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ICS 200 – ICS for Single Resources & Initial Action

Incidents

USNPS NATIONAL CAPITOL REGION

March 2015

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Instructor Introductions

Bob Panko Retired in Nov 2007 after 36 calendar years with

NPS USNPS Ranger / Supv Ranger / Asst Chief

Ranger / District Ranger USNPS Fire & Aviation Man Officer Everglades

NP Mt Rainier, Everglades, Shenandoah, Statue of

Liberty / Ellis Island, Biscayne & Everglades Incident Commander: NPS Eastern All Hazard

IMT (1993-2004) & SA IMT2 (2007-2010) &) & 50+ Type 3 incidents/events.

Liaison Officer: SA IMT1 SA Red Team (2011-2013) SA IMT2 (2014)

Operations SC: SA Red Team(2005-2006) & SA Gold Team (2015)

Risky Business Incident Management LLC “sole member”

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Describe the Incident Command System (ICS) organization appropriate to the complexity of the incident or event.

Use ICS to manage an incident or event.

Course Objectives

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Student Questions1-I have experience on multiple incidents/events managed using ICS and worked on these assignments as a member of the Command & General Staff

2-I have been on incidents/events managed under ICS, but always worked as a Unit Leader or Single Resource

3-I have had I100 training, but have had no real life experience in using ICS in real life incidents or events.

4-I have many years of emergency or event management experience, but have had very little involvement with incidents managed under ICS

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Please provide your: Name, job title, and

organization. Overall experience with

emergency or incident response.

ICS qualifications and most recent ICS experience.

Expectations from attending this course

Student Introductions

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Operational Period Briefing

Current Situation

Objectives

Predictive Information

Assignments

Safety

Logistics

Finance

Planning

Information

Liaison

Agency Reps / Agency Administrator

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Cooperate with the group. Be open to new ideas. Participate actively in all of the training

activities and exercises. Return to class at the stated time. Use what you learn in the course to

perform effectively within an ICS organization.

Instructor Expectations

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What Is ICS?ICS: Is a standardized, on-scene,

all-hazard incident management concept.

Enables a coordinated response among various jurisdictions and agencies.

Establishes common processes for planning and management of resources.

Allows for integration within a common organizational structure.

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ICS can be used to manage: Natural hazards. Technological

hazards. Human-caused

hazards. Planned events.

When Is ICS Used?

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1. It Works! 2. Mandates

Why Use ICS?

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What ? . . . NIMS provides a consistent nationwide template . . .

Who? . . . to enable Federal, State, tribal, and local governments, the private sector, and nongovernmental organizations to work together . . .

How? . . . to prepare for, prevent, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of incidents regardless of cause, size, location, or complexity . . .

Why? . . . in order to reduce the loss of life and property, and harm to the environment.

National Incident Management System (NIMS)

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Command and Management

Preparedness

Resource Management

Communications and Information Management

Ongoing Management andMaintenance

Incident Command System

Multiagency Coordination Systems

Public Information

Additional Information: www.fema.gov/emergency/nims

NIMS Components

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Instructions: This course builds on what you learned in

ICS-100 about ICS features. Let’s see how much you remember!

Your team will have 3 minutes to try to list as many ICS features as you can remember. Hint: There are 14 features.

Select a spokesperson and recorder. Start writing when your instructor says “go.” Stop when the instructor calls time.

Activity: ICS Features Review

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Facilities and Resources Comprehensive resource

management Incident locations and

facilities Communications/Information

Management Integrated

communications Information and

intelligence management Professionalism

Accountability Dispatch/Deployment

Standardization Common terminology

Command Establishment and transfer

of command Chain of command and

unity of command Unified command

Planning/Organizational Structure Management by objectives Incident Action Plan (IAP) Modular organization Manageable span of control

ICS Features: Review

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Course Structure

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Course agenda Sign-in sheet Housekeeping:

Breaks Message and

telephone location Cell phone policy Facilities Other concerns

Course Logistics

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Participate in unit activities/exercises

Achieve 75% or higher on the final exam

Complete the end-of-course evaluation

Successful Course Completion