Organization
Principles and Processes
Forms
Meetings
Common Terminology
100
This Section is responsible for handling claims related to property damage, injuries, or fatalities at the incident
What is the Finance Section or Finance/Administration Section
100
The process, in a multi-agency inciden, of establishing a common set of objectives and strategies without losing agency authority, responsibility, or accountability, is addressed by what organizational element of the IMT ?
What is Unified Command
100
This ICS Form contains status information for briefing the incoming Incident Commander or team, or other resources.
What is the ICS 201 form or ICS Incident Briefing form
100
This meeting's purpose is to coordinate staff functions, resposibilities and objectives
What is The Command & General Staff Meeting
100
In ICS the members of the General Staff assume this title
What is Section Chief
200
Representatives from Assisting or Cooperating Agencies & Organizations coordinate thru this ICS Position
What is The Liaison Officer
200
The facility at which the primary command functions are carried out
What is the Incident Command Post
200
This form is used to record an individual's or unit's activity
What is ICS 214 Unit Log Form
200
The outcome of this meeting is a draft ICS 215 that is a blueprint for operations in the next operational period
What is The Tactics Meeting
200
In ICS, the members of the Command Staff assume this title
What is Officer
300

The Incident Command System is comprised of these five major functional areas.

What are Command, Operations, Planning (& Intelligence), Logistics, and Finance/Administration?

300
Moving the responsibility for incident command from one incident command to another
What is Transfer of Command
300

This form records the incident organization in a linear table-like format.

What is the ICS 203 Form.

300
The purpose of this meeting is to identify and prioritize objectives for the next operational period
What is the Unified Command Objectives Meeting
300
This term refers to the number of individuals or resources that one person can manage effectively during a response
What is Span of Control
400

In the Incident Command Post, the Incident Commander sets the objectives.  This position sets the overall response objectives and priorities in an Emergency Operations Center or Department Operations Center.

Who is the EOC Director or DOC Director?

400

The ICS Principle that pertains to the number of individuals or resources that one supervisor can manage effectively.

What is Span of Control?

400
This form is used to check in personnel and equipment arriving at or departing from the incident
What is the ICS 211 Check in / Check out list
400
Input for this meeting includes a final ICS 202, current status, current resource inventory and a final draft ICS 215
What is the Planning Meeting
400

The multi-agency policy group made up of agency administrators and decision-makers.

What is the Multi-Agency Coordination Group (MAC Group)?

500
These organizational entities within the Operations Section may be used to divide an incident geographically
What are divisions
500

When the County requests resources for a mission, the State Operations Center may assign this to a State Agency to fill the request.

What is a Mission Resource Tasking (MRT)?

500
This form may be used to communicate the decisions made concerning resource needs for the next operational period.
What is the ICS 215 Operational Planning Worksheet
500
This meeting should occur before the start of the next operational period and should convey the plan for the next operational period to the response organization
What is the Operations Briefing
500
A location established to enable positioning of and accounting for resources not immediately assigned.
What is a Staging Area
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