1. (a) An Incident Commander is defined as an individual responsible for all incident activities, including the development of strategies and tactics and the ordering and release of resources, who has overall authority and responsibility for conducting and managing all incident operations at the incident site.
2. (b) All individuals holding an Incident Commander certification shall be required to comply with the continuing education requirements in Chapter 441 of this title (relating to Continuing Education).

3. (c) Special temporary provision. Individuals are eligible to take the commission examination for Incident Commander by:

   1. (1) holding as a minimum, Fire Officer II certification through the commission; and
   2. (2) providing documentation of completion of the National Incident Management System courses 100, 200, 700 and 800; and
   3. (3) providing documentation acceptable to the commission that the individual has successfully completed Incident Commander training that meets the minimum requirements of the National Fire Protection Association Standard 1026; or
   4. (4) providing documentation acceptable to the commission, in the form of an affidavit from the individual's Head of Department or Chief Training Officer, that the individual has met the departments requirements to perform as an Incident Commander and has demonstrated proficiency as an Incident Commander.
   5. (5) This subsection will expire on January 1, 2022.

Source Note:The provisions of this §461.1 adopted to be effective December 3, 2020, 45 TexReg 8528.