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    The incident command system (ICS) was developed in the 1970s to address coordination problems during wildfire responses. ICS divides an emergency response into five essential functions: operations, planning, logistics, finance/administration, and command staff including information, safety, and liaison roles. The system uses a modular structure that can scale to larger incidents by adding branches, groups, and other units as needed under the general staff. Key aspects of ICS include establishing incident priorities and objectives, developing an incident action plan through a planning cycle, and ensuring integrated and coordinated response efforts.

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    The incident command system (ICS) was developed in the 1970s to address coordination problems during wildfire responses. ICS divides an emergency response into five essential functions: operations, planning, logistics, finance/administration, and command staff including information, safety, and liaison roles. The system uses a modular structure that can scale to larger incidents by adding branches, groups, and other units as needed under the general staff. Key aspects of ICS include establishing incident priorities and objectives, developing an incident action plan through a planning cycle, and ensuring integrated and coordinated response efforts.

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    The incident command system (ICS) was developed in the 1970s to address coordination problems during wildfire responses. ICS divides an emergency response into five essential functions: operations, planning, logistics, finance/administration, and command staff including information, safety, and liaison roles. The system uses a modular structure that can scale to larger incidents by adding branches, groups, and other units as needed under the general staff. Key aspects of ICS include establishing incident priorities and objectives, developing an incident action plan through a planning cycle, and ensuring integrated and coordinated response efforts.

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    •In dealing with disaster, the

    age-old saying “two heads


    better than one, but too
    many cooks spoil the soup”
    would be applicable.
     The United States developed the concept of the incident
    command system (ICS) in the 1970’s to address the problems of
    conflict and containing wildfires. Some of the problems
    encountered then were the following:

    1. Too many people reporting to one supervisor


    2. Different emergency response organizational structures
    3. Lack of reliable incident information
    4. Inadequate and Incompatible communications.
    5. Lack of structures for coordinated planning among
    agencies
    ICS is an“ organized common sense”
    An ICS divides an emergency response into five
    manageable functions essentials for emergency
    response operation
    Incident Commander

    Safety Information
    Command Staff
    Liaison

    Operation Planning Logistics Finance and


    Administration
    • The same type of organization is still applied when there is a need expand the ICS.

    General Staff

    Operation Planning Logistics Finance and


    Administration
    Air Ops
    Branches Branch

    Division Groups
    Single
    STRIKE TEAM
    resource
    Task force
    General Staff

    Operation Planning Logistics Finance and


    Administration
    Resources Demob
    Unit Unit
    Situation Doc. Unit
    Unit
    General Staff

    Operation Planning Logistics Finance and


    Administration

    Service Support
    Branch Branch

    Comm Unit Supply Unit

    Facilities Unit
    Medical Unit

    Food Unit Ground


    Support Unit
    General Staff

    Operation Planning Logistics Finance and


    Administration

    Time Unit Compensation


    Unit
    Procurement
    Unit Cost
    Unit
     The roles and responsibilities of the key components of the ICS,
    as defined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
    (OSHA), are as follows:
    A. Incident commander- the incident commander (IC) is
    responsible for all aspects of the response, including
    developing incident operations. Some of the complex
    responsibilities of an IC include the following:
    1. Establish immediate priorities, especially the safety of the
    responders, other emergency workers, bystanders, and people
    involved in the incident.
    2. Stabilize the incident by ensuring safety, and managing
    resources efficiency and cost-effectively.
    3. Determine incident objectives and strategy to achieve the
    objectives.
    4. Establish and monitor incident organization
    5. Approve the implementation of the written or oral incident action
    plan.
    6. Ensure that adequate health and safety measures are in place.
     Command staff- The Command Staff is responsible for public
    affairs, health and safety and liaison activities with in the
    incident command structure.
    1. The information officer (IO) develops and release
    information about the incident to the news media, incident
    personnel, and other appropriate agencies and organization.
    2. The Liaison Officer (LO) serves as the point of contact for
    assisting and coordinating activities between the IC and
    various agencies and groups. It includes the following:
    • Congressional personnel
    • Local government official
    • Investigating personnel and organization arriving at the
    scene.
     The Safety Officer (SO) develops and recommends measures to IC for
    assuring personnel health and safety, and to assess and/or anticipate
    hazardous and unsafe situations. The SO also develops:

    1. Site safety plan


    2. Reviews the incident action plan for safety implication
    3. Provides timely, complete, specific and accurate assessment of
    hazards and required controls.
     General Staff- The General Staff includes operations,
    planning, logistic and finance. These responsibilities is
    assigned to IC until they assigned to another
    individual.

    1. The Operation staff


    2. The planning staff
    3. The logistic staff
    4. The finance staff
     The following is the list of command staff and general staff
    responsibilities that either the IC of any response should perform or
    assign to appropriate members of the command staff or general staff:
    1. Provide response direction
    2. Coordinate effective communication
    3. Coordinate resources
    4. Establish incident priorities
    5. Develop mutually-agreed-upon incident objectives and approve
    response strategies
    6. Assign objectives to the response structure
    7. Review and approved IAPs
    8. Ensure integration of response organizations into ICS
    9. Establish protocols
    10. Ensure workers and public health safety
    11. Inform media.

    • The modular organization of ICS allows responder to scale their efforts


    and apply the parts of the ICS structures the best meet the demands of
    the incident.
    Key aspects of ICS

    • Planning is typically established by the IC and panning section chief.


    • IAP is then developed by the planning section for the next
    operational period (usually 12 to 24 hours in length) and submitted
    to the IC for approval.
    • Creation of planning cycle and development of an IAP.
    • If the planning cycle is properly practiced, bring together everyone’s
    input and identifies critical shortfalls that need to be addressed to
    carry out the ICS objectives for that period.

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