Maryland’s Emergency Response Plan for Invasive Forest Pests Revised May 2005
	Title Welcome letter Introduction I. Scope and Purpose II. Authorization III. Agency Roles and Responsibilities IV. Members of the Forest and Tree Invasive Species Incident Command System: Incident Command Group Planning and Finance Team Operations Team Communications Team V. Notification and Mobilization VI. Direction and Control Glossary

VI. Direction and Control

In recognition of the differing responsibilities of any participating agencies, cooperators etc., the MDA and USDA APHIS will be the lead agencies. Other organizations may assist and lead agencies in many ways, but should not make survey or eradication decisions on their own. In general, all participating agencies and cooperators will communicate frequently and follow all proper communication channels required for a coordinated response led through the Incident Commander, MDA and USDA APHIS.
Work force organization will reflect the needs of the event including staff assignments for each of the three work teams.
Issues that cannot be resolved within the individual work teams will be brought to the ICG for resolution.