1. 1GENES.ppt Last Revised: 11 JUN 99 General Emergency Services Incident Command System Developed as part of the National Emergency Services Curriculum Project

2. 2GENES.ppt Last Revised: 11 JUN 99 IN ICS COMMON TERMINOLOGY IS APPLIED TO: ORGANIZATIONAL ELEMENTS POSITION TITLES RESOURCES FACILITIES

3. 3GENES.ppt Last Revised: 11 JUN 99 FIVE PRIMARY I.C.S. MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS

4. FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY COMMAND = OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY Always staffed OPERATIONS = DIRECT TACTICAL ACTIONS PLANNING =COLLECT/ANALYZE DATA, INTELLIGENCEPREPARE ACTION PLAN LOGISTICS = PROVIDE SUPPORT FINANCE / = COST ACCOUNTING & ADMINISTRATION PROCUREMENT

5. INCIDENT MANAGEMENT UNDERSTAND AGENCY POLICY & DIRECTION ESTABLISH INCIDENT OBJECTIVES SELECT APPROPRIATE STRATEGY PERFORM TACTICAL DIRECTION ACHIEVEGOAL

6. 6GENES.ppt Last Revised: 11 JUN 99 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

7. INCIDENT OPERATIONS ORGANIZATION SMALL INCIDENT ORGANIZATION LARGE INCIDENT ORGANIZATION Example: ELT mission Example: training mission

8. INCIDENT OPERATIONS ORGANIZATION LARGE INCIDENT ORGANIZATION 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)

9. 9GENES.ppt Last Revised: 11 JUN 99 ICS ORGANIZATION FLEXIBILITY NEEDS OF INCIDENTS WILL DETERMINE THE REQUIRED ORGANIZATION

10. 10GENES.ppt Last Revised: 11 JUN 99 GENERAL GUIDELINE: DO NOT COMBINE ORGANIZATIONAL UNITS. ONE PERSON MAY SUPERVISE MORE THAN ONE UNIT PLANNING / INTEL SECTION CHIEF RESOURCE & SITUATION UNIT J. Smith RESOURCE UNIT J. Smith SITUATION UNIT J. Smith

11. MANAGING AN INCIDENT USING UNIFIED COMMAND A B C HAZARDOUSMATERIALSINCIDENT

12. 12GENES.ppt Last Revised: 11 JUN 99 UNDER UNIFIED COMMAND THERE WILL ALWAYS BE: ONE INCIDENT COMMAND POST A SINGLE COORDINATED INCIDENT ACTION PLAN ONE OPERATIONS SECTION CHIEF (OFFICER IN CHARGE, SUPERVISOR, ETC.)

13. SPAN OF CONTROL EFFECTIVE INEFFECTIVEANDPOSSIBLYDANGEROUS

14. OPTIMUM SPAN OF CONTROL IS ONE TO FIVE

15. 15GENES.ppt Last Revised: 11 JUN 99 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN I.C.S. TASK FORCES COMBINATION OF SINGLE RESOURCES STRIKE TEAM COMBINATION OF SAME KIND AND TYPE SINGLE RESOURCES INCLUDES PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT

16. 16GENES.ppt Last Revised: 11 JUN 99 USING TASK FORCES AND STRIKE TEAMS: MAXIMIZES EFFECTIVE USE OF RESOURCES REDUCES SPAN OF CONTROL REDUCES COMMUNICATIONS TRAFFIC

17. RESOURCE STATUS CONDITIONS IN I.C.S. “OUT OF SERVICE” “AVAILABLE” “ASSIGNED”

18. 18GENES.ppt Last Revised: 11 JUN 99 PERSONNEL ACCOUNTABILITY IS MAINTAINED THROUGH: CHECK IN FORM RESOURCE STATUS KEEPING SYSTEM UNITY OF COMMAND

19. 19GENES.ppt Last Revised: 11 JUN 99 PERSONNEL ACCOUNTABILITY IS MAINTAINED THROUGH: DIVISION C DIVISION A DIVISION B UNIT LOG UNIT LOGS DIVISION / GROUP ASSIGNMENTLISTS

20. 20GENES.ppt Last Revised: 11 JUN 99 ICS Command Staff in CAP Safety Officer Laison Officer Information Officer Mission Chaplain

21. 21GENES.ppt Last Revised: 11 JUN 99 ICS INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS FREQUENCY AND RESOURCE USE PLANNING INFORMATION TRANSFER PROCEDURES

22. 22GENES.ppt Last Revised: 11 JUN 99 COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS THAT MAY BE REQUIRED COMMAND NET TACTICAL NETS SUPPORT NET GROUND-TO-AIR AIR-TO-AIR

23. 23GENES.ppt Last Revised: 11 JUN 99 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

24. 24GENES.ppt Last Revised: 11 JUN 99 ICS in action Incident Commander - ‘senior’ member in charge First task is to ‘Establish Command’ Establishes the Incident Command Post (ICP)

25. 25GENES.ppt Last Revised: 11 JUN 99 ICS Completes initial size-up Determines need for additional resources (task forces, single, strike force) Not every Incident requires a written plan

26. 26GENES.ppt Last Revised: 11 JUN 99 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

27. 27GENES.ppt Last Revised: 11 JUN 99 Questions ?

28. 28GENES.ppt Last Revised: 11 JUN 99 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)

29. 29GENES.ppt Last Revised: 11 JUN 99 ICS in action in CAP Minimum required Staff –IC –Safety Officer