Book 30 CHAPTER 1 INCIDENT COMMAND Flashcards
INCIDENT COMMAND PROCEDURES
Ensure that a ____, _____, and _____ Incident Command will be established from the onset of the incident.
Strong dedicated and visible
INCIDENT COMMAND PROCEDURES
Establish an effective incident organization, defining the _____ and _______ assigned to the Incident Commander and the other individuals operating within the Incident Command System.
Activities and responsibilities
Incident command procedures
Provide a system to process information to support incident ___, ______, and _______ making.
Management planning and decision making
Incident command procedures
Provide a system for the orderly transfer of Incident Command to ______ arriving officers.
Subsequent
is responsible for the overall management of the incident.
The Incident Commander
The tactical priorities (listed in order of priority) are:
_____ - Remove endangered occupants/persons and treat the injured.
_______ ______ - Stabilize the incident, neutralize all hazards and provide for life safety.
____ _____ - Conserve property and limit further impact.
____/______ ______ - Provide for the safety, accountability, and welfare of non-responders affected by the incident. This priority is on-going throughout the incident.
______ - Provide for the safety, accountability, and welfare of all responders at the incident. This priority is on-going throughout the incident.
Rescue
Hazard control
Loss limiting
Victim/occupant stabilization
Safety
The Standards of Command are:
______ ___ ______ - Assume and announce Incident Command and establish an effective Incident Command Post.
Assumption of command
The Standards of Command are:
______ _______ - Rapidly evaluate the situation (size-up) and continually update, and /or obtain briefing from the previous IC.
Situational awareness
The Standards of Command are:
COMMUNICATIONS – ____, ______, _____, ______, and control the communications process, establish a communications plan.
Identify, develop, initiate, maintain
The Standards of Command are:
INCIDENT OBJECTIVES, _____ AND _____ _____ PLAN– Based on the tactical priorities, identify incident objectives, an overall strategy and develop an incident action plan.
Strategies and incident action plan
The Standards of Command are:
_____ ______ - Assign resources consistent with plans and standard operating procedures, standard operating guidelines and the incident action plan.
Resource deployment
The Standards of Command are:
______ ______-Develop an effective Incident Command organization based on incident objectives and initiate/maintain a tactical worksheet.
Incident organization
The Standards of Command are:
TRANSITION OF _____ - Provide for the continuity, transfer, and termination of Incident Command.
Transition of command
Incident Command terminology is required anytime a category “__” assignment is held to work at an incident.
Category B Assignmet
The Size-Up shall include:
A. ____ ______ of the resource arriving on the scene.
B. The _____ or _____ of the incident.
C. A brief ______ of the incident situation, (i.e. building size, occupancy, Hazmat release, multi-vehicle accident, etc.)
D. Obvious _______ (working fire, Hazmat spill, multiple patients, etc.).
E. Brief description of _____ taken or to be taken.
F. Any obvious ____ _____.
G. Any additional resource requests and a _____ _____.
H. Declare _____ or ______ strategy, if appropriate.
Unit designation
Address or location
Description
Conditions
Action
Safety concerns
Staging location
Offensive or defensive
These situations generally require investigation by the initial arriving company while other resources remain staged.
Investigative Mode “Nothing Showing”:
There are situations that require immediate action in order to stabilize the incident and require the company officer’s direct involvement.
Offensive mode
the risk versus gain to firefighters is too significant to make an interior fire attack.
Defensive mode
Protecting the exposures from further loss, confining the damage to the structure(s) involved is considered a
Defensive mode
In certain situations, it is advantageous for the first arriving Incident Commander (i.e. company officer) to pass Command to the next _____ ON THE SCENE.
Company
The officer assuming Incident Command will communicate with the person being relieved by radio or face-to-face. ___ __ ___ is the preferred method to transfer Incident Command.
Face-to-face
Any _____ can effect a change in incident management in extreme situations relating to safety by notifying Incident Command and initiating corrective action.
Any member
The Incident Command System (ICS) never “____”.
Sleeps
METRO FIRE COMMUNICATIONS (MFC) operates as Department Command under the supervision of the
Deputy department commander (DDC)
The Platoon-Duty _____ _____ (AC) assigned to the incident will normally be the highest ranking officer in the Incident Command Post.
ASSISTANT CHIEF
The Chief Officer who has served as the “initial” Incident Commander will normally continue to focus on the completion of the tactical priorities and assume the role of “____ ____”, “_____.”, or Planning Section Chief
Deputy ic, operations
The basic configuration of Incident Command addresses three operational levels:
_____ Level - Overall direction of the incident.
_______ Level - Objectives assigned to Divisions, Groups, etc.
____ Level - Work assigned to individual companies/members.
Strategic
tactical
task
The _______Plan defines where and when resources will be assigned to the incident and how they are intended to impact the situation.
Strategic
Tactical Level officers (Division/Group Supervisors) are responsible for ______ areas or functions, and supervising personnel assigned to their respective Division/Group.
