According to Witt Associates, (2012) Mitigation, the executive official (Ms. Hoye) solely should have the authority to make the final decision on the status of an event. If there was an Incident Command System (ICS) implemented to serve as the standard command and control management system a joint decision could be found. Cindy Hoye is the face that is representing the fairground and was her job to safeguard the public and the fairgrounds; she just did not make the decision that was needed. Integration of knowledge by essentials makes filing and retrieving information more efficacious and provides decision makers an invaluable tool: guiding principles (Oliver and Roos 2005; Locke 2002). Indiana State Fair Commission Executive Director Cindy
