INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM

INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM:

On-scene incident management

–Standard terminology

–Modular, flexible and adaptable

●Adjusts to incident size and complexity

INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM: Multiple agency cooperation

●Efficient and effective management

●Multiple sites or jurisdictions

ICS Structure

TOP DOWN STRUCTURE

Five management functions- ILOPF

Incident Command

Logistics

Operations

Planning

Finance and Administration

INCIDENT COMMANDER

–Overall responsibility for incident

●Sets incident objectives

●Determines strategies

●Establishes priorities

–Only position that is always staffed

●Responsible until delegation

COMMAND STAFF: SLP

Safety Officer

Liaison Officer

Public Information Officer

Safety Officer

Monitors safety conditions, practices and procedures

Liaison Officer

–Primary contact for supporting agencies

Public information officer

• provides info to stakeholders

GENERAL STAFF: OPLF

Operations

Logistics

Planning

Finance and Administration

Operations Section

●Perform operations to meet incident goals

●Develop tactical assignments and organization

●Direct all tactical resources

Strike Team

@ 1 agency only

Task Force

• @ multiple agencies

PLANNING SECTION

●Collect, evaluate and disseminate information pertaining to incident

●Maintain status of resources

●Prepare and document Incident Action Plan

PLANNING SECTION: RDSDT

Resources Unit

Documentation Unit

Situation Unit

Demobilization Unit

Technical Specialists

LOGISTICS SECTION

● Provide support, resources and all other services needed to meet incident objectives

PMFS:

– Personnel

– Materials

– Facilities

– Services

LOGISTICS SECTION: SERVICE BRANCH-CMF

Communication Unit

Medical Unit

Food Unit

LOGISTICS SECTION: SUPPORT BRANCH- SFG

Supply Unit

Facilities Unit

Ground Support Unit

FINANCE/ ADMINISTRATIVE SECTION

● Monitor cost associated with incident

● Provide accounting, procurement, time recording and cost analyses

FINANCE/ADMIN SECTION UNITS-TPCC

Time Unit

Procurement Unit

Compensation Unit

Cost Unit

IAP: incident action plan

● Plan of incident goals

– Required for each incident

– Provides direction

– Preferably written

– Most basic plan outline

▪ What needs to be done?

▪ Who will do it?

▪ How to communicate?

▪ Injured personnel procedures

POSITION AND TITLES

Incident Command - Incident Commander

Command Staff - Officer

General Staff Sections - Chief

Branch - Director

Division or Group (Operations) - Supervisor

Unit (Other Sections) - Leader

Strike Team/Task Force - Leader

SPAN OF CONTROL

Individuals or resources one can supervise

– Vital to effective incident management

RATIO

IDEAL: 1:5

SHRINK RESPONSE: 1:3

EXPAND RESPONSE: 1:7

Unified Command

● Incidents involving multiple agencies

– More than agency or political jurisdiction

● Goals of UC - DFE

– Develop incident objectives

– Facilitate information flow

– Eliminate redundancy

Area Command

● Oversees multiple Incident Command Posts

– Multiple incident sites

– Large, complex incidents

ICS Facilities: I S B C

● Incident Command Post

– Primary command functions

● Staging Area - S

– Resources await assignment

– Possibly multiple sites

● Base - B

– Logistics and administration

● Camp - C

– Food, water sleeping and sanitary areas

SBC

S in circle

B in circle

C in circle

Incident Command Post

Box

Diagonal, line starts from right to left

Upper color it blue

On the incident Scene

● Incident command established

● Command post identified

● Call up ICS staff as needed

● Information to responders/stakeholders ● Incident Response Plan

– Utilize local plans

● Assessments & documentation ● Evaluation

NATIONALLY SIGNIFICANT

eg foot and mouth disease

. All Command and Ceneral staff activated

• 500-1000 Operations personnel per day

• Multiple incident command

• Unified Command Structure required

REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT

eg exotic Newcastle disease

• Small incident

• millal response to larger incident

• controlled within 24 hours

LARGE EXTENDED RESPONSE

eg Screwworm Myiasis Detection

• Larger Incident

• Some or all of CS Command and

General start positions activated

• Incident - multiple operational periods (multiple days/shifts)

SMALL OR INITIAL RESPONSE

eg rabbit hemorrhagic disease

• Most or all Command and General Staff activated

• Multiple operational periods

• Many functional units

• Written Action Plan required each day shift

ISOLATED RESPONSE

• 2-6 ICS personnel

• Usually contained

• FADD dispatched

• Samples taken

• Sent to diagnostic lab