Uh...yeah...the ICS structure. The paid city/county/state Emergency Coordinators do the "revolving door" thing so often around here, the ICS goes out the window, even at drills. "In an emergency, all plans are off." The 'worker bees' pick up the pieces and, no surprise, the job gets done.

We had a family friend go missing for 6 mos. once. Turned out, it was a mother/daughter spat and the kid ran off to California...and remained "lost" until she decided to be "found". There were at least 5 area searches during that time, all looking for 'remains'. CERT teams are the new kid on the block, gotta say...serious worker bees!