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on-scene com·man·der

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Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. on-scene commander

    1. An individual in the immediate vicinity of an isolating event who temporarily assumes command of the incident. 2. The federal officer designated to direct federal crisis and consequence management efforts at the scene of a terrorist or weapons of mass destruction incident. Also called OSC.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of on-scene commander in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of on-scene commander in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of on-scene commander in a Sentence

  1. Public Safety Director Steven McCraw:

    The on-scene commander considered a barricaded subject and that there was time and there were no children at risk. Obviously, you know, based on the information we have, there were children in that classroom that were at risk, and it was, in fact, still an active shooter situation and not a barricaded subject.

  2. Texas DPS Director Steven McCraw:

    The only thing stopping a hallway of dedicated officers from entering Room 111, and 112, was the on-scene commander, who decided to place the lives of officers before the lives of children.

  3. Public Safety Director Steven McCraw:

    Three minutes after the suspect entered the west building, there was a sufficient number of armed officers wearing body armor to isolate, distract, and neutralize the subject, the only thing stopping a hallway of dedicated officers from entering Room 111, and 112, was the on-scene commander, who decided to place the lives of officers before the lives of children.

  4. Public Safety Director Steve McCraw:

    I appear to be hypercritical of the on-scene commander, and I don't mean to be, but the facts are the facts, mistakes were made. It should never have happened that way.

  5. Steve McCraw:

    Three minutes after the suspect entered the west building, there was a sufficient number of armed officers wearing body armor to isolate, distract and neutralize the subject, the only thing stopping a hallway of dedicated officers from entering Room 111, and 112, was the on-scene commander, who decided to place the lives of officers before the lives of children.


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