1. CMD112 - ICS100 Review Session
Incident
Command
System
Orientation
(For British Columbia)
Facilitated
Review
Session

2. Learning Objectives
Upon completion of the distance learning course, participants will be able to:
Describe the Incident Command System
Identify the types of incidents that use ICS
Explain the twelve ICS principles
Identify common ICS responsibilities

3. What is BCERMS? British Columbia Emergency Response Management System
Comprehensive “all-hazards” management system
Designed to:
Standardize process for multi-jurisdictional response
Guide agencies/departments in preparing emergency plans
Clarify roles & responsibilities
Facilitate coordination of public & private sector response

4. BCERMS Response Goals Provide for safety & health of responders
Save lives
Reduce suffering
Protect public health
Protect government infrastructure
Protect property
Protect the environment
Reduce economic and social losses

5. BCERMS Components Operations & Control Qualifications Technology
Training
Publications

6. BCERMS Response Structure
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BCERMS Response Structure
LEVELS
FACILITIES
Provincial Central
Provincial Emergency
Coordination Centre
PECC
Coordination Level
Provincial Regional Emergency
Operations Centre
Provincial Regional
Coordination Level
PREOC
Emergency
Operations Centre
Site Support
EOC
Incident
Command
Post
Site
ICP

7. What is the Incident Command System?
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What is the Incident Command System?
a model for command, control, and coordination of emergency response at the site level
ICS principles can also be used to coordinate site-support activity at other response levels (i.e., EOC…)

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Applications
Fires, hazardous materials,
multi-casualty incidents…
The next eight slides show different applications where ICS is used. ICS can be used to manage any emergency.
Quickly show the various applications.

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Applications
Single and multi-agency law enforcement incidents

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Applications
Multi-jurisdiction & multi-agency responses
Air, rail, water or ground transportation accidents
Search & Rescue Missions
Oil spill response & recovery
Planned Events
Private sector emergency management programs

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ICS Principles
Five Primary Functions
Establishing and Transferring Command
Single or Unified Command Structure
Management by Objectives
Consolidated Incident Action Plans
Comprehensive Resource Management

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ICS Principles
Unity and Chain of Command
Manageable Span of Control
Modular Organization
Personnel Accountability
Common Terminology
Integrated Communications

13. 1. Five Primary Functions
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1. Five Primary Functions
Command
Finance/ Administration
Operations
Planning
Logistics
Summarize the five functions on the overhead.
Command
Operations
Logistics
Planning
Finance/Administration
Stress that students should think functions and not necessarily people. You do not need to fill positions.
Also stress that these five primary functions take place at all incidents, small or large--ICS is a modular system.

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Command
Sets objectives and priorities
Responsible for all incident or event activity
There will always be an Incident Commander (IC)
There is always an Incident Commander who is responsible for all incident activity.
Legal or geographical jurisdiction usually determines command.
Over 90% of incidents will consist of an incident commander and single resources only.

15. Command Staff Positions
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Command Staff Positions IC
Information Officer
Safety Officer
Liaison Officer
Operations
Planning
Logistics
Finance/Admin

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Command Staff
Information Officer
One per incident who serves as a central point for information dissemination
Safety Officer
Anticipates, detects, and corrects unsafe situations
Liaison Officer
Contact point for representatives of assisting and cooperating agencies

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Operations
Conducts tactical operations
Develops the tactical objectives and organization
Directs all Resources

18. Planning Collects, evaluates, and displays incident information
Maintains status of resources
Prepares Incident Action Plan (IAP)
Prepares other incident related documentation

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Logistics
Provides services and support to meet the incident or event’s needs
Provides resources
Provides other services

20. Finance / Administration
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Finance / Administration
Keeps track of incident related expenses
equipment records
procurement contracts
other financial related expenses of the incident
Monitors costs
Mention that at each group’s site the Incident Commander and others may need to do some paper work for time records, purchasing, etc.

21. ICS Response Functions
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ICS Response Functions
Command The “Boss”
Operations The “Do-ers”
Planning The “Thinkers”
Logistics The “Getters”
Finance/ The “Payers”
Administration
Each question relates to one of the ICS functions
All of these functions may be done by one person - the IC
Ensure that the relationship between the Operations and Planning functions is clear.

