Principles
What is Span of Control?
What is Span of Control?The number of organizational elements that may be directly managed by another.
What are the General Staff positions?
Operations, Planning, Logistics, & Finance/Admin Section Chiefs.
What are Divisions?
The term used to describe geographic areas of an incident.
What is the Resources Unit?
The unit that oversees the check-in of all incident resources.
Who is the Logistics Chief?
Support all operations by acquiring requested resources.
What is the Incident Command Post? The facility at which the primary command functions are carried out.
The facility at which the primary command functions are carried out.
What are the Command Staff positions?
Liaison, Safety, & Information Officers.
What is a Group?
The term used to describe an ICS component with a functional responsibility.
What is the Documentation Unit?
The unit that provides all duplication services.
Who is the Logistics Section Chief?
Maintains a time log of staff and volunteers.
Who is the Incident Commander?
The person who sets objectives for the incident.
Who is the Operations Section Chief?
The Section Chief who is responsible for staging areas.
What is a Supervisor?
The title of a person in charge of a Division or Group.
What is a Technical Specialist?
Report to the planning section chief for situation briefing. Liaise with liaison officer to ensure technical specialists report to the technical specialist unit.
What is the Time Unit?
This unit ensures accurate tracking of personnel hours.
What are life safety, incident stabilization & property conservation?
The immediate priorities established by the Incident Commander.
What have in common the Incident Commander, Section Chiefs, & Branch Director positions?
ICS positions that can have deputies.
Who is the Operations Chief.
Manages all operations and progress related to the incident
Who is the Planning Chief ?
Supervises the preparation of the Incident Action Plan.
Who is the Food Unit Leader?
The position that determines food and water requirements for personnel.
What is Unified Command?
The process, in a multi-agency incident, of establishing a common set of objectives and strategies without losing agency authority, responsibility, or accountability.
Who is the Public Information Officer?
An individual who has been delegated to formulate public message for partners and public
What are Branches?
The organizational level having functional or geographic responsibility for major parts of incident operations.
What is the Incident Action Plan?
This contains a Statement of Objectives, Organization, Assignments to Accomplish Objectives, and other supporting materials.
Who is the Finance Chief?
Manages all financial aspects of incident.