NCHRP 20-59 (30) ICS for Field Level

Transportation Supervisors and Personnel

Sponsored by Transportation Research Board Mineta Transportation Institute

Frannie Edwards, Deputy Director, NTSCOE Dan Goodrich, Research Associate

ICS for Transportation • Key to all emergency response

• Pre-event evacuation • Response • Post-event recovery

• Coordination with other emergency responders

• No roads, no codes • Own the road so responsible for the

safety of the road to serve the public • Safety Inspection- bridges, tunnels

and road surface • Debris removal for access • Expedient repairs

ICS for Transportation

• Public Safety – Police., Fire, EMS • “They manage crazy”

• First Responder • Post-9/11 concept • HSPD-7 includes public works and

transportation, “heavy equipment operators”

• Emergency Responder • Any organization that responds to

an emergency • Complies with ICS/NIMS

ICS for Transportation

• Incident Commander • MacArthur Maze, California

• Operations Section • Potato truck spill,

Tennessee

• Unified Command • Hurricane Sandy, New

Jersey

Incident Commander

Operations Logistics Planning/

Intelligence Finance/

Administration

Command Staff

ICS for Transportation

• Family preparedness • Family plan • Family supplies • CERT

• Personal Preparedness • Car kit

ICS for Transportation • Goals

• Safety • Check-in, demobilization,

check out • Reimbursement

• The job you save may be your own

• MAP-21 changes, some reimbursement now FEMA

• Care • Food, shelter, family contacts

ICS for Transportation • Supervisor’s Box- organizing the

paperwork in a field environment • FIRESCOPE 420 • ICS forms- 201, 214, 208 • Communication plan with district level

contact information • Checklist cards Establishing an Incident Command

System Joining an existing Incident Command Assuming control /transfer of authority

of an Incident Command to Trans Unified Command