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ICS Organization
In only very large incidents will an organization look like this slide. The beauty of ICS is that it can expand and contract to meet the response needs of the incident. All of these elements are available, if needed. When activated each contributes to achieving the incident objectives through implementation of the incident action plan.
At all times the five functions of ICS are taking place.

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2. Establishing Command
“Command at an incident is initially established by the first arriving authority at the scene.”
Command is initially established by the highest ranking authority at the scene that has jurisdiction for the incident.

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2. Transfer Command
Reasons for transfer:
more qualified person assumes command
jurisdictional or agency change in command is legally required or makes good management sense
normal turnover of personnel on long or extended incidents
-ICS qualified and experience in the incident

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3. Single Command
Every incident will have an Incident Commander
The Incident Commander is responsible for all incidents or event activities
Single command is the most common form of command in ICS. The single incident commander is usually from the agency having primary jurisdiction for that kind of incident.
If more than one agency has primary jurisdiction then unified command may be established.

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3. Unified Command
A B C
B-ICS
A-ICS
C-ICS

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Unified Command
A B C
A B C
One Incident Command Post
One Operations Section Chief
A single, coordinated Incident Action Plan

28. 4. Management by Objectives
Attainable
Measurable
Flexible

29. Incident Management by Objectives
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Incident Management by Objectives
ACHIEVE GOAL
4. Tactical Direction
3. Select Strategy
2. Establish Incident Objectives
Begin at the bottom of the visual. Management by objectives often means different things to different people. Emphasize that this is basically an application in the use of common sense.
1. Agency Policy and Direction

30. 5. Consolidated Incident Action Plan
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5. Consolidated Incident Action Plan
Every incident has one
Provides direction for future actions
Includes measurable tactical operations
One for each operational period
Incident Commanders are responsible for the incident action plan. An Incident Action Plan (IAP) covers one operational period. Deciding operational periods is an important step in developing IAPs.
Future assignments of resources and actions are listed in the plan. The plan also provides for supporting actions.

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Incident Action Plan
Essential Elements
Statement of objectives
Organization
Assignments to
accomplish objectives,
strategies & tactics
Supporting material
Supporting
Plans
ICS 205
ICS 206
Assignment List
ICS 204
Organization
Assignment
ICS 203
Incident
Objectives
1...
2...
3...
ICS 202
This slide shows the essential parts of an incident actin plan.
The Objectives must be in the plan. Strategies and tactics are done by Planning and Operations and are reflected in assignments.
Note the form numbers on bottom right, e.g., ICS 202.
Mention that these forms are used to assist in developing incident action plans.

32. 6. Comprehensive Resource Management
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6. Comprehensive Resource Management
Single Resource
Includes personnel & equipment
Strike Team
Combination of same kind & type
Resources Management
As mentioned earlier, management of resources is a key component of the system. ICS is both effective and efficient in managing resources. Resources are only at a scene if they are needed or will shortly be needed. There is no fat in ICS.
Resources are organized at the basic level in three ways.
Single Resources - Single Resources include both personnel and equipment.
Task Forces - They are single resources assembled for a particular tactical need, with common communications, and a leader.
Strike Teams - A Strike Team is a combi nation of the same kind and type of resources with common communications and a leader.
Give examples of each.
Task Force
Combination of single resources

33. 7. Unity & Chain of Command
CMD112 - ICS100 Review Session
7. Unity & Chain of Command
The point to make here is that once you are in the ICS structure you report to your ICS supervisor. This may or may not be someone from your agency.
Every individual has a designated supervisor.
Chain of Command means that there is an orderly line of authority within the ranks of the organization.
Personnel working with ICS only take direction from their immediate supervisor.

