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General Emergency ServicesIncident Command System

Developed as part of the National Emergency Services Curriculum Project

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IN ICS COMMON TERMINOLOGY IS APPLIED TO:

• ORGANIZATIONAL ELEMENTS

• POSITION TITLES

• RESOURCES

• FACILITIES

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FIVE PRIMARY I.C.S. MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS

O P E R A TIO N S P L A N N IN GIN TE L L IG E N C E

L O G IS TIC S F IN A N C EA D M IN IS TR A TIO N

C O M M A N D

FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITYCOMMAND = OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY

Always staffed

OPERATIONS = DIRECT TACTICAL ACTIONS

PLANNING = COLLECT/ANALYZE DATA, INTELLIGENCE PREPARE ACTION PLAN

LOGISTICS = PROVIDE SUPPORT

FINANCE / = COST ACCOUNTING & ADMINISTRATION PROCUREMENT

INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

UNDERSTAND AGENCY POLICY & DIRECTIONUNDERSTAND AGENCY POLICY & DIRECTION

ESTABLISH INCIDENT OBJECTIVESESTABLISH INCIDENT OBJECTIVES

SELECT APPROPRIATESELECT APPROPRIATESTRATEGYSTRATEGY

PERFORMPERFORMTACTICAL DIRECTIONTACTICAL DIRECTION

ACHIEVEACHIEVEGOALGOAL

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UNITY AND CHAIN OF COMMAND

• UNITY OF COMMAND: HAVE A CLEAR LINE OF SUPERVISION

• CHAIN OF COMMAND: ORDERLY RANKING OF MANAGEMENT POSITIONS IN LINE OF AUTHORITY

INCIDENT OPERATIONS ORGANIZATION

SIN G LER ESO U R C E

SIN G LER ESO U R C E

C O MMAN D

R ESO U R C ES

D IV IS IO N /G R O U P

B R AN C H

SEC T IO N

C O MMAN D

SMALL INCIDENTSMALL INCIDENTORGANIZATIONORGANIZATION

LARGE INCIDENTLARGE INCIDENTORGANIZATIONORGANIZATION

Example: ELT mission

Example: training mission

INCIDENT OPERATIONS ORGANIZATION

R ESO U R C ES

D IV IS IO N /G R O U P

B R AN C H

SEC T IO N

C O MMAN D

LARGE INCIDENTLARGE INCIDENTORGANIZATIONORGANIZATION

Section is Operations, Planning, Logistics and Finance/Admin

Branch is Air Operations, Ground Operations

Division/group are break outs of the branch (Divisions can be geographical)

Resources - individual, task force (entire ground team), strike force (2 ground teams)

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ICS ORGANIZATION

FLEXIBILITY

NEEDS OF INCIDENTS WILL DETERMINE NEEDS OF INCIDENTS WILL DETERMINE THE REQUIRED ORGANIZATIONTHE REQUIRED ORGANIZATION

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GENERAL GUIDELINE:DO NOT COMBINE ORGANIZATIONAL

UNITS. ONE PERSON MAY SUPERVISE MORE THAN ONE UNIT

PLANNING / INTEL SECTION CHIEF

RESOURCE &SITUATION UNIT

J. Smith

RESOURCEUNIT

J. Smith

SITUATIONUNIT

J. Smith

MANAGING AN INCIDENT USING UNIFIED COMMAND

AA

BB

CCA

DIV. A DIV. B DIV. C

OPERATIONSSECTION CHIEF

OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGYFORM THE

INCIDENT ACTION PLAN

B C

UNIFIED COM M AND

HAZARDOUSHAZARDOUSMATERIALSMATERIALS

INCIDENTINCIDENT

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UNDER UNIFIED COMMANDTHERE WILL ALWAYS BE:

• ONE INCIDENT COMMAND POST

• A SINGLE COORDINATED INCIDENT ACTION PLAN

• ONE OPERATIONS SECTION CHIEF (OFFICER IN CHARGE, SUPERVISOR, ETC.)

SPAN OF CONTROL

EFFECTIVEEFFECTIVESPAN OF CONTROLSPAN OF CONTROL

INEFFECTIVEINEFFECTIVEANDAND

POSSIBLYPOSSIBLYDANGEROUSDANGEROUS

OPTIMUM SPAN OF CONTROL IS

ONE TO FIVE

1 2 3 4 5

SU PER VISOR

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RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN I.C.S.

TASK FORCESTASK FORCESCOMBINATION OF

SINGLE RESOURCES

STRIKE TEAMSTRIKE TEAMCOMBINATION OF SAME

KIND AND TYPE

SINGLE RESOURCESSINGLE RESOURCESINCLUDES PERSONNEL

AND EQUIPMENT

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USING TASK FORCES AND STRIKE TEAMS:

• MAXIMIZES EFFECTIVE USE OF RESOURCES

• REDUCES SPAN OF CONTROL

• REDUCES COMMUNICATIONS TRAFFIC

RESOURCE STATUS CONDITIONS IN I.C.S.

““OUT OF SERVICE”OUT OF SERVICE”

““AVAILABLE”AVAILABLE”

““ASSIGNED”ASSIGNED”

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PERSONNEL ACCOUNTABILITY IS

MAINTAINED THROUGH:

CHECK IN FORM

RESOURCE STATUSKEEPING SYSTEM

UNITY OF COMMAND

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PERSONNEL ACCOUNTABILITY IS

MAINTAINED THROUGH:

DIVISION CDIVISION A

DIVISION B

UNIT LOG

UNIT LOG

UNIT LOG

UNIT LOG

UNIT LOGSUNIT LOGS

DIVISION / GROUPDIVISION / GROUPASSIGNMENTASSIGNMENT

LISTSLISTS

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ICS Command Staff in CAP

• Safety Officer

• Laison Officer

• Information Officer

• Mission Chaplain

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ICS INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS

• COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS

• FREQUENCY AND RESOURCE USE PLANNING

• INFORMATION TRANSFER PROCEDURES

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COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS THAT MAY BE

REQUIRED

• COMMAND NET

• TACTICAL NETS

• SUPPORT NET

• GROUND-TO-AIR

• AIR-TO-AIR

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WRITTEN ACTION PLANS ARE IMPORTANT WHEN:

• THE INCIDENT WILL OVERLAP AN OPERATIONAL PERIOD CHANGE

• TWO OR MORE JURISDICTIONS ARE INVOLVED

• SUBSTANTIAL ACTIVATION OF THE I.C.S. ORGANIZATION

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ICS in action

• Incident Commander - ‘senior’ member in charge

• First task is to ‘Establish Command’

• Establishes the Incident Command Post (ICP)

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ICS• Completes initial size-up

• Determines need for additional resources (task forces, single, strike force)

• Not every Incident requires a written plan

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REASONS TO TRANSFER COMMAND

• A MORE QUALIFIED PERSON ASSUMES COMMAND

• A JURISDICTIONAL OR AGENCY CHANGE IN COMMAND IS LEGALLY REQUIRED OR MAKES GOOD MANAGEMENT SENSE

• PERSONNEL TURNOVER ON LONG INCIDENTS

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Questions ?

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ICS in action in CAP• Incident Commander - assigned by

NYW Alerting officer

• Establishes the Incident Command Post (ICP) - may be their house or could be at an airport/EOC/facility - depends on mission (ELT vs missing aircraft/DR)

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ICS in action in CAP• Minimum required Staff

– IC

– Safety Officer