Definition of "on-scene" []

• At the site of an incident (adjective)

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• "Dalton Fury, the on-scene Delta commander, estimates that three hundred U.S. soldiers could have secured the main passes out of Tora Bora."
• "Bi-partisan and influential groups like the Council on Competitiveness are busy making the case for funding a new generation of on-scene "barrier busters" and to move the locus of interagency work down to frontline communities, not in Washington, D.C."
• ""We have a long road ahead of us so must ensure we maintain our maximum capability and capacity to respond," said Nick Quinn, Maritime New Zealand's national on-scene commander."