1. NERT College Disaster Operations ICS in the Staging Area Workshop 300-2 Refer to Field Operations Guide, Chapter 4

2. Field Operations Guide Field Operations Guide or FOG Is NERT’s guide for disaster operations You will see references to it throughout the training

3. March 2008NERT Disaster Operations #2-ICS in the Staging Area33 Incident Command System (ICS) What is ICS? Why do we need it? Why do we use it?

4. Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS) Mandated in California! Government Code 8607 Effective September 1994 Now Mandated Nationally - NIMS

5. March 2008NERT Disaster Operations #2-ICS in the Staging Area55 SEMS Components Planning Mitigation Response Recovery Take ICS training

6. March 2008NERT Disaster Operations #2-ICS in the Staging Area6 Basic Principles Single point of command  Some one is in charge at each level and each person reports to only one supervisor. Manageable span of control  For any supervisor is 3 to 7 people, 5 being the optimum. Modular organization  Can expand or contract at any time in response to changing conditions Common terminology  Plain English; no codes; careful of acronyms and abbreviations 6

7. March 2008NERT Disaster Operations #2-ICS in the Staging Area77 State Of California SEMS ICS Organization

8. March 2008NERT Disaster Operations #2-ICS in the Staging Area88 City of San Francisco - ICS

9. March 2008NERT Disaster Operations #2-ICS in the Staging Area99 NERT ICS Structure

10. March 2008NERT Disaster Operations #2-ICS in the Staging Area10 Order of Command City of San Francisco’s Color Scheme Command and Policy Intelligence and Planning Operations Logistics Administration

11. Information Flow Task Force Leader Intelligence & Planning Operations Logistics Administration & Finance Gatekeeper Communications Safety Officer Public Information Officer

12. March 2008NERT Disaster Operations #2-ICS in the Staging Area12 Administration Incident Command Intelligence/Planning Logistics Gatekeeper Communications / Runners Public Information Officer Safety Officer Personnel and Equipment Staging Information Flow Operations

13. March 2008NERT Disaster Operations #2-ICS in the Staging Area13 How Teams Are Dispatched! INCIDENT Task Force Leader Operations Logistics Teams Equipment Rest Area Intelligence & Planning      

14. March 2008NERT Disaster Operations #2-ICS in the Staging Area14 When Teams Return! INCIDENT Task Force Leader Operations Logistics Teams Equipment Rest Area Intelligence & Planning    

15. When a Team Is Dispatched Command authorizes a dispatch Operations requests a team from Logistics Logistics provides people and equipment Operations briefs and dispatches the teams Returning teams check into Operations  report actions taken  go to the rest area

16. March 2008NERT Disaster Operations #2-ICS in the Staging Area16 NERT Team Planning Group Pre-disaster planning  Establishes response criteria  Establishes response priorities  Assesses neighborhood composition Takes ICS training Understands roles and positions Assumes those positions in a disaster Take ICS training

17. March 2008NERT Disaster Operations #2-ICS in the Staging Area17 Exercise Looking at these sites, what are the advantages and problems with using them as your staging area? For staging criteria, refer to Coordinator Guidelines, Page 37: Choosing a Staging Area 17

18. Staging Area Photos

19. March 2008NERT Disaster Operations #2-ICS in the Staging Area19 Thank You We would like to thank those who contributed to this presentation:  the SF Fire Department  the Department of Emergency Management  NERT volunteers