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The original Incident Command System was established in the mid-1970s by the US Forest Service and a number of California agencies. It was designed to improve and help coordinate responses to catastrophic wildfires in California. By 1981, ICS was used widely in Southern California in response to fire and non-fire incidents, and its success led to its application in a broad variety of emergency situations.

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