INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM

On-scene incident management

• standard terminology

• modular, flexible, and adaptable

  • adjusts to incident size and complexity

• multiple agency cooperation

  • efficient and effective management

  • multiple sites or jurisdictions

• Incident command

• Logistics

• Operations

• Planning

• Finance and Administration

FLOP-I

5 MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS OF TOP-DOWN MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE:

Incident Commander

• Overall responsibility for incident

  • Sets incident objectives

  • Determines strategies

  • Establishes priorities

• Only position that is always staffed

  • Responsible until delegation

Command staff and General staff

Two incident commanders:

Safety, liaison, public information officer

3 COMMAND STAFFS:

Safety officer

• monitors safety conditions, practices, and procedures

Lia1son Officer

• pr1mary contact for supporting agencies

Public Information Officer

• provides information to stakeholders

• Operations

• Planning

• Logistics

• Finance and Administration

(FLOP)

5 GENERAL STAFF TASKS:

Operations section

• perform operations to meet incident goals

• Develop tactical assignments and organization

• Direct all tactical resources

Planning section

• collect, evaluate, and disseminate information pertaining to incident

• maintain status of resources

• prepare and document incident action plan

Logistics section

• provide support resources and all other services needed to meet incident objectives:

  • personnel

  • materials

  • facilities

  • services

Finance/Administration Section

• monitor cost associated with incident

• provide accounting, procurement, time recording and cost analyses

• required for each incident

• provides direction

• preferable written

• most basic plan outline

  • what needs to be done?

  • who will do it?

  • how to communicate?

  • injured personnel procedures

4 PLAN OF INCIDENT GOALS

Incident commander

Title of Incident Command?

Officer

Title of Command Staff?

Chief

Title of General Staff Sections?

Director

Title of Branch

Supervisor

Title of Division or Group Operations Section

Leader

Title for Unit and Strike Team/Task Force

1:5

ideal ratio of span of control that individuals or resources one can supervise which is vital to effective incident management

1:3

shrink response ratio

1:7

expand response ratio

Unified Command

• incidents involving multiple agencies

  • more than agency or political jurisdiction

• Develop Incident Objectives

• Facilitate information flow

• Eliminate redundancy

DEF

3 GOALS OF UNIFIED COMMAND

Area Command

it oversees multiple incident command posts:

• multiple incident sites

• large, complex incidents

Incident Command Post

• primary command functions

• usually located with the incident base

• blue / white square logo

Staging Area (S)

• incident personnel / resources await tactical assignment

• possibly multiple sites

Base (B)

• primary logistics functions and administration are coordinated

Camp (C)

• food, water sleeping and sanitary areas

• Incident command established

• Command post identified

• Call up ICS staff as needed

• Information to responders / stakeholders

• Incident response plan

  • utilize local plans

• Assessments and documentation

• Evaluation

ICCIIAE

7 ON THE INCIDENT SCENE:

Nationally significant

• all command and general staff activated

• 500 to 1000 operations personnel per day

• Multiple incident commands

• unified command structure required

• foot and mouth disease

• red

Regionally significant

• small incident

• initial response to larger incident

• controlled within 24 hours

• exotic newcastle disease

• peachy

Large extended response

• larger incident

• some or all of ICS command and General staff positions activated

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

• screwworm myiasis detection

• dark orange

small or initial response

• most or all command and general staff activated

• multiple operational periods

• many functional units

• written action plan required each day / shift

• rabbit hemorrhagic disease

• light orange

isolated response

• 2-6 ICS personnel

• usually contained

• FADD dispatched

• samples taken

• sent to diagnostic lab

• yellow