1. Using the Incident Command System to Manage Emergencies
Terry A. Gitlin,
Business Continuity Specialist

2. Incident Command System
A standardized methodology in emergency management, the Incident Command System (ICS), is used by most emergency response agencies – police, fire, emergency medical services.
Local, state and federal agencies use it, too, in disasters.
Simple organization:
Incident Commander
Management Chief
Emergency Manager
Operations Chief
Planning Chief
Logistics Chief
Finance
Chief

3. An Easy-to-Follow Business Continuity Concept
[NOTE: You’ll see BETH3 components highlighted on some of the following pages.]

5. Keep a copy of this handy for when the disaster strikes
A copy of this CHEAT SHEET for reproduction can be found on the last page.

7. Incident Commander

9. Emergency Manager

11. Management Section Chief

13. Operations Section Chief

15. Planning Section Chief
[EEs = employees]

17. Logistics Section Chief

19. What’s this all costing us?!
Finance Section Chief
What’s this all costing us?!

20. At-a-Glance Guide and “CHEAT SHEET”
Print the next slide in a full page slide format
Make color copies for your emergency leadership team members
Fold them up and have team members keep their copy as a handy reference in an emergency
Print the last slide (the annotated one) as a training guide for your emergency management team.