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Provincial incident command system: Manitoba’s response to the COVID-19 Omicron wave
Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning,
16
(3),
218-228
(2023)
Abstract
This paper describes how the Government of Manitoba employed the incident command system (ICS) to support its COVID-19 response from March 2020 to March 2022. The paper describes how the system evolved during this period to optimise the efficiency and effectiveness of emergency response and recovery efforts. The paper supports a more comprehensive implementation of the ICS to manage emergency and recovery effectively, with specific reference to the Omicron wave of the pandemic.
Keywords: emergency preparedness; healthcare; hospital; incident command system
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Author's Biography
David Matear was the Incident Commander and Senior Operating Director, Northern Lights Regional Health Centre and Fort McMurray Area for Alberta Health Services during the Fort McMurray Wildfires. David’s global healthcare leadership and clinical experience includes hospitals in Scotland and England. He has also served as an officer in the Royal Navy and Assistant Dean for Clinical Affairs at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Dentistry, and spent ten years in Abu Dhabi working to commission a centre of excellence for dentistry and develop the framework and standards for its healthcare system.
Citation
Matear, David (2023, February 1). Provincial incident command system: Manitoba’s response to the COVID-19 Omicron wave. In the Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning, Volume 16, Issue 3. https://doi.org/10.69554/BBXY1232.
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