Rule 200, 201 Flashcards
This is a management system, which has the flexibility and adaptability to be applied to a wide variety of incidents and events, both small and large
Incident command system
The individual designated as the incident commander has responsibilities for all ICS management functions. Those functions are.(5)
- Command
- Operations
- Planning
- Logistics.
- Finance/administration
The incident commander can elect to perform all the above functions, or each of these functional areas can be delegated and expanded as needed into additional organizational units with further delegation of authority
With ICS, every incident, regardless of size or complexity must include these four
- A solid understanding of department policy and direction.
- The establishment of incident objectives.
- The selection of an appropriate strategy.
- The application of tactics appropriate to the strategy, assigning the right resources, and monitoring of performance.
This means that every individual has only one designated supervisor
The unity of command
And the vast majority of incidents, the command structure will consist of(2)
- Command
- And single resources.
As incidents expand in size and complexity, the chain of command is expanded through an organizational structure, which can consist of as many layers as needed, such as these six(6)
- Command.
- Sections.
- Branches.
- Divisions/groups.
- Units
- Resources
Commend at an incident is initially the responsibility of the—————— unseen from the agency, which has jurisdiction over the incident
Highest ranking person
Transfer of command at an incident occurs for any of these three reasons(3)
- A higher ranking or more qualified person assumes command.
- The incident situation changes overtime to wear a jurisdiction or agency change in command. Either is legally required or it would make good management sense to make such a transfer.
- or there is a normal turnover of personnel long or extended incident
This is key to the proper functioning of ICS
Flexibility
This is an ICS management process, which allows all agencies who have jurisdictional or functional responsibility for the incident to jointly develop a common set of incident, objectives, and strategies. This is accomplished without losing or giving up agency authority, responsibility, or accountability.
Unified command
Allowing all agencies, who have a legitimate responsibility at an incident to be part of the incident command function is an important part of ICS. Under a unified command the following always applies.(3)
- The incident will function under a single coordinated (jointly decided upon) incident action plan.
- One operation section chief will have responsibility for implementing the incident action plan.
- One incident command post will be established
(one action plan, what operation section chief, implementing to plan, and one command post.)
This term refers to the number of individuals that once supervisor can effectively manage manage
Span of control
Maintaining an effective———— is particularly important on incident where safety and accountability are the top priority
Span of control
An ICS, the span of control, for any supervisor should fall within a range of
3 to 7
With five being the optimum number
Anytime, a supervisor has a few of then—-people, reporting or more than—-Some adjustment to the organization should be considered
Three (3) people
Seven (7) people
Why is it important to utilize common terminology when utilizing the ICS system?
Because I may evolve into a unified command involving different agencies with various multi agency terms, it is important to use common terminology to avoid the confusion
And ICS common terminology is applied to (3)
- Organizational elements.
- Position titles.
- Resources.
ICS insurance personnel, accountability, through (5)
- Check in- requires all personnel to check in upon arrival at the incident.
- Unity of command.-everyone has only one supervisor
- Resource status unit. - maintains the status of all assigned resources
- Division/group assignment list.- identifies resources with active assignments in the operation section
- Unit logs- includes a record of personnel signed, and a major events occurring in all ICS organizational elements
This ability with an ICS is absolutely critical
The ability to communicate
The ability to effectively communicate with an ICS is absolutely critical. There are at least three ways to view the communications issues that must be solved. (3)
- The hardware systems that transfer information.
- The planning that must occur for the use of all available communication frequencies and resources
- The actual procedures and processes for transferring information
Effective communication during every critical incident requires a communication plan. Depending on the complexity of the incident, and the number of agencies involved, the communications plan can be simple or complex and involve several different communication networks. These may include.
- **Command net establish to link supervisory personnel from incident commander down to an including division and group supervisors.
- Tactical net- Tactical nuts may be established for each branch or divisions and groups, depending upon hardware and frequency, availability and specific incident needs.
- Support net- established on larger incidents to handle logistical traffic and resource status changes.
- Ground to air- established to coordinate ground to air traffic
- Air to air- assign for coordination between aircraft, assign and incident
The primary mission of the department in any critical incident situation is the?
Protection and preservation of life
Any man-made or natural disaster, major violent incident, or incident involving an active violent or potential active violence in which public safety personnel, and/or civilians are subject to extreme danger. This defines.
Critical incident
