At The Incident Scene, Who Handles Media Inquiries?

At the incident scene, the Public Information Officer handles media inquiries.

As the FEMA IS-100.C Instructor Guide explains, the “Public Information Officer is a member of the ICS Command Staff responsible for interfacing with the public and media and/or with other agencies with incident-related information needs” The guide further explains that the Public Information Officer is “the primary contact for anyone who wants information about the incident“.

Source: https://training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/is100c/english/student%20manual/is0100c_sm.pdf

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