34. 8. Manageable Span of Control
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8. Manageable Span of Control
number of subordinates that one supervisor can manage effectively
suggested range is 1:3 – 1:7
Optimum is 1:5

35. 9. Modular Organization IC Safety Alpha Division Vent Group RIT 1 RIT
Info
Safety
Liaison
Operations
Planning
Logistics
Finance
Admin
Alpha
Division
Vent
Group
RIT 1
RIT 2
Delta
Division
Team
Team
Team
Team
Team
Team
Team
Team
Team

36. 10. Personnel Accountability
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11. Common Terminology
Applied to:
Organizational elements
Position titles
Resources
Facilities
Common or standardized terminology is done to provide a way to place the most qualified personnel in organizational positions on multi-agency incidents without confusion caused by various multi-agency rank designations. It also provides a standardized method for ordering personnel to fill positions.
Common terminology is applied to:
Organizational Elements - (e.g., sections, branches, etc.)
Position Titles - Titles such as Officer, Chief, Director, Supervisor, etc.
Resources - Common designations are assigned to various kinds of resources. For example, depending upon the agency, tankers come with wheels, with wings, or sail on waterways. Use other examples as appropriate. Many kinds of resources may also be classified by type, which will indicate their capabilities (e.g., types of helicopters, patrol units, engines, etc.).
Facilities - have common terms and specific roles. There will always be an incident command post for every incident.

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Common Titles
Managerial Level
Incident
Command
Command
Finance/
Section
Operations
Planning
Logistics
Administration
Chiefs
Branch
Branch
Branch
Branch
Directors
Emphasize that this chart shows all organizational positions. Only a few of these will be used on most incidents. The functional modularity of ICS allows for the use of only a few positions or all of them if required.
Briefly review the primary ICS management functions. Describe the ICS title associated with the person who is assigned to that managerial level. Emphasize the importance of proper use of position titles.
Supervisors
Division
Group
Single Resources
Units within Planning, Logistics & Finance/ Administration
Leaders
Task Forces
Strike Teams

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Incident Facilities
Incident Command Post
Staging Area
Base
Camps
Helibase
Helispots
Each agency may arrive with a command post but there is only one ICP and the IC must be there.
The Incident Command Post may be a responder's vehicle, a dedicated Command Post Unit or a building taken over near the incident.
Mobile ICP is usually indicated by a green flashing light.

40. 12. Integrated Communication
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12. Integrated Communication
A major component of any successful business or emergency response system is effective communications. In ICS this is handled by Integrated Communications.
It is accomplished through:
Communication Systems
Frequency and Resource use Planning
Information Transfer Procedures

41. Communication Networks
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Communication Networks
Command net
Tactical nets
Support net
Ground-to-air
Air-to-air
Communication Networks that may be Required:
Command Net - Established to link supervisory personnel.
Tactical Nets - Tactical nets are established for specific incident needs.
Support Nets - Established for logistics traffic and resource status changes.
Ground-to-Air - Established for ground-to-air traffic.
Air-to-Air - Assigned for coordination between aircraft.
May need to explain these terms for some groups.
An essential part of an effective multi-agency incident management system is for all communications to be in clear text. That is, do not use radio codes.
This is the end of the 12 principles.

42. Common ICS Responsibilities
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Common ICS Responsibilities
Receive incident assignment
Bring specialized and personal supplies
Check In
Use clear text communications
Obtain briefing from immediate supervisor
Acquire necessary work materials
Organize and brief any subordinates
Brief relief
Complete forms
Note that some agencies will use off-incident assembly points to bring resources together prior to assigning them to incidents. Assembly points are not an incident facility.

43. CMD112 - ICS100 Review Session
Summary
Think ICS even at the simplest of incidents.
If you think of the 5 functions
Command Operations Planning Logistics Finance/Administration
at the start of an incident, the transition from a small operation to a major event will be much easier.

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Summary
ICS requires only one position filled - the Incident Commander (IC)
IC fulfills all of the functional responsibilities (boxes) until assigned to another person
Each function (box) is filled only if and when necessary.
Think functions not people!

45. Learning Assessment For academic credit:
Complete the exam provided with each purchased copy of a JIBC distance learning manual.
Submit the answer sheet/exam and student information form to the JIBC.
Grade of 70% or higher is required to obtain course credit.

46. Closing Comments & Questions Additional resources found at:
For information on further training please contact:
Justice Institute of British Columbia
Emergency Management Division
715 McBride Boulevard
New Westminster, BC V3L 5T4