Chapter 13 Emergency Incident Management

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Chapter 13Emergency Incident Management
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Introduction

• Incidents come in all types and sizes
• As you become more skilled in size-up and
  applying strategic priorities, you can better
  assist the person in command of the incident
• By learning ICS prior to an incident, resources
  from different agencies and disciplines can come
  together at the scene and operate in an
  effective, coordinated manner

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Learning Objective 1 Need for a Plan at Every
Incident

• MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY
• Primarily first-in fire officer
• Resources and control
• INCIDENT PLANNING
• Effective utilization of resources
• Resolve incident without further damage

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Learning Objective 2 Offensive, Defensive, and
Combination Attacks

• OFFENSIVE MODE
• Resources applied directly
• Risk versus benefit
• DEFENSIVE MODE
• Fire is too large or well established
• Risk to personnel is too high

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Learning Objective 2 Offensive, Defensive, and
Combination Attacks

• COMBINATION MODE
• Both offensive and defensive modes
• Requires good communication
• Used on large wildland incidents
• Used to add structure protection
• Requires careful coordination

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Learning Objectives 3 and 4 Need for Organized
Thought Process Strategic Priorities at an
Incident

• LAYMANS SEVEN STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
• Rescue
• Exposure protection
• Confinement
• Extinguishment
• Overhaul
• Cont.

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Learning Objectives 3 and 4 Need for Organized
Thought Process Strategic Priorities at an
Incident

• LAYMANS SEVEN STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
• Salvage operations
• Ventilation
• ORDER OF SEVEN STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
• Not necessarily performed in order
• Acronym is RECEO SV

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Learning Objective 5 Strategy, Tactics, and Tasks

• STRATEGIES
• Plans to achieve a goal or objective
• TACTICS
• Actions taken to achieve strategies
• TASKS
• Pieces of work to achieve the tactics

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Learning Objective 5 Strategy, Tactics, and Tasks

• COMMUNICATION
• Personnel should not need lengthy instruction
• Knowledge of priorities and tactics
• Participants should understand their
  responsibilities
• Should be two-way
• Incident commanders
• Company officers

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Learning Objectives 6 and 7 Need for Size-Up of
an Incident Condition Reports and Performing
Size-Up

• STEPS FOR SIZE-UP
• Determining facts
• Anticipating probabilities
• Assessing your own situation
• Making a decision
• Planning the operation

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Learning Objectives 6 and 7 Need for Size-Up of
an Incident Condition Reports and Performing
Size-Up

• WILDLAND FIRE REPORT OF CONDITIONS
• Correct location
• Size
• Fuel type
• Slope and aspect
• Rate of spread
• Cont.

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Learning Objectives 6 and 7 Need for Size-Up of
an Incident Condition Reports and Performing
Size-Up

• WILDLAND FIRE REPORT OF CONDITIONS
• Exposures
• Weather conditions
• Potential of the fire
• Additional resources needed
• Objectives

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Learning Objectives 6 and 7 Need for Size-Up of
an Incident Condition Reports and Performing
Size-Up

• STRUCTURE FIRE REPORT OF CONDITIONS
• Correct location
• Height/stories
• Size
• Type of structure
• Location and area involved
• Cont.

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Learning Objectives 6 and 7 Need for Size-Up of
an Incident Condition Reports and Performing
Size-Up

• STRUCTURE FIRE REPORT OF CONDITIONS
• Level of involvement
• Exposures
• Potential of fire
• Additional resources needed
• Objectives
• Obtain an all clear

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Learning Objective 8 National Incident Management
System (NIMS)

• HOMELAND SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE 5
• Issued in response to September 11, 2001, attacks
• Called for National Incident Management System
• ESTABLISHMENT OF NIMS
• Incident Command System (ICS) as a key feature
• Announced in March 2004

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Learning Objectives 9 and 11 Components of
Incident Command System Unified Command at
Multijurisdictional Incident

• INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM (ICS)
• Standardized all-hazard incident management
  concept
• Considerable internal flexibility
• HISTORY OF ICS
• Developed in 1970s following catastrophic fires
• Response problems due to management of incidents

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Learning Objectives 9 and 11 Components of
Incident Command System Unified Command at
Multijurisdictional Incident

• ICS BUILT ON BEST PRACTICES
• Based on successful business practices
• Tested in 30 years of applications
• WHAT ICS IS DESIGNED TO DO
• Meet the needs of incidents of any kind or size
• Avoid duplicating effort

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Learning Objectives 9 and 11 Components of
Incident Command System Unified Command at
Multijurisdictional Incident

• SOME APPLICATIONS OF ICS
• Fire, both structural and wildland
• Human and animal disease outbreaks
• Hazardous material incidents
• Terrorist incidents
• National special security events
• Other planned events

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Learning Objectives 9 and 11 Components of
Incident Command System Unified Command at
Multijurisdictional Incident

• ICS FEATURES
• Common terminology and clear text
• Modular organization
• Management of objectives
• Reliance on an Incident Action Plan (IAP)
• Management of span of control
• Cont.

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Learning Objectives 9 and 11 Components of
Incident Command System Unified Command at
Multijurisdictional Incident

• ICS FEATURES
• Predesignated incident locations and facilities
• Resource management
• Integrated communications
• Chain of command and unity of command
• Cont.

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Learning Objectives 9 and 11 Components of
Incident Command System Unified Command at
Multijurisdictional Incident

• ICS FEATURES
• Unified command
• Transfer of command
• Accountability
• Mobilization
• Information and intelligence management

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Learning Objective 10 Positions and Functions in
ICS

• PERFORMANCE OF MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS
• Incident Command
• Operations
• Planning
• Logistics
• Finance/Administration

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Learning Objective 10 Positions and Functions in
ICS

• INCIDENT COMMANDER
• Overall role
• Has overall responsibility for managing incident
• Responsibilities
• Selecting and changing Incident Commanders
• May change to meet needs of incident

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Learning Objective 10 Positions and Functions in
ICS

• EXPANDING THE ORGANIZATION
• Command staff
• General staff
• ICS Section Chiefs
• and Deputies

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Learning Objective 10 Positions and Functions in
ICS

• OPERATIONS SECTION
• Operations Section Chief
• Greatest technical expertise of the problem
• Operations Section Maintaining span of control
• Operations Section Expanding and contracting

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Learning Objective 10 Positions and Functions in
ICS

• PLANNING SECTION
• Resources Unit
• Situation Unit
• Documentation Unit
• Demobilization Unit

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Learning Objective 10 Positions and Functions in
ICS

• LOGISTICS SECTION
• Logistics Section Major activities
• Logistics Service Branch
• Logistics Support Branch

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Learning Objective 10 Positions and Functions in
ICS

• FINANCE ADMINISTRATION SECTION
• Finance Administration Section Major activities
• Finance Administration Section Units

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Summary

• At any time at an incident, you should be able to
  answer three questions What do you have? What do
  you need? What is your plan?
• For effective management of any type of incident,
  there must be an Incident Action Plan
• With the standardization of the ICS across the
  nation through NIMS, a management team or
  resources from another area can be brought in to
  assist with an incident if the need arises
• Management staff can adapt the structure of the
  organization to meet incident needs