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Introduction to the Incident Command System and Fire Department Operations for Fire Corps Citizen Advocates. Dwayne Thompson Michigan Fire Corps State Advocate. What is INCIDENT COMMAND?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Dwayne ThompsonMichigan Fire Corps State Advocate
Personnel and Equipment Management System developed from California wild land fires in the 1970’s based on these two principles:
1. ACCOUNTIBILTY
2. EACH PERSON HAS ONE BOSS (Unity of Command)
Command (IC)
Command (IC)
Command (IC)
Operations
Operations
CommandStaff
Branch Branch
(Functional Units)
(Functional Units)
(Functional Units) (Functional Units)
Each person in the system only reports to one person above them.
With Good Communication
Common terminology
Keep people informed
NO FREE-LANCING No “heroes” or
cowboys wanted
Be where you are suppose to be
Do the job assigned
Communicate the results
Coordinate and direct all incident activities including developing and implementing a strategic plan
Command (IC)
Command (IC)
Command (IC)
Operations
Operations
CommandStaff
Branch Branch
(Functional Units)
(Functional Units)
(Functional Units) (Functional Units)
Also called Incident Commander (IC)
May have a Command Staff or Unified Command (only one command)
Green Light / IC Flag
Safety Officer
Liaison Officer
Public InformationOfficer
Scribe to Command
COMMAND - Incident Commander (IC)
FINANCELOGISTICSOPERATIONSPLANNING
Has the responsibility of tracking all costs and financial aspects of the incident. Usually will only be activated on large-scale, long-term incidents.
Support Branch – supplies, facilities, ground support, equipment, etc.
Service Branch – medical, re-hab, communications,
food services, etc.
Reports directly to the IC and responsible for managing all operations that directly affect the primary mission of eliminating the problem.
Staging is here.
Responsible for the collection, evaluation, dissemination, and use of information concerning the development of the incident.
Also, tracking the status of all resources assigned to the incident.
They become the responsibility of the
Incident Commander.
COMMAND DIVISION GROUP SECTOR SUPERVISOR INCIDENT ACTION PLAN RESOURCES STAGING
IMS / ICS should be initiated by the first person on the scene of an emergency.
What has occurred? What is the current status of the
emergency? Is there anyone injured or trapped?
Can the emergency be handled with the resources on scene or en route?
Does the emergency fall within the scope of the individual’s training?
If no life-threatening situation demands immediate action, the IC should begin to formulate an Incident Action Plan.
Be prepared to transfer to next-arriving person with higher level of expertise or authority
Face-to-face is best
Command can only be transferred to someone who is on scene
Give a Situation Status Report
Assisting with tracking at Staging Assisting Command Staff as a scribe Setting up and running the Re-hab Area Diverting traffic Other duties as assigned
Following ICS rules – No Free-lancing and waiting patiently to be deployed