Incident Commander

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Working definition

The individual responsible for overall management of an incident under the Incident Command System.

In plain language

The individual responsible for overall management of an incident under the Incident Command System.

Why it matters

Incident Commander is useful because it separates one specific part of wildfire behaviour, exposure, operations or evidence from nearby concepts that can otherwise be mixed together.

Primary terminology sourceSearch official NWCG glossary ↗

Tecnobosque explanation reviewed 12 September 2026. Source definitions are authoritative within their stated jurisdiction; the explanatory text above is an independent technical synthesis.