ICS Structure
This approach ensures solutions that serve the entire community are implemented, while simultaneously making sure that resources are used efficiently.
What is the Whole Community Approach?
This characteristic allows different management teams to understand each other and avoid confusion.
What is Common Terminology?
This functional area is responsible for monitoring costs related to the incident.
What is Finance?
This Section is responsible for preparing and documenting the Incident Action Plan, as well as tracking resources assigned to the incident.
What is the Planning Section?
The only position that is ALWAYS staffed in ICS applications.
Who is the Incident Commander?
The Incident Command System falls under this management system.
What is NIMS?
These four questions represent this characteristic:
What do we need to do?
Who is responsible for doing it?
What resources are needed?
How do we communicate?
What is Incident Action Planning?
This functional area is responsible for conducting operations to reach incident objectives.
What is Operations?
This Section is responsible for timekeeping and reimbursement.
What is the Finance Section?
The transfer of command always includes this, which may be spoken, written, or a combination of both.
What is a briefing?
The Incident Command System can be used for emergencies and also this type of event.
What is a planned event?
This refers to the number of individuals or resources that one supervisor can manage effectively during an incident.
What is Manageable Span of Control?
This functional area is responsible for supporting the incident action planning process as well as maintaining documentation.
What is Planning?
This Section is responsible for overseeing and managing tactical activities to carry out the incident objectives.
What is the Operations Section?
This officer communicates with the public, media, and other agencies in regards to incident-related information.
Who is the Public Information Officer?
This is the top priority of the ICS.
What is safety?
The orderly line that details how authority flows through the hierarchy of the incident management organization.
What is Chain of Command?
This functional area is responsible for setting incident objectives and has overall responsibility for the incident.
What is Command?
This Section is responsible for ordering, obtaining, maintaining, and accounting for personnel, equipment, and supplies.
What is the Logistics Section?
This officer monitors operations and advises on the health and safety of incident management personnel.
Who is the Safety Officer?
These two systems are often confused, however, one is the umbrella and one is underneath the umbrella.
What are ICS and NIMS?
Checking and checking out, resource tracking, and personal responsibility are all part of this characteristic.
What is Accountability?
This functional area is responsible for getting resources and needed services to an incident.
What is Logistics?
This Section includes three officers and is responsible for deploying additional Sections as needed.
What is the Incident Command?
This officer is the point of contact between the Incident Commander and other agencies.
Who is the Liaison Officer?