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The organizational level having functional, geographical, or jurisdictional responsibility for major aspects of incident operations. (NFPA 1026) |
Branch |
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A person in a supervisory level position in either the operations or logistics function to provide a span of control. (NFPA 1561) |
Branch Director |
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The first component of the ICS. It is the only position in the ICS that must always be staffed. |
Command |
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The public information officer, safety officer, and liaison officer, all of whom report directly to the incident commander and are responsible for functions in the incident management system that are not a part of the function of the line organization. (NFPA 1561) |
Command Staff |
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A team of two or more fire fighters. (NFPA 1500) |
Crew |
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Assigned locations where specific functions are always performed. |
Designated incident facilities |
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A supervisory level established to divide an incident into geographic areas of operations. (NFPA 1561) |
Division |
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A person in a supervisory-level position who is responsible for a specifi c geographic area of operations at an incident. (NFPA 1561) |
Division Supervisor |
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Section responsible for all costs and financial actions of the incident or planned event, including the time unit, procurement unit, compensation/claims unit, and the cost unit. (NFPA 1026) |
Finance/Administration Section |
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An incident management system developed in the 1970s for day-to-day fire department incidents (generally handled with fewer than 25 units or companies). |
Fire-ground command (FGC) |
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An organization of agencies established in the early 1970s to develop a standardized system for managing fire resources at large-scale incidents such as wildland fires. |
FIRESCOPE (Fire Resources of California Organized for Potential Emergencies) |
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A supervisory level established to divide an incident into functional areas of operation. (NFPA 1561) |
Group |
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A person in a supervisory-level position who is responsible for a functional area of operation. (NFPA 1561) |
Group Supervisor |
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The chiefs of each of the four major sections of ICS: Operations, Planning, Logistics, and Finance/Administration. |
ICS general staff |
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Incident action plan (IAP) The objectives reflecting the overall incident strategy, tactics, risk management, and member safety that are developed by the incident commander. Incident action plans are updated throughout the incident. (NFPA 1500) |
Incident action plan (IAP) |
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The field location at which the primary tactical-level, on-scene incident command functions are performed. (NFPA 1026) |
Incident command post (ICP) |
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The combination of facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures, and communications operating within a common organizational structure that has responsibility for the management of assigned resources to effectively accomplish stated objectives pertaining to an incident or training exercise. (NFPA 1670) |
Incident Command System |
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The ability of all appropriate personnel at the emergency scene to communicate with their supervisor and their subordinates. |
Integrated communications |
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A member of the Command Staff who serves as the point of contact for assisting or coordinating agencies. (NFPA 1026) |
Liaison officer |
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Section responsible for providing facilities, services, and materials for the incident or planned event, including the communications unit, medical unit, and food unit within the service branch and the supply unit, facilities unit, and ground support unit within the support branch. (NFPA 1026) |
Logistics Section |
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The general staff position responsible for directing the logistics function. It is generally assigned on complex, resource-intensive, or long-duration incidents. |
Logistics Section Chief |
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A system mandated by Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5 (HSPD-5) that provides a systematic, proactive approach guiding government agencies at all levels, the private sector, and nongovernmental organizations to work seamlessly to prepare for, prevent, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of incidents, regardless of cause, size, location, or complexity, so as to reduce the loss of life or property and harm to the environment. (NFPA 1026) |
National Incident Management System (NIMS) |
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Section responsible for all tactical operations at the incident or planned event, including up to 5 branches, 25 divisions/groups, and 125 single resources, task forces, or strike teams. (NFPA 1026) |
Operations Section |
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The general staff position responsible for managing all operations activities. It is usually assigned when complex incidents involve more than 20 single resources or when Command cannot be involved in the details of tactical operations. |
Operations Section Chief |
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Section responsible for the collection, evaluation, dissemination, and use of information related to the incident situation, resource status, and incident forecast. (NFPA 1026) |
Planning Section |
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The general staff position responsible for planning functions. It is assigned when Command needs assistance in managing information. |
Planning Section Chief |
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A member of the Command Staff who is responsible for interacting with the public and media or with other agencies with incident-related information requirements. (NFPA 1026) |
Public information officer |
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Under NIMS, includes mutual-aid agreements; the use of special federal, state, local, and tribal teams; and resource mobilization protocols. (NFPA 1026) |
Resource management |
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A member of the Command Staff who is responsible for monitoring and assessing safety hazards and unsafe situations, and for developing measures for ensuring personnel safety. (NFPA 1561) |
Safety officer |
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A command structure in which a single individual is responsible for all of the strategic objectives of the incident. It is typically used when an incident is within a single jurisdiction and is managed by a single discipline. |
Single command |
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An individual, a piece of equipment and its personnel, or a crew or team of individuals with an identified supervisor that can be used on an incident or planned event. (NFPA 1026) |
Single resource |
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A prearranged, strategically placed area, where support response personnel, vehicles, and other equipment can be held in an organized state of readiness for use during an emergency. (NFPA 424) |
Staging area |
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Specified combinations of the same kind and type of resources, with common communications and a leader. (NFPA 1026) |
Strike team |
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The person in charge of a strike team. This individual is responsible to the next higher level in the incident organization and serves as the point of contact for the strike team within the organization. |
Strike team leader |
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Any combination of single resources assembled for a particular tactical need, with common communications and a leader. (NFPA 1051) |
Task force |
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The person in charge of a task force. This individual is responsible to the next higher level in the incident organization and serves as the point of contact for the task force within the organization. |
Task force leader |
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The formal procedure for transferring the duties of an incident commander at an incident scene. (NFPA 1026) |
Transfer of command |
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An application of the incident command system that allows all agencies with jurisdictional responsibility for an incident or planned event, either geographical or functional, to manage an incident or planned event by establishing a common set of incident objectives and strategies. (NFPA 1561) |
Unified command |
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As the incident grows or continues, it may be necessary to __________ ____________ to another officer |
transfer command |
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An example of a __________ __________ would be an engine company or a ladder company |
single resource |
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ICS Major Function: |
Logistics |
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ICS Major Function: |
Planning |
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ICS Major Function: |
Operations |
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Five major functions are part of ICS: |
• Command |