November 2018 IS-0100.c: An Introduction to the Incident Command System, ICS 100
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IS-0100.c: An Introduction
to the Incident Command
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Date Released: 11/2018
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IS-0100.c: An Introduction
to the Incident Command
System, ICS 100
Student Manual
Date Released: 11/
Contents
- Lesson 1: Course Welcome and ICS Overview
- Lesson 2: NIMS Management Characteristics
- Lesson 3: ICS Functional Areas and Command Staff Roles
- Lesson 4: General Staff Roles
- Lesson 5: How ICS Applies to You
Visual 1: Course Welcome
This course will introduce students to the Incident Command System (ICS). This system is used nationwide to manage incidents regardless of size or type.
This is the first in a series of ICS courses for all personnel involved in incident management. Descriptions and details about the other ICS courses in the series may be found on our web site: http://training.fema.gov.
Visual 2: Course Goal
The overall course goal is to promote effective response by:
- Familiarizing you with the Incident Command System (ICS) and the NIMS principles used to manage incidents.
- Preparing you to coordinate with response partners from all levels of government and the private sector. IS-100.c provides information on ICS which is part of the National Incident Management System (NIMS). To learn more about NIMS following completion of this course, you can take IS-700.b: An Introduction to the National Incident Management System.
Visual 4: Student Introductions
Introduce yourself by providing:
- Your name
- Your job title
- A brief statement of your overall experience with emergency or incident response
- Your possible roles in responding to incidents
Visual 5: Student Expectations
What do you expect to gain from this course?
Visual 7: Course Logistics
Review the following information:
- Course agenda
- Sign-in sheet
- Breaks
- Message and telephone location
- Cell phone policy
- Facilities
- Other concerns
Visual 8: Sample Agenda
Morning Session
- Unit 1: Course Welcome and ICS Overview (1 hours)
- Unit 2: NIMS Management Characteristics (1.5 hours)
- Unit 3: ICS Functional Areas and Command Staff Roles (1 hour)
Afternoon Session
- Unit 4: General Staff Roles (1 hour)
- Unit 5: How ICS Applies to You (1 hour)
- Final Exam (1 hour)
Visual 10: Unit 1: ICS Overview
Unit 1 provides an overview of the Incident Command System (ICS). At the end of this lesson, you should be able to:
- Describe the Whole Community approach to ICS.
- Identify the basic concept and benefits of ICS.
Visual 11: Whole Community
Every part of society must be involved in preparing for, protecting against, responding to, recovering from, and mitigating any and all incidents. The Federal Government is only one part of the whole community. The Whole Community approach ensures solutions that serve the entire community are implemented, while simultaneously making sure that the resources the different members of the community bring to the table are used efficiently. These members include those in all levels of government as well as those in non-governmental and private-sector organizations in fields such as transportation, health care, schools, public works, communications, agriculture, chemical/nuclear, and more.
Note
As part of the whole community, you will need to understand your role in the Incident Command System (ICS) and how ICS works to help everyone involved. This course will help in that regard. This course addresses all disciplines that use ICS across the community. In addition, Unit 4 handouts provide discipline-specific examples of ICS applications, such as Public Works, Schools, and Utilities. Unit 5 incorporates a variety of disciplines in a series of scenarios.
Visual 13: When is ICS Used?
The Incident Command System (ICS) can be used to manage any type of incident, including a planned event (e.g., the Olympics, the Governor's inauguration, state fairs, a local parade, etc.). The use of ICS is applicable to all types of incidents, regardless of their size or cause. As a system, ICS is extremely useful. Not only does it provide an organizational structure for incident management, but it also guides the process for planning, building, and adapting that structure. Using ICS for every incident or planned event provides the practice that will help to maintain and improve skills needed to effectively coordinate larger or more complex efforts.
Visual 14: ICS for Planned Events
From your own experiences, what are some examples of different types of planned events where ICS was used? Why was it beneficial to use ICS?
Visual 16: ICS as a Component of the National
Incident Management System (NIMS)
The National Incident Management System (NIMS) is a systematic, proactive approach to guide all levels of government, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and the private sector to work together to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from the effects of incidents. NIMS provides a consistent foundation for all incidents, ranging from daily occurrences to incidents requiring a coordinated Federal response. NIMS is organized into three major components:
- Resource Management
- Command and Coordination
- including the Incident Command System
- Communications and Information Management It is important to note that the Incident Command System (ICS) is just one part of NIMS.
Note
National Preparedness and ICS Requirements Review the following points about the value of using ICS:
- ICS works! It saves lives! Life safety is the top priority for ICS response.
- The use of ICS is a key indicator of National Incident Management System (NIMS) implementation. Jurisdictions that receive some Federal grants such as National Preparedness Grants must demonstrate NIMS implementation. NIMS provides a systematic, proactive approach guiding departments and agencies at all levels of government, the private sector, and nongovernmental
organizations to work seamlessly to prevent, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of incidents, regardless of cause, size, location, or complexity, in order to reduce the loss of life and property, and harm to the environment.
In addition to the NIMS mandate, the following laws require the use of ICS:
- The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) of 1986 established Federal regulations for handling hazardous materials. SARA directed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to establish rules for operations at hazardous materials incidents.
- OSHA rule 1910.120, effective March 6, 1990, requires all organizations that handle hazardous materials to use ICS. The regulation states: “The Incident Command System shall be established by those employers for the incidents that will be under their control and shall interface with other organizations or agencies who may respond to such an incident.”
Note that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requires States to use ICS at hazardous materials incidents.
According to the National Integration Center, “institutionalizing the use of ICS” means that government officials, incident managers, and emergency response organizations at all jurisdictional levels must adopt ICS. Actions to institutionalize the use of ICS take place at two levels:
- Policy Level: At the policy level, institutionalizing ICS means government officials (i.e., Governors, mayors, county and city managers, tribal leaders, and others) must:
- Adopt ICS through executive order, proclamation, or legislation as the jurisdiction's official incident response system; and
- Direct that incident managers and response organizations in their jurisdictions train, exercise, and use ICS in their response operations.
- Organizational Level: At the organizational/operational level, evidence that incident managers and emergency response organizations are institutionalizing ICS would include the following:
- ICS is being integrated into functional and system-wide emergency operations policies, plans, and procedures.
- ICS training is planned or underway for responders, supervisors, and command-level officers.
- Responders at all levels are participating in and/or coordinating ICS-oriented exercises that involve responders from multiple disciplines and jurisdictions.