Principles
The term for ICS principal defined as the number of organizational elements that may be directly managed by another.
Span of Control? (3-7 people)
What 4 positions make up the General Staff?
Operations, Planning, Logistics, & Finance/Admin Section Chiefs
The term used to describe organizational level which is divided geographically, not functionally.
Divisions
This unit may prepare future projections of incident growth, maps, and intelligence information.
Situation Unit
This Logistics Unit supports all operations by ordering, receiving, storing and distributing supplies.
Supply Unit
The facility at which the primary command and planning functions are carried out.
Incident Command Post
What are the 3 Command Staff positions?
Liaison, Safety, & Information Officers
The term used to describe an ICS component with a functional responsibility.
Group
The unit that provides all duplication services.
Documentation Unit
This unit in Logistics is responsible for creating a plan to respond to any injured responders and works closely with the Safety Officer
Medical Unit
The person who sets objectives for the incident.
Incident Commander
The Section Chief who is responsible for staging areas.
Operations Section Chief
The title of a person in charge of a Division or Group.
Supervisor
An epidemiologist, politician, or structural engineer are examples of this type of position that is added when an incident requires industry-specific knowledge
Technical Specialist
This Admin/Finance unit ensures accurate tracking of personnel hours.
Time Unit
The universal priorities for all incidents
(hint: there are 3 of them)
1-life safety
2- incident stabilization
3-protection of property and environment
ICS positions that can have deputies.
Incident Commander
Section Chiefs
Branch Directors
The term for a combination of mixed resources assembled for a particular purpose with common communications operating under a Leader.
Task Force
This Unit creates plan for sending resources home once they are no longer needed.
Demobilization Unit
The Logistics Unit that determines food and water requirements for personnel.
Food Unit
When Incident Command is shared due to an overlap in jurisdictional authority between multiple agencies
Unified Command
An individual who has been delegated to formulate messages for partners and public?
Information Officer
The term for the organizational level having functional or geographic responsibility for major parts of incident operations.
Branches
This essential step in ICS can be written or verbal and must contain at least:
-What do we want to do?
-Who is going to do it?
-What do we do if someone gets hurt?
-How do we communicate?
Incident Action Plan
This Admin/Finance unit is responsible for matters pertaining to compensation for injury and claims related activities kept for the incident.
Compensation/Claims Unit