risk and admission will be strictly limited. The officers in command of each emergency service within the bronze area are known as forward commanders. The bronze area is referred to as the operational level. In some incidents there may be more than one bronze area, for example at each end of a tunnel containing a rail incident or with multiple incidents in one service area such as occurred with the London bombings. 

The emergency services response at the scene of an incident is controlled by the joint emergency services control centre which consists of the silver-level commanders of each emergency service. The fire, jx)lice and ambulance commanders will be recognisable by their identifying tabards. Within the bronze area each service has a forward commander who is responsible to the commander at silver level. 

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