May be written or oral - it is a major activity of the Planning Section that establishes incident objectives and response strategies.
Established to ensure that everyone within the ICS organization has a clear understanding of what needs to be accomplished; goals.
Who is the Safety Officer?
Period of time scheduled for execution of a given set of actions as specified in the Incident Action Plan. Can vary in length, usually not over 24 hours.
What is the Operational Period?
Number of individuals a supervisor can manage effectively during an incident? Typically, 3-7 people.
This ICS position is responsible for being the point of contact for assisting cooperating agencies in the response
This person sets objectives for the incident and has overall responsibility.
Who is the Incident Commander?
Consists of the Public Information Officer, Liaison Officer and Safety Officer?
What is Command Staff?
When the incident is divided geographically, teams are separated into these.
What are divisions?
This ICS section is responsible for providing facilities, food, communications and materials for the incident.
Facility established to handle all incident related public information activities.
What is the Joint Information Center (JIC)?