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Incident command System
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Management system used in US to organize emergency response. Was designed to offer a scalable response to incidents of any magnitude.
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NIMS
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National Incident Management System
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NIMS
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expanded from FEMA - National Response Plan
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History of ICS
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Grew out of needs from 1970's wildfires; existing structures did not scale with dealing with massive mutual aid responses involving dozens of agencies
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What is the basic guiding idea of ICS
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Person at top of the ICS command structure is the responsible party until the task is delagated
Allows for small incident to be handled by few; large incindent may have may people working toward a common goal |
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ICS no matter what size contains five sections
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Command
Operations Planning Logistics Finance and Administration |
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Command
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The Incident Commander (IC) is the single person in charge, and initially fills all five positions. As the incident grows the tasks can be delegated. IC is responsible for all activity on the incident as well as creating the overall incident objectives.
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Operations
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The Operations Section Chief is tasked with directing all actions to meet the incident objectives
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Planning Section Chief
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Tasked with the collection and display of incident information, primarily consisting of the status of all resources and overall status of the incident
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Logistics
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Logistics Chief is tasked with providing all resources, services, and support required by the incident
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Finance and Administration
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Finance Section Cheif is tasked with tracking incident related costs,personnel records, requisitions, and administering procurement contracts required by Logistics.
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Chain of Command
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Follows an established organizational structure which adds layers of command as needed
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Basic outline of the chain of command
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Command
sections branches divisions/groups units resources |
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Span of control
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A person may be responsible for more than one area if that persons span of control has not been exceeded for the incident. IC can delegate responsibilities
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Consiolidated Incident Action Plan
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Means that for the specific event, the response is coordinated and managed through one plan of action
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Written
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IAP should be written
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MBO
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Management by Objective
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Management by Objective
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IC and Planning Section are responsible for the development of Strategic Objectives that clearly define what the ICS response team is working to achieve during response operations
IC and Section Cheifs should have a clear understanding |
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Planning Section Chief
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Responsible for ensuring how the objectives define how the ICS plans to address the problems. Strategic objectives should be posted
Important from a post mortem perspective |
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Unity of command
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Individuals report to one supervisor
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Modular Organization
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Size and focus of the ICS organization depends on the magnitude of the incident . Only larges scale incidents would require full-scale staffing
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Comprehensive Resource Management
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Management Priciple that implies that all assets and personnel during an event need to be tracked and accounted for
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