Expanding
The
Incident Command System
Organization
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Incident Comman
d
Information Officer
Safety Officer
Liaison Officer
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Scenario
Police received a call reporting gunshots
in the New Orleans area
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Patrol Car 1
Patrol Car 2
Single resources: An Individual, piece of equipment & its personnel or a crew or team with similar
activities
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On arrival, Police reports multiple shooters and a build up of a crowd. There is also a possibility of injuries and smoke is noticed coming from
the area
Scenario
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Incident Command
Perimeter Control group
Intervention Group
Task Force Strike Team
Investigation
Strike Team
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A Group is an organizational level having responsibility for a Specific Functional Assignment. This is managed by a Group Supervisor.
A Strike Team is a group of resources of the same size and type (e.g. three patrol cars, two task force units etc.)
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Realizing that the incident was more widespread than initially reported, the
IC decided to use the strike team differently. He established divisions:
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Divisions are used to divide an incident into geographic areas of operation. It is located within the ICS organization between the Branch and the Task Force/ Strike Team. They are identified by alphabet characters for horizontal applications and by floor numbers when used in buildings
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A
D
B
C
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d
Operations section
Division A
Division B Division C Division D
Task Force Strike team
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On arrival of the Emergency Medical and fire services, the Incident Commander decided to expand the response structure by the establishment of BranchesBranches
A Branch is a functional unit having Functional or Geographic responsibility for major parts of incident management
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Incident Command
Operations Section
Law Enforcement Branch
Fire and Rescue Branch
Medical Response Branch
Div A
Div B
Div C
SAR Strike Team
EMT 1
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Operations Section
Logistic Section
Planning Section
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Planning Section
Situation Unit
Resource Unit
Documentation Unit
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Incident Command
Operations Section
Logistic Section
Planning Section
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Logistics Section
Service Branch
Support Branch
Comms Unit
Med Unit
Facilities Unit (Staging Area)
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The Incident Commander must on transfer provide the following:
The Incident Conditions: Current Conditions
Objectives
Priorities
Hazards
Resource Needs
Transfer of Command 1
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The IAP and its current status
Safety Considerations and concerns
Deployment and assignment of
operating units and personnel
Transfer of Command 2