Geographic areas
The task level is where the hands-on work is actually done. Task level activities are normally supervised by _____officers.
Company officers
The number of Divisions/Groups that can be effectively managed by the Incident Commander varies. FIRESCOPE, NWCG, and MIMS provide for a span of control from - with ___ being optimal.
3-7
5
In fast moving complex operations, a span of control of no more than ___ Division/Groups is preferred.
5
In incidents with minimal activity, slow moving, less complex operations, the Incident Commander may effectively manage more ____ or more Division/Groups.
6
Where the number of Divisions/Groups exceed the span of control that the Incident Commander can effectively manage, the incident organization should be divided into _____.
Branches
Each Branch is responsible for several ______/_____ and should be assigned its own communications.
Division/groups
The use of Divisions/Groups effectively reduces the overall amount of
Radio traffic
Most routine communications within a Division/Group should be conducted in a ____-__-____ manner between company officers and their Division/Group Supervisor.
Face to face
When establishing a Division/Group, the Incident Commander will assign each Division/Group Supervisor:
A. _____ objectives.
B. A radio ________ (Roof Division/Group, Division “Alpha”, Ventilation Group, Division 14, etc.)
C. The _______ of resources assigned to the Division/Group.
Tactical
Designation
Identity
In multi-story occupancies, Divisions will be designated by
floor numbers/name
Groups will be identified by their
Function
Division/Group Supervisors can be _____ Officers, ______ officers, or any other fire department member designated by the Incident Commander.
Chief officers
company officers
Each Division/Group Supervisor will keep the Incident Commander informed of conditions and progress in the Division/Group through regular
Progress reports
___ ___ will be requested in a manner to safeguard the safety of personnel and maintain progress toward the Division/Group objectives.
Relief crews
Strategic Level - ____ _____
Coordination Level - _____ ______
Tactical Level - ______/______ ______
Task Level – ______ ________
Incident commander
Branch directors
Division/group supervisors
Company officers
Branch Directors may be utilized at very large incidents that involve two or more major components, multiple _____, or a large/complex ______ ______.
Agencies
Geographical area
The radio designation of a Branch may reflect its _____,_______ area, or may be _______.
Function, geographic area, numbered
The Branch Directors positions may be assigned to ____ ______. Depending on the situation, Branch Directors are normally at a _______ location, but may be located at the _____ ______ _____.
Chief officers
Remote
Incident command post
Normally, the Fire Department’s involvement and needs at an incident can be managed implementing four of the five ICS sections. They are:
Incident Command (previously discussed)
The ______ Section
The ______ Section
The _______ Section
Operations section
Planning section
Logistics section
The _____ Section is responsible for completing the tactical priorities, and the safety and welfare of the personnel working in the Operations Section.
Operations
All Division/Group Supervisors and/or Branch Directors must then direct their communications to the “______” officer.
Operation officer
The ______Section is responsible for developing and maintaining the incident’s situational awareness.
Planning section
______ provides services and support systems to all the organizational components involved in the incident.
Logistics
A key element of incident and event management is the______process
Planning process
During the transfer-of-command process, an ___ ___ formatted briefing provides the incoming Incident Commander (IC)/Unified Command (UC) with basic information regarding the incident situation and the resources allotted to the incident
Ics 201
The ICS 201 facilitates documentation of the current situation, _____ ______ objectives, and current and planned actions, resources _____ and _______, on-scene organization structure and incident potential.
Initial response objectives
Assigned and requested
Provides UC representatives with an opportunity to discuss and concur on important issues prior to the Command and General Staff Meeting.
INITIAL UNIFIED COMMAND MEETING
The IC/UC will identify/review and prioritize incident objectives. For reoccurring meetings objectives are reviewed and new objectives are identified as needed.
OBJECTIVES MEETING
This meeting should clarify and help to ensure understanding among the core IMT members on the decisions, objectives, priorities, procedures and functional assignments (tasks) that the IC considers significant.
COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF MEETING
They review incident objectives to determine those that are Operations responsibility and considered Command priorities
PREPARE FOR THE TACTICS MEETING
This 30-minute meeting produces operational input needed to support the IAP. Operations will present a work analysis matrix and draft ICS 215.
TACTICS MEETING
PREPARE FOR THE TACTICS MEETING – During this phase of the Operational Planning Cycle, ______ and ______ begin the work of preparing for the upcoming Tactics Meeting.
Operations and planning
PREPARING FOR THE PLANNING MEETING - The ______ and ______ Staffs prepare for the upcoming Planning Meeting.
Command
General staffs
This meeting provides an overview of the tactical plan to achieve commands current direction, priorities and objectives.
PLANNING MEETING
This 30-minute, or less, Briefing presents the IAP to the oncoming Operations supervisors and above and the oncoming Incident Management Team (IMT).
OPERATIONS BRIEFING
The completed IAP is essentially an Operations Order that communicates the “______ ______”.
Commanders intent
The Planning “_” is a graphical representation of the incident/event planning cycle.
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