Expanding The Incident Command System Organization

Expanding the ICS Incident Command Information Officer Safety Officer Liaison Officer

Expanding the ICS Scenario Police received a call reporting gunshots in the New Orleans area

Expanding the ICS Incident Command Patrol Car 1 Patrol Car 2 Single resources: An Individual, piece of equipment & its personnel or a crew or team with similar activities

Expanding the ICS On arrival, Police reports multiple shooters and a build up of a crowd. There is also a possibility of injuries and smoke is noticed coming from the area Scenario

Expanding the ICS Incident Command Perimeter Control group Intervention Group Task Force Strike Team Investigati on Strike Team

Expanding the ICS A Group is an organizational level having responsibility for a Specific Functional Assignment. This is managed by a Group Supervisor. A Strike Team is a group of resources of the same size and type (e.g. three patrol cars, two task force units etc.)

Expanding the ICS Realizing that the incident was more widespread than initially reported, the IC decided to use the strike team differently. He established divisions:

Expanding the ICS Divisions are used to divide an incident into geographic areas of operation. It is located within the ICS organization between the Branch and the Task Force/ Strike Team. They are identified by alphabet characters for horizontal applications and by floor numbers when used in buildings

Expanding the ICS A D B C

Incident Command Operations section Division A Division BDivision CDivision D Task Force Strike team

Expanding the ICS Branches On arrival of the Emergency Medical and fire services, the Incident Commander decided to expand the response structure by the establishment of Branches A Branch is a functional unit having Functional or Geographic responsibility for major parts of incident management

Expanding the ICS Incident Command Operations Section Law Enforcement Branch Fire and Rescue Branch Medical Response Branch Div A Div B Div C SAR Strike Team EMT 1

Expanding the ICS Incident Command Operations Section Logistic Section Planning Section

Expanding the ICS Planning Section Situation Unit Resource Unit Documentation Unit

Expanding the ICS Incident Command Operations Section Logistic Section Planning Section

Expanding the ICS Logistics Section Service Branch Support Branch Comm s Unit Med Unit Facilities Unit (Staging Area)

Expanding the ICS The Incident Commander must on transfer provide the following: The Incident Conditions: Current Conditions Objectives Priorities Hazards Resource Needs Transfer of Command 1

Expanding the ICS The IAP and its current status Safety Considerations and concerns Deployment and assignment of operating units and personnel Transfer of Command 2