incident command system BASIC COURSE.PPT

incident command system BASIC COURSE.PPT

1. Incident Command System
Basic Course
Humboldt County Composite Squadron
Training

2. ICS Briefing for General ES 2
Introduction
Incident Command System (ICS)
Effective system for managing emergencies
Required by many states
Required for HAZMAT situations
CAP has adopted ICS system for mission
management
Course provides introduction to concepts
and principles of ICS

3. ICS Briefing for General ES 3
Class Goals
Objectives
Define ICS
Identify main ICS functions and
responsibilities
Identify key concepts and principles of ICS
Describe advantage of using ICS
Describe where CAP fits into ICS structure

4. ICS Briefing for General ES 4
What is ICS
Tool for command, control and coordination
Provides means to coordinate efforts of
individual agencies
Common goal of stabilizing incident and
protect life, property and the enviroment

5. ICS Briefing for General ES 5
Why Use ICS
Missions require coordination among
several different agencies
National movement to ICS in SAR and DR
activities
CAP has adopted ICS to better integrate us
in multi agency activities -especially DR
In multi-agency activities -CAP teams
may not directly report to CAP supervisors

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When to Use ICS
Hazardous materials
Planned events
Natural hazards
Single and multi-
agency law
enforcement
Lack of comphrensive
resource management
Fires
Multiple causalities
Multijurisdictional and
multiagency incidents
Wide area SAR
Air / rail/ ground
transport accidents
Emergency
management programs

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HazMat Incidents
Federal law
requires use of ICS
for response to
hazardous
materials incidents

8. ICS Briefing for General ES 8
ICS Organization
Many incidents require multiagency
response
Must be coordination between different
agencies to for effective response and safe,
efficient use of resources

9. ICS Briefing for General ES 9
ICS Organization
Incident Command is
built around five
major functions
Command
Planning
Operations
Logistics
Finance / Admin
Small incidents -one
person can do all
functions
All incidents will have
an Incident
Commander

10. ICS Briefing for General ES 10
Incident Command OrganizationPlanning
Section
Operations
Section
Logistics
Section
Finance / Admin
Section
Incident
Command
Incident Command is built around the above five functions:
Command, Planing, Operations, Logistics and Finance/Admin!

11. ICS Briefing for General ES 11
The Command Function
Inciden
tCommand
Finance/
Administration
Section
Logistics
Section
Operations
Section
Planning
Section
The command function is directed by the incidenet commander
First fully qualified first responder on the incident site becomes the incident
commander

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The Command Staff
Incident
Command
Safety Officer
Liaison Officer
Information Officer

13. ICS Briefing for General ES 13
Incident Commander’s Tasks
Sets Objectives and Priorities
Determine operational objectives
Ensure responder safety
Develop incident action plan (IAP)

14. ICS Briefing for General ES 14
Incident Command FunctionInformation
Officer
Safety
Officer
Liaison
Officer
Incident
Commander
Incident Commander may
delegate certain command
functions.
Command Staff
departments are directed
by officers
Only One Officer per
command staff area

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Command Functions
Information Officer
Handles all media
contacts
Release of
information to the
media
Coordinates media
release with EOC
Safety Officer
Monitors safety
conditions
Develops measures
for ensuring safety
of all incident
participants

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Command Functions
Liaison Officer
On scene contact
for other agencies
assigned to the
incident
Not to be confused
with CAP-USAF
Liaison Officer

17. ICS Briefing for General ES 17
General StaffPlanning
Section
Operations
Section
Logistics
Section
Finance / Admin
Section
Incident
Command
General Staff Departments are controlled by Section Chiefs!

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The Planning Section
Incident
Command
Finance/
Administration
Section
Logistics
Section
Operations
Section
Planning
Section

19. ICS Briefing for General ES 19
Planning Sections
Planning section responsibility
Collect, evaluate and display information about
the mission
Develop the Incident Action Plan for each
operational period as well as conduct long
range planning
Maintain status information on equipment and
personnel
Maintain incident documentation

20. ICS Briefing for General ES 20
The Operations Section
Incident
Command
Finance/
Administration
Section
Logistics
Section
Planning
Section
Operations
Section

21. ICS Briefing for General ES 21
Operations Section
Carries out tactical
operations to carry to
the mission plan)
Develops tactical
objectives
Directs all resources
There is only one
operations section
chief at one time
Section chief is
usually from the
organization providing
the most resources to
the mission
Section chief may
have deputy from
other agencies or from
the same agency

22. ICS Briefing for General ES 22
Operation Sections FlowchartDivision 1
Maine Search
Maine Search Supervisor
Division 2
New Hampshire Search
NH Search Supervisor
Air Branch
Air Branch Director
Ground Branch
Ground Branch Director
Operations Section
Operations Section Chief
Operation Section is divided into Branches. Branches can be
divided into divisions.

