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ICS for Single Resource and Initial

Action Incidents (ICS 200)

Student Manual

October 2013

Unit 1: Course Overview

Unit 1. Course Overview

COURSE WELCOME

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Welcome to the IS-0200.b – ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents (ICS-200) course. This course focuses on single resources and initial action incidents and builds on the ICS-100 course.

IS-0200.b follows NIMS guidelines and meets the National Incident Management System (NIMS) Baseline Training requirements for ICS-200.

This is the second in a series of ICS courses designed to meet the all-hazards, all-agency NIMS ICS requirement for operational personnel. Descriptions and details about the other ICS courses in the series may be found on our Web site: http://training.fema.gov.

Introduce yourself and provide information about your background and experience with the Incident Command System (ICS).

COURSE OBJECTIVES

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Review the course objectives. By the end of this course, you will be able to:

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

This course is designed to provide overall incident management skills rather than tactical expertise. Additional courses are available on developing and implementing incident tactics.

STUDENT INTRODUCTIONS AND EXPECTATIONS

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Key Points:

Identify what you hope to gain from attending this course.

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INSTRUCTOR EXPECTATIONS

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Instructors expect you will:

 Cooperate with the group.  Be open minded 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.

Unit 1. Course Overview

INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM: REVIEW

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 All levels of government, the private sector, and nongovernmental agencies must be prepared to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from a wide spectrum of major events and natural disasters that exceed the capabilities of any single entity.

 Threats from natural disasters and human-caused events, such as terrorism, require a unified and coordinated national approach to planning and to domestic incident management.

INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM: REVIEW

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 ICS works! It saves lives! Life safety is the top priority for ICS response.

 The use of ICS is mandated by Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) 5 and Presidential Policy Directive (PPD) 8 and the National Incident Management System (NIMS).

The following page includes more information about HSPD-5 and PPD-8. The next part of this unit includes a brief review of NIMS.

INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM: REVIEW

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 The National Incident Management System (NIMS) provides a consistent nationwide template to enable Federal, State, tribal, and local governments, the private sector, and nongovernmental organizations to work together to prepare for, prevent, 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.

 Building upon the Incident Command System (ICS), NIMS provides the Nation’s first responders and authorities with the same foundation for incident management for terrorist attacks, natural disasters, and other emergencies. NIMS requires that ICS be institutionalized.

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INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM: REVIEW

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NIMS represents a core set of doctrine, concepts, principles, terminology, and organizational processes that enables effective, efficient, and collaborative incident management.

 Preparedness: Effective emergency management and incident response activities begin with a host of preparedness activities conducted on an ongoing basis, in advance of any potential incident. Preparedness involves an integrated combination of planning, procedures and protocols, training and exercises, personnel qualifications and certification, and equipment certification.

 Communications and Information Management: Emergency management and incident response activities rely upon communications and information systems that provide a common operating picture to all command and coordination sites. NIMS describes the requirements necessary for a standardized framework for communications and emphasizes the need for a common operating picture. NIMS is based upon the concepts of interoperability, reliability, scalability, portability, and the resiliency and redundancy of communications and information systems.

 Resource Management: Resources (such as personnel, equipment, and/or supplies) are needed to support critical incident objectives. The flow of resources must be fluid and adaptable to the requirements of the incident. NIMS defines standardized mechanisms and establishes the resource management process to: identify requirements, order and acquire, mobilize, track and report, recover and demobilize, reimburse, and inventory resources.

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ICS FEATURES: REVIEW

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This course builds on what you learned in ICS-100 about ICS features.

Activity Purpose: To see how much you remember from ICS-100 about ICS features.

Instructions:

1. Your team will have 3 minutes to try to list as many ICS features as you can remember. Hint: There are 14 features.
2. Select a spokesperson and recorder.
3. Start writing when the instructor says “go.”
4. Stop when the instructor calls time.

ICS FEATURES: REVIEW

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Standardization:

 Common Terminology: Using common terminology helps to define organizational functions, incident facilities, resource descriptions, and position titles.

Command:

 Establishment and Transfer of Command: The command function must be clearly established from the beginning of an incident. When command is transferred, the process must include a briefing that captures all essential information for continuing safe and effective operations.

 Chain of Command and Unity of Command: Chain of command refers to the orderly line of authority within the ranks of the incident management organization. Unity of command means that every individual has a designated supervisor to whom he or she reports at the scene of the incident. These principles clarify reporting relationships and eliminate the confusion caused by multiple, conflicting directives. Incident managers at all levels must be able to control the actions of all personnel under their supervision.

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ICS FEATURES: REVIEW

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Communications/Information Management:

 Integrated Communications: Incident communications are facilitated through the development and use of a common communications plan and interoperable communications processes and architectures.

 Information and Intelligence Management: The incident management organization must establish a process for gathering, analyzing, sharing, and managing incident-related information and intelligence.

Professionalism:

 Accountability: Effective accountability at all jurisdictional levels and within individual functional areas during incident operations is essential. To that end, the following principles must be adhered to:

o Check-In: All responders, regardless of agency affiliation, must report in to receive an assignment in accordance with the procedures established by the Incident Commander. o Incident Action Plan: Response operations must be directed and coordinated as outlined in the IAP. o Unity of Command: Each individual involved in incident operations will be assigned to only one supervisor. o Personal Responsibility: All responders are expected to use good judgment and be accountable for their actions. o Span of Control: Supervisors must be able to adequately supervise and control their subordinates, as well as communicate with and manage all resources under their supervision. o Resource Tracking: Supervisors must record and report resource status changes as they occur.

 Dispatch/Deployment: Personnel and equipment should respond only when requested or when dispatched by an appropriate authority.

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COURSE STRUCTURE

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This course will focus on the following ICS features:

 Chain of Command and Unity of Command  Modular Organization  Management by Objectives  Manageable Span of Control  Transfer of Command

This course includes the following eight units:

 Unit 1: Course Overview (current unit)  Unit 2: Leadership & Management  Unit 3: Delegation of Authority & Management by Objectives  Unit 4: Functional Areas & Positions  Unit 5: Briefings  Unit 6: Organizational Flexibility  Unit 7: Transfer of Command  Unit 8: Course Summary

Review the agenda on the last page.