# From Bikes to Demogorgons: Running ICS in the Upside Down

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Podcast: [IEM Unscripted: DisasterSmiths™](https://stenobird.com/podcast/iem-unscripted-disastersmiths-6786341)
Published: 2025-12-30T11:30:00+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iem-disastersmiths/episodes/From-Bikes-to-Demogorgons-Running-ICS-in-the-Upside-Down-e3cup9e
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## Resource

As a pre–New Year’s gift to our DisasterSmiths listeners—and as fans of Netflix’s Stranger Things ourselves—we’re heading straight into the Upside Down to tackle a question no one in Hawkins seems to ask: who would run their Incident Command? (Spoiler warning: we assume you’ve made it past Season 1.) In this special episode, we put a fun (and slightly chaotic) spin on real Incident Command System (ICS) principles, blending our love of the show with our emergency management instincts as we assign Stranger Things characters to key ICS roles. From Chief Hopper in Command, to Joyce leading Safety, Dustin in Logistics, and maybe even Eleven as a very unconventional tactical resource, we build out a Hawkins ICS capable of managing interdimensional threats, missing persons, government secrecy, and one very persistent gate to the Upside Down. Because when strange lights appear, communications fail, federal agencies show up uninvited, and monsters start roaming Main Street, someone still must establish command, set objectives, and keep the incident from spiraling completely out of control. Consider this another end-of-year thank-you for listening, and a little professional fun from fellow ST fans. Light spoilers ahead—nothing from the Upside Down you can’t handle.

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