Operational Guideline 1.1 Incident Command system Flashcards
Portland Fire and Rescue has adopted the ICS as outline in the?
Model Procedures for Structural Firefighting
The Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) requires organizations responding to ______ __________ ________ to operate with an ICS.
hazardous material incidens
NFPA 1500 Standards on fire department occupational safety and health program requires:
- all department to establish written procedures for ICS
- all members of the department to be trained and familiar with the system
- the system to outline the responsibility for safety at all supervisory levels.
- the system to outline safety requirements
- the system to provide sufficient supervisory personnel to control the position and function of all members operating at the scene.
Components of ICS
- Common terminology
- Modular Organization
- Integrated communication
- Single or unified command structure
- Incident action plan
- Manageable span of control
- Designated Incident facilities
- Comprehensive resource management
Single command
only one agency has legal responsibility
Unified Command
more than one agency is responsible for decision making within a single jurisdiction, or more than one jurisdiction is involved
Span of control
three to seven individuals the optimum number is 5 per supervisory
Task Force
a group of any type or kind of resources with common communications and a leader, temporarily assembled for specific tactical missions
Strike team
a specified combination of the same kind and type of resource, with common communications and a leader
It is the responsibility fo the first arriving ____ ________ to establish command of the scene.
Fire officer
List the basic responsibilities of the IC at every incident
- description of the company arriving on scene
- a size up
- conditions
- descriptions of actions taken
- declaration of strategy
- Obvious safety concerns
- assumption, identification, and location of command
- designation of the Alpha side of the occupancy or incident
- request or release of resources as required
Transferring of command briefing should include
- incident conditions
- transfer of the tactical board/pertinent information
- progress in completion of tactical objectives
- safety considerations
- assignment of and accounting for resources and personnel working at the incident
- the need for additional resources
Command can not be transferred to an officer ___________________
not on scene
The three tactical priorities are:
- Life safety
- Incident stabilization
- property conservation
Strategy is described as what will be done (_________)
Planning
Tactics is described as how it will be done (__________)
implementation
To develop an effective strategy requires three very specific actions or elements
- Information
- observation
- prediction
An IAP is defined formally as:
an ordered sequence of events over a specific period of time to accomplish specific objectives.
ICS organization is not based on the size of the incident but rather___________
Overall complexity
Command staff positions:
- Safety officer
- Liaison
- Public information officer
When is the functional position of Operations staffed?
When commands span of control is exceeded and they cannot focus totally on tactical operations.
The main responsibility of the operations section is to _________________
direct all the tactical operations to meet the strategic goals that are developed by command.
When operations is staffed, the IC focuses on ________ and Operations chief focuses on __________
Strategy
Tactics
The agency with greatest jurisdictional involvement is assigned
The operations functions
Division
a defined geographical area or location
Group
assigned to a specific function (i.e. ventilation)
Depending on the size or type of incident, command or operations has the option to______________________________ for better management purposes
breaking the incident into segments called branches
