ICS 100 Flashcards
What is The emergency operation center?
Multiagency coordination entity that provides support and coordination to on-scene responders.
ICS helps ensure full utilization of all incident resources by?
Maintaining a manageable span of control; establishing incident locations and facilities; implementing resource management; ensuring integrated communications.
An effective multiagency incident management system is for all communication to be in plain
_______
English. Do not use radio/agency specific codes.
An incident action plan is:
An oral or written plan containing general objectives reflecting the overall strategy of managing an incident.
Every incident should have a IAP which is _____ or _____
Verbal or written
Incident action plans include the measurable strategic operations to be achieved and are prepared around a timeline called:
An operational period.
At the simplest level, all incident action plans (oral or written) must have four elements:
- What do you want to do?
- Who is responsible for doing it?
- How do we communicate with each other?
- What is the procedure if someone is injured?
ICS establishes common terminology allowing diverse incident management and support entities to work together. Common terminology helps define:
- Organizational functions
- Resource descriptions
- Incident facilities
- Position titles
Six steps of the incident action planning process.
Step 1. Understanding agency policy and direction.
Step 2. Assess incident situation.
Step3. Establish incident objectives.
Step4. Select appropriate strategy or strategies to achieve objectives.
Step5. Perform tactical direction (applying tactics appropriate to the strategy, assigning the right resources, and monitoring their performance).
Step6. Provide necessary follow up (changing strategy or tactics, adding or subtracting resources,etc).
Span of control:
Pertains to the number of individuals or resources the one supervisor can manage effectively during emergency response or special events.
Span of control is the key to ____and ____ incident management.
Effective and Efficient
Effective span of control on on incidents may vary from __ to ___
3 to 7
The ratio of ____ supervisor to ___ reporting elements is recommended.
1 supervisor to 5 reporting elements.
What is The incident command post:
Is the location from which the incident commander oversees all incident operations.
Staging area:
Temporary locations at an incident where personnel and equipment are kept while waiting for tactical assignments.