ICS 100 Flashcards
A multi-agency coordination entity that provides support and coordination to on-scene responders.
Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
EOC uses ICS principles but it does not manage on-scene operations.
A standard, on-scene, all-hazard incident management concept. It allows users to adopt an integrated organizational structure to match the complexities and demands of single or multiple incidents without being hindered by jurisdictional boundaries.
The Incident Command System (ICS).
Applications for the use of ICS include:
1. Fire, both structural and wildland.
2. Natural disasters, such as tornados, floods, ice storms, or earthquakes.
3. Search and rescue missions.
4. Hazardous material incidents.
5. Criminal acts and crime scene investigations.
6. Terrorist incidents, including weapons of mass destruction.
7. Planned events, such as parades or demonstrations.
ICS can be used for small or large events. It can ________or ________ to meet the changing needs of an incident or event.
Grow or shrink
ICS has considerable internal flexibility
ICS has been tested in more than 30 years of emergency and nonemergency applications, by all levels of government and in the private sector. It represents organizational ________________ and as a component of NIMS has become the standard for emergency management across the country.
Best practices
ICS emphasizes ________________, including management by objectives and reliance on IAP’s.
Effective planning
ICS helps ensure full utilization of all incident resources by:
- Maintaining a manageable span of control
- Establishing predesignated incident locations and facilities
- Implementing resource management practices
- Ensuring integrated communications
When does formal transfer of command occur?
Whenever leadership changes.
Through _____________ and _____________, ICS helps ensure that resources are on hand and ready.
Accountability and mobilization
ICS supports responders and decision makers by providing the data they need through effective ___________ and intelligence management.
Information
The ability to communicate within the ICS is absolutely critical. What is an essential method for ensuring the ability to communicate?
Using common terminology and clear text.
Do not use radio codes, agency-specific codes, or jargon.
The ICS organizational structure develops in a ______-_____, modular fashion that is based on the size and complexity of the incident, as well as the specifics of the hazard created by the incident.
Top-down
In ICS, only those functions or positions ____________ for a particular incident will be filled.
Necessary
Management by ________________ is an approach used to communicate functional actions throughout the entire ICS organization.
Objective
In ICS, considerable emphasis is placed on developing effective ____________________.
Incident action plans
Incident Action Plans include the measurable strategic operations to be achieved and are prepared around a timeframe called an ___________________.
Operational period
Incident Action Plans can be oral or written, with the exception of what, which require a written IAP?
Hazardous material incidents
ICS effective span of control
3-7.
A ratio of 1 supervisor to 5 reporting elements is recommended.
Temporary locations at an incident where personnel and equipment are kept while waiting for tactical assignments.
Staging area
The resources in the staging area are always in ___________ status.
Available
How many ICP’s can an incident have?
One
Can there be more than one staging area for an event?
Yes
ICS
There is an orderly line of authority within the ranks of the organization, with lower levels subordinate to, and connected to, higher levels.
Chain of command
ICS
Every individual is accountable to only one designated supervisor to whom they report at the scene of an incident.
Unity of command
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The Incident Commander will have complete responsibility for incident management.
Single command
ICS -
Responding agencies and/or jurisdictions with responsibility for the incident share incident management.
Unified command
A __________________- may be needed for incidents involving:
-Multiple jurisdictions
-A single jurisdiction with multiple agencies sharing responsibility
-Multiple jurisdictions with multi-agency involvement
Unified command
Under a unified command, a __________, coordinated IAP will direct all activities.
Single
The process of moving the responsibility for incident command from one incident commander to another is called __________________.
Transfer of command
___________________ may take place when:
- A more qualified person assumes command
- Incident situation changes over time, resulting in a legal requirement to change command
- Changing command makes good sense
- There is normal turnover of personnel for long or extended incidents
- The incident response is concluded and incident responsibility is transferred back to the home agency
Transfer of command
The transfer of command process always includes a ___________________, which may be oral, verbal, or both.
Transfer of command briefing
ICS mobilization -
Personnel and equipment should respond only when ____________ or when ____________ by an appropriate authority.
Requested or dispatched
Five management functions of ICS
- Incident command
- Operations
- Planning
- Logistics
- Finance/admin
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Sets the incident objectives, strategies, and priorities and has overall responsibility at the incident or event.
Incident Command
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Conducts tactical operations to carry out the plan. Develops the tactical objectives and organization, and directs all tactical resources.
Operations
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Prepares and documents IAP to accomplish the objectives, collects and evaluates information, maintains resource status, and maintains documentation for incident records.
Planning
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Provides support, resources, and all other services needed to meet the operational objectives.
Logistics
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Monitors cost related to the incident. Provides accounting, procurement, time recording, and cost analysis.
Finance/Administration
What is the only position that is always staffed according to ICS 100?
The Incident Commander
The IC may manage accomplish all 5 positions on small incidents.
The __________________ has overall responsibility for managing the incident by objectives, planning strategies, and implementing tactics.
Incident commander
________________ must be as qualified as the incident commander.
Deputy incident commanders
Are rank, grade, and seniority factors used to select an incident commander?
No. The IC is always a highly qualified individual trained to lead the incident response.
In ICS, the command staff consists of:
Command staff reports directly to the IC
PIO. safety officer, liaison officer
Operations, planning, logistics, and finance/administrative sections belong to _____________ staff, and report directly to the IC.
General
The person in charge of each of the general staff positions is designated as a __________.
Chief
Each of the section chiefs may have a _________, or more than one, if necessary.
Deputy
The _____________________ will develop and manage the operations section to accomplish incident objectives set by the incident commander.
Operations Section Chief
The will normally be the person with the greatest technical and tactical expertise in dealing with the problem at hand.
Operations section: divisions
Divisions are used to divide an incident ________________. The person in charge of a division is a ______________.
Geographically
Supervisor
Operations section: groups
Groups are used to describe ______________ areas of operation. The person in charge of each group is a _____________.
Functional
Supervisor
Divisions and groups can be used together on an incident. Divisions and groups are at an ______________.
Equal level
If the number of divisions or groups exceeds the span of control, it may be necessary to establish ___________.
The person in charge of this is a ____________.
Branches
Director
While span of control is a common reason to establish branches, other considerations include:
Multidiscipline incidents
Multijurisdictional incidents
Very Large incidents
Task forces are a combination of mixed resources with common communications operating under the direct supervision of a ___________.
Leader
ICS
What section is responsible for:
Resource Unit
Situation Unit
Documentation Unit
Demobilization Unit
Planning Section
(Ran by a Chief)
The Logistics section can be staffed by ___ branches and ____ units.
2
6
What section, ran by a Chief, can include:
Communications unit
Medical unit
Food unit
Supply unit
Facilitets unit
Ground Support unit
Logistics section
