This provides a flexible, standardized core mechanism for coordinated and collaborative incident management.
What is the Incident Command System
I am technically not a part of the General or Command Staff
What is the Incident Commander
Provides resources and services needed to support the incident
What is the Logistics Section
Develops Incident Action Plan to accomplish the objectives
What is the Planning Section
Monitors incident related costs. Provides overall fiscal guidance
What is the Financial/Admin Section?
I arrange for tours, and other interviews or briefings that may be required.
What is the Public Information Officer?
I have overall responsibility for the incident.
What is the Incident Commander
Develops tactical organization and directs all resources to carry out the Incident Action Plan
What is the Operations Section
I act as a point of contact for agency representatives.
What is the Liaison Officer?
This group is a rostered group of ICS-qualified personnel consisting of an IC, Command, and General Staff, and personnel assigned to other key ICS positions.
What is an Incident Management Team (IMAT)
A set number of resources of the same kind and type that have an established minimum number of personnel, common communications, and a designated leader.
What is a Strike Team/Resource Team?
An individual, a piece of equipment and its personnel complement, or a crew/team of individuals with an identified work supervisor that can be used on an incident.
What is a single resource?
I establish specific, measurable objectives.
What is the Planning Section Chief?
I am added in the Command staff, different from the regular ICS structure.
What is a Medical/Technical Specialist?
We are responsible for the functional aspects of the Incident Command structure.
What is the General Staff?
This is used to record details of notable activities for any Hospital Incident Management Team (HIMT) position.
What is the The HICS 214 - Activity Log
We are the organizational level having responsibility for a major functional area of incident management. We are organizationally situated between the Branch and the Incident Command.
What is the Section?
We carry out staff functions needed to support the Incident Commander.
What is the Command Staff
Defined into these four phases: mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.
What are The Four Phases of Emergency Management?
I am the NYS DOH hospital patient tracking system used by our hospital.
What is eFINDS (Evacuation of Facilities In Disaster Systems)?
I am usually 12 hours
What is an Operational Period?
The system is _____ so that more or fewer positions-depending on the emergency- may be implemented.
What is scalable
I am a subject matter expert that advises the Incident Commander.
What is the Medical/Technical Specialist
I ensure security and access control, liaison with Law Enforcement, and oversee search and rescue operations.
What is the Security Branch Director
Each Section Chief appoints positions under their section needed to complete the mission, based on available personnel.
What is the Hospital Incident Management Team?