NERT College Disaster Operations

ICS in the Staging AreaWorkshop 300-2

Refer to Field Operations Guide, Chapter 4

Field Operations Guide

Field Operations Guide or FOG

Is NERT’s guide for disaster operations

You will see references to it throughout the training

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Incident Command System (ICS)

What is ICS? Why do we need it? Why do we use it?

Standardized Emergency Management System

(SEMS)

Mandated in Mandated in California!California!

Government Code 8607Effective September 1994

Now Mandated Nationally - NIMS

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SEMS Components

Planning Mitigation Response Recovery

Take ICS training

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Basic Principles

Single point of command Some one is in charge at each level and each person

reports to only one supervisor. Manageable span of control

For any supervisor is 3 to 7 people, 5 being the optimum. Modular organization

Can expand or contract at any time in response to changing conditions

Common terminology Plain English; no codes; careful of acronyms and

abbreviations

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State Of California SEMS ICS Organization

PU BLIC IN FOR M ATION O FFIC ERSAFETY OFFIC E RLIASON O FFIC E R

TEAM STASK FORC ES

SIN GLE R E SOUR SE S

BR AN C HESDIVISION SGROU P S

OPER ATION SSEC TIO N

R ESCU E UN ITSITUATION UN IT

D EM OB . U NITDOC UM EN TATION

PLANN ING /IN TELLIGEN C E

SECTION

SER VICE BR ANC HSUPPO RT B RANCH

PER SON NEL BRAN CH

LOGISTIC SSECTION

TIM E U NITPRO CU REM ENT UNIT

C OM PEN SATION / CLAIM S U NITCOSTS UN IT

FINAN CE /ADM IN ISTR ATION

SECTIO N

INC IDEN T COM M AN DER

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City of San Francisco - ICS

Support S taff

Com m and PolicyGroup

Public Inform ation Officer

Construction &Engineering

Health & M edica l

Facility Managem ent

Law Enforcem ent

F ire Rescue

Operations

Message Center

S ituation Analysis

Im pact Analysis

Planning /In telligence

M ulti AgencyCoord ination

Services

Transportation

Care & Shelter

Supplies & Equip.

Logistics

Reim bursem ent

External Vender C laims

Internal Labor / M aterials

Finance /Adm inistration

M ayor

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NERT ICS Structure

Safety O fficer

Im pact AnalisysSituation AnalisysCom m unications

PlanningSection

Care and ShelterStaffing/Volunteers

TransportationAssignm ents

Supplies & Equipm entProcurem entReproduction

Supplies

LogisticsSection

M edicalFie ld Operations

Internal OperationsFacility Security

OperationsSection

Docum entationInternal Labor & M ateria lsExternal Vendors & claims

Reim bursem ent

Finance and Adm inistrationSection

Com m andPolicy

Public Inform ation Officer(PIO )

Planning G roup

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Order of Command

City of San Francisco’s Color SchemeCommand and Policy

Intelligence and Planning Operations Logistics

Administration

Information Flow

Task Force Leader

Intelligence & Planning

Operations

LogisticsAdministration

& Finance

Gatekeeper

Communications

Safety Officer

Public Information Officer

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Administration

IncidentCommand

Intelligence/Intelligence/PlanningPlanning Logistics

Gatekeeper

Communications / Runners

Public Information Officer Safety Officer

Personnel andPersonnel andEquipment StagingEquipment Staging

Information Flow

Operations

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How Teams Are Dispatched!

INCIDENT

Task Force Leader

Operations

Logistics

TeamsEquipment

Rest Area

Intelligence & Planning

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When Teams Return!

INCIDENT

Task Force Leader

Operations

Logistics

TeamsEquipment

Rest Area

Intelligence & Planning

When a Team Is DispatchedWhen a Team Is Dispatched

Command authorizes a dispatchOperations requests a team from

LogisticsLogistics provides people and

equipment Operations briefs and dispatches the

teams Returning teams check into Operations

report actions taken go to the rest area

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NERT Team Planning Group

Pre-disaster planning Establishes response criteria Establishes response priorities Assesses neighborhood composition

Takes ICS trainingUnderstands roles and positionsAssumes those positions in a disaster

Take ICS training

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Exercise

Looking at these sites, what are the advantages and problems with using them as your staging area?

For staging criteria, refer to Coordinator Guidelines, Page 37: Choosing a Staging Area

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Staging Area Photos

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Thank You

We would like to thank those who contributed to this presentation: the SF Fire Department the Department of Emergency Management NERT volunteers