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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

MANAGING AN INCIDENT USING UNIFIED COMMAND A B C HAZARDOUSMATERIALSINCIDENT

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.)

SPAN OF CONTROL EFFECTIVE INEFFECTIVEANDPOSSIBLYDANGEROUS

OPTIMUM SPAN OF CONTROL IS ONE TO FIVE

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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)

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