Common Operating Picture 05
Common Operating Picture 05 : (1) An overview of an incident by all relevant parties that provides incident information enabling the Incident Commander/Unified Command and any supporting agencies and organizations to make effective, consistent, and timely decisions. The common operating picture also helps ensure consistency at all levels of incident management across jurisdictions, as well as between various governmental jurisdictions and private-sector and nongovernmental entities that are engaged. (NRF 1/08 & NIMS 12/08). (2) An optimal response state where all decision-makers have a common understanding of the incident and incident response situation. See: "situation assessment"