Continuing severe weather is causing widespread damage. There are multiple impacts in the community.

• Vehicle movement is constrained;
• some people are stranded and are in need of assistance;
• there have been impacts on communications and power;
• and some structures are impacted.

9-1-1 operators are receiving conicting reports about a number of issues, including someweather-related injuries and an unveried report of the structural collapse of an assisted living facility.

Identify what you believe are the top three challenges for ocials to manage in this incident. Explain why you think these are the most dicult or most important to be managed at this time. How could an Incident Command System be used to manage these challenges?

500 words total.