Assignment task:
You have been dispatched to a charter bus accident at the railroad crossing on Irvine Blvd. Upon arrival you observe a charter bus has rear-ended a 12,000-gallon Mobile Fuel Truck and the tanker truck is halfway across the railroad tracks. Observation made from your cruiser is the bus is being evacuated and there is a strong odor of both gasoline and another substance. You were told by dispatch that the bus has approximately 25 passengers and that there are several minor injuries and three serious injuries including the bus driver who is pinned in the seat due to the impact. The commuter train runs every hour at the crossing. You can also observe that the Fire Department has just arrived on the scene behind you.
Your Immediate Departmental Resources: 6 Patrol Officers and 1 Lieutenant, local fire department, EMS and the Sheriff's Office which has 5 deputies.
How would you handle this incident from a first responder role? Would you set up ICS?