Ics

Front 1

Command includes the IC and the Command Staff
The Command Staff Consists of __________

Back 1

S - L - P
Safety Officer
Liaison Officer
PIO

Front 2

IC
S-L-P
F-L-O-P
what's FLOP

Back 2

Finance
Logistics
Operations
Planning

Front 3

Monitors Incident and advises the IC on all matters related to operational Safety

Back 3

Safety Officer

Front 4

Point of contact for government and non government entities involved in the incident.

Back 4

Liaison Officer

Front 5

Responsible for interfacing with the public and media and/or other agencies with incident related information requirements

Back 5

Public Information Officer

Front 6

Reports directly to the IC and is responsible for all LIP activities (including staging)

Back 6

Operations

Front 7

Responsible for collection, documentation, evaluation and dissemination of incident situation info and intelligence. Also tracks the status of all resources at the incident and develops the IAP.

Back 7

Planning

Front 8

Responsible for all support requirements including ordering resources from off site.
Two branches in this section - Support and Service.
Service is medical, communications and food
Support is supplies facilities and ground support

Back 8

Logistics

Front 9

established when agencies involved require finance or other admin services. Generally this section is only required when there's a large scale, long term incident

Back 9

Finance

Front 10

ICS Terms for
Resources currently committed
Resources that have checked in and are not currently assigned

Back 10

Assigned - currently committed to an assignment

Available - checked in at the incident but not assigned

Front 11

organizational level between the IC or Ops Chief and the divisions/groups

Back 11

Branch

example: fire branch, ems branch, law enforcement branch

Front 12

The function of directing, ordering and controlling resources by virtue of explicit legal, agency or delegated authority.

Back 12

Command

Front 13

Location from which all incident operations are delegated

Back 13

Command Post

Front 14

Geographic designation assigning responsibility for all operations in an assigned area.

Back 14

Division

Front 15

Divisions for Wildland Fire, house fire and highrise fire

Back 15

wildland = 3, A-B-C with A starting at the heel of the fire and going clockwise
house = A-B-C-D-Interior with A starting at the front and going clockwise
highrise = unlimited divisions with each floor being one

Front 16

Functional designations

Back 16

Group

ex. ventilation group, force entry group

Front 17

written or unwritten plan for managing the emergency

Back 17

Incident Action Plan (IAP)

Front 18

The officer at the top of the chain of command and ultimately responsible for everything that takes place at the incident

Back 18

Incident commander

Front 19

3 different resource status's

Back 19

available, assigned, out of service

Front 20

set number of resources of the same kind and type with an established minimum number of personel

Back 20

Strike team

Front 21

Two different strategic modes

Back 21

Offensive and Defensive

Front 22

Someone in command of a division or group

Back 22

Supervisor

Front 23

Any combination of resources assembled in support of a specific mission or operational need

Back 23

Task Force

Front 24

Setting limits or boundaries for expected performance and enforcing them

Back 24

Discipline

Front 25

The process of dividing large jobs into small jobs to make them more manageable

Back 25

Division of Labor

Front 26

Basic Organizational Principles

Back 26

Unity of Command
Span of Control
Division of Labor
Discipline

Front 27

concept of reporting to only 1 supervisor

Back 27

Unity of Command

Front 28

rule of thumb in the fire service that an officer can effectively manage 3-7 fire fighters with 5 being the optimum

Back 28

Span of Control