The State of Incident Management Teams

The State of Incident Management Teams Keep Your I(MT) on the Ball!Chief Steve North ~ McLane Fire District, Thurston CountyJesi Chapin ~ Homeland Security Region 3 Coordinator

In the Beginning

Just kidding, were not going that far back in history, but trust me, Columbus could have used the expertise of an IMT.2In the Beginning

Just kidding, were not going that far back in history, but trust me, Columbus could have used the expertise of an IMT.3The Pre-Season 1970 FIRESCOPE

1971 Congressional Order

The birthplace ~ 1970 Wildland fire season700 homes, 500,000 acres and 16 lives lost in 13 hours

4Incident Complexity

Were going to walk you through this using a baseball analogy. IMTs can be a lot like baseball keep eye on ball/ready to move/huddle before each inning/encouragementType 5 ~ Public Health Department for Pandemic Flu No or little mutual aidType 4 ~ Local Jurisdiction / Department of Corrections, does not exhaust local mutual aid partnersType 3 ~ Local mutual aid exhausted, regional mutual aid requiredType 2 ~ Regional mutual aid exhausted, State assistance requiredType 1 ~ State is overwhelmed, National assistance requested/required5Choosing TeamsType 1 ~ NationalType 2 ~ StateType 3 ~ RegionalType 4 ~ Local Jurisdiction

Were going to walk you through this using a baseball analogy. IMTs can be a lot like baseball keep eye on ball/ready to move/huddle before each inning/encouragementType 5 ~ Public Health Department for Pandemic Flu No or little mutual aidType 4 ~ Local Jurisdiction / Department of Corrections, does not exhaust local mutual aid partnersType 3 ~ Local mutual aid exhausted, regional mutual aid requiredType 2 ~ Regional mutual aid exhausted, State assistance requiredType 1 ~ State is overwhelmed, National assistance requested/required6Play Ball!PracticePractice GamesGamesChampionships

Practice = ICS Training, Command & General Staff Training, Position Specific TrainingPractice Games = Drills, exercises, unit work, committees, team promotionGames = Planned Events, Exercise Development, Exercise ConductChampionships = Real incidents, unplanned activities

7Sustaining the TeamLittle LeagueFarm LeagueBig LeagueThe Off SeasonCollaboration

Extra InningsNational AHIMT AssociationStatewide IMT CoalitionNetworkingDeveloping New StrategiesNon-fire Suppression Agency Support for Mutual Aid

Extra Innings

Extra InningsNational AHIMT AssociationStatewide IMT CoalitionNetworkingDeveloping New StrategiesNon-fire Suppression Agency Support for Mutual Aid

Locker Room InterviewIMTs Assisting in the EOC/ECCShadow AssignmentsPosition TaskbooksMentoring New Type 3 IMTsMarketing Your IMTMutual Aid ~ Can you really do it?Contact InformationSteve North, ChiefMcLane Black Lake Fire Dept.125 Delphi RoadOlympia, WA. 98502360-866-1000Jesi Chapin, CoordinatorHomeland Security Region 39821 Tilley Rd SWOlympia, WA. 98512360-867-2826