ABC's of ICS
This is a standardized management tool for meeting the demands of small and large emergency or nonemergency situations.
What is ICS?
This allows for a uniform response to all hazards a community may face.
What is an EOP?
This is the act of directing, ordering, or controlling by virtue of explicit statutory, regulatory, or delegated authority.
What is Command?
When command is transferred, this is what all personnel in the incident should be told.
What is the effective time and date of transfer.
If in place, these could be used to assist agencies and jurisdictions when existing resources are inadequate.
What are Mutual Aid Agreements?
This NIMS Management Characteristic includes developing and issuing assignments, plans, procedures, and protocols to accomplish a task.
What is Management by Objectives?
What is accomplished by organizing resources into Teams, Divisions, Groups, Branches, or Sections?
What is Span of Control?
This Command Staff member approves the Incident Action Plan and all requests pertaining to the ordering and releasing of incident resources.
Who is the Incident Commander?
To ensure a smooth transfer, it is necessary that the outgoing Incident Commander provide this to the new Incident Commander.
What is Transfer of Command Briefing?
This ICS functional area tracks resources, collects and analyzes information, and maintains documentation?
What is Planning?
These should be “specific,” “measurable” “achievable” and “realistic.”
What are Incident Objectives?
This Incident Type requires regional or national resources with up to 200 personnel per operational period?
What is a Type 1 incident?
This ICS Supervisory Position title is used at the Division/Group organizational level?
What is Supervisor?
When an incident expands, these functions and positions are filled.
What are only those that are necessary?
This resource management task deploys or activates personnel and resources.
What is Mobilize?
This major NIMS Component describes systems and methods that help to ensure that incident personnel and other decision makers have the means and information they need to make and communicate decisions.
What is Communications and Information Sharing?
This type of briefing is delivered to individual resources or crews who are assigned to operational tasks and/or work at or near the incident site.
What is Field-Level Briefing?
These are the options of a more qualified person who arrives on scene.
What are assuming command, maintaining command as is, or requesting a more qualified Incident Commander?
Predicting the resource needs of an incident to determine the appropriate management structure is referred to as this.
What is Complexity Analysis?
This resource management activity establishes common definitions for capabilities of personnel, equipment, teams, supplies, and facilities.
What is Qualifying, Certifying, and Credentialing Personnel?
This NIMS Management Characteristic describes when the supervisor-to-subordinate ratio exceeds manageable span of control and additional Teams, Divisions, Groups, Branches, or Sections can be established.
What is Modular Organization?
This communication standard involves the use of social media to support activities such as producing maps and incident visualizations.
What is Technology Use and Procedures?
This is a right or obligation to act on behalf of a department, agency, or jurisdiction.
What is authority?
When the incident scope is complex or beyond existing authorities, this may be needed.
What is a delegation of authority?
Regarding resource typing, these characteristics are typically used to categorize resources.
What are Location, Capability, and Number Available?