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The Logistics Section
Incident
Command
Finance/
Administration
Sectio
n
Operations
Section
Planning
Section
Logistics
Section

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Logistics Section
Provides support to
meet the incident’s
needs
material
services
facilities
personnel

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The Finance/
Administration Section
Incident
Command
Logistics
Section
Operations
Section
Planning
Section
Finance/
Administration
Section

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Finance / Admin Section
Tracks incident costs
and reimbursement
accounting
Provides accounting
Records time spent on
incident
Does Cost Analysis

27. ICS Briefing for General ES 27
General ICS Principles
In large ICS management activities, each
staff function will be set up as a separate
SECTION
In small ICS activities, one person can
manage all major ICS activities

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General ICS Principles
The Incident Commander (IC) is the overall
director of an incident. IC can delegate
authority to subordinates.
IC is responsible for all operations unit
authority is delegated to subordinate

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Unified Command Applications
Incidents that affect more than one
political jurisdiction
B
C
A
B
D
A
C
E
A
Fire
Law
Medical
Incidents involving multiple
agencies within
a jurisdiction
Incidents that impact multiple
geographic and functional
agencies

30. CAPR 55-1
Civil Air Patrol and ICS

31. ICS Briefing for General ES 31
ICS Organization
Incident
Command
Finance/
Administration
Section
Logistics
Section
Operations
Section
Planning
Section

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CAP Command StaffSafety
Officer
Information
Officer
Liaison
Officer
Chaplain
Incident
Commander

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CAP versus ICS PositionsCAP Position ICS Equivalent
Mission CoordinatorIC, Operations
Section Chief, Brach
Director or Liaison
to the IC
Air Operations Operations Section
Chief or Air Branch
Director

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CAP versus ICS PositionsCAP Position ICS Equivalent
Ground OperationsOperations Section
Chief or Ground
Branch Director
Clearance OfficerResource Status Unit
Briefing OfficerSituation Status Unit

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CAP versus ICS PositionsCAP Position ICS Equivalent
Debriefing Situational Status Unit
Dispatch Resource Status Unit
Intelligence Situational Status Unit
Communications Communications Unit
Flight Line Air Support Unit

36. ICS Briefing for General ES 36
CAP versus ICS PositionsCAP Position ICS Equivalent
Public Affairs
Officer
Information Officer
Mission ChaplainChaplain or Family
Liaison
Facilities Facilities Unit
Commandant of
Cadets
None

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Incident Commander
Directs and controls all operations of air and
ground units for a specific mission
Responsible for overall safety, efficiency
and effectiveness of operation
Maintains liaison with other participating
agencies

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Safety Officer
Responsible for overall safety of operational
mission
Advises IC on risk and ways to reduce risk
Maintains kit with safety forms and
emergency contact numbers
Safety inspections

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Safety Officer
Assists IC with safety briefing
Monitors weather for hazardous conditions
Mishap notification
Investigates incidents and takes corrective
action

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Information Officer
Directs and monitors all media relations
under the supervision of the IC
Prepares and issues press releases
Advised IC on press and media relations
Provides media coverage for practice,
training and actual missions

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Mission Chaplain
Attends to the spiritual
and physical needs of
staff members and
victims
Coordinates work of
staff chaplains (if any)
Accompanies IC to
assist with causality
notification
Coordinates locations
for counseling and
religious services
Provides pastoral care
to victims and families
Point of contact with
non-CAP clergy
Arranges for religious
services

42. ICS Briefing for General ES 42
Liaison Officer
On larger incidents or events representatives
from other agencies may be assigned to the
incident to coordinate their agency’s
involvement .

43. ICS Briefing for General ES 43
General StaffPlanning
Section
Operations
Section
Logistics
Section
Finance / Admin
Section
Incident
Command

44. ICS Briefing for General ES 44
Operations SectionSituation
Status Unit
Briefings
Debriefings
Aircrew
Pilot
Observer
Scanner
Resource
Status
Unit
Air Branch
Director
Situation
Status Unit
Briefings
De briefings
Ground Team
GT Leader
GT Member
Resource
Status
Unit
Ground Branch
Director
Staging
Area
Operations
Section

45. ICS Briefing for General ES 45
Operations Section Chief
Manages operations section
Controls the tactical operations at an
incident
Manages following components
Air / Ground tactical resources
Air Resources
Staging areas

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Air Branch Director
Coordinates and
supervises all air
activities
Briefings / Debriefings
Coordinates with
Ground Branch
Director
Resource status
Mission status board
Assures all assigned
air branch members
are properly trained
and supervised

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Ground Branch Director
Coordinates all ground
activities under
supervision of
operations section
chief
Briefings / debriefings
Coordinates with Air
Branch
Assures all members
assigned to ground
functions are properly
qualified and
supervised
Resource status

48. ICS Briefing for General ES 48
Planning SectionResource
Unit
Situation
Unit
Documentatin
Unit
Demobilization
Unit
Technicial
specialists
Planning
Section

49. ICS Briefing for General ES 49
Planning Section Chief
Manages all information relevant to an
incident
Collects, evaluates, processes and disseminates
information for use a the incident
Determines the necessity for resources,
situation reports, documents and demobilization
Determines the need for technical specialists
Incident Action Plan

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Logistics SectionComm Unit
Medical Unit
Food Unit
Service
Branch
Supply Unit
Facilities Unit
Air Support
Unit
Support
Branch
Logistics
Section

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Logistics Section Chief
Provides for facilities, transportation,
communications, supplies, equipment
maintenance, fuel, food services , medical
services and ordering resources
Determines the need for a supply, facilities,
ground support, food or medical unit

52. ICS Briefing for General ES 52
Air Support Group Supervisor
Supervises and directs flight line
Taxiing, parking, securing and refueling of
aircraft
Ensures the safety of all aircraft ground
operations
Supervises all personnel working in the flight
line area

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Communications Unit Leader
Establishes required communications
facilities
Establishes communications procedures
Maintains log of communications activities
Ensures timely delivery of messages
Supervises radio operators

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Finance / Administration SectionGeneral ES
Personnel
Finance / Admin
Section

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Finance / Admin Section
Finance Section Chief
Manages the
administration and
finance aspect of an
incident
Determines the need
for a time,
procurement, claims or
cost unit
General ES Personnel
Performs
administrative
functions
Sign -in
Recorder
Status boards
runner / helper/ driver

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Test Time

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