Introduction to Incident Command Systems

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Introduction to Incident Command Systems

• I-200 Applying ICS to Healthcare Organizations
• IS-00200.HC

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History of Incident Command Systems

• The Incident Command System is a standardized
  incident management concept which includes
  mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery
  activities.

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History of Incident Command Systems

• Compliance with National Incident Response System
  (NIMS) is a condition for a healthcare
  organization to receive federal assistance
  through such agencies as the Human Resources
  Services Administration (HRSA), Centers for
  Disease Control (CDC), and the Agency for
  Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

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• Final Examination IS-200
• Incident Command System (ICS)

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Final Exam

• Unity of Command means that
• each individual involved in
• incident operations will be
• assigned to only one supervisor.

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Final Exam 1

• ____________means that each individual
• involved in incident operations will be
• assigned to only one supervisor.
• Span of control
• Unity of command
• Supervisor Authority
• Unified Command

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Final Exam

• Formal communication must be used when
• Receiving and giving work assignments.
• Requesting support or additional resources.
• Reporting progress of assigned tasks.

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Final Exam 2

• Select the TRUE statement
• A. Formal communication is used in reporting
  progress of assigned tasks.
• B. Informal communication is prohibited within
  the Incident Command System.
• C. Formal communication is used for exchanging
  all incident information.
• D. Informal communication is the preferred
  method for communicating resource needs.

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Final Exam

• Common Leadership Responsibilities of an
  effective incident leader
• ENSURES safe work practices.
• TAKES COMMAND of assigned resources.
• MOTIVATES with a "can do safely" attitude.
• DEMONSTRATES INITIATIVE by taking action

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Final Exam 3

• Which is the top priority within the ICS
• common leadership responsibilities?
• A. Ensuring safe work practices.
• B. Establishing agency policies for future
  incidents.
• C. Encouraging creativity risk taking.
• D. Enhancing partnerships with Agency
  Representatives.

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Final Exam

• Deputies may be assigned at the Incident Command,
  Section, or Branch levels.
• The only ICS requirement regarding the use of a
  Deputy is that the Deputy must be fully qualified
  and equally capable to assume the position.

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Final Exam 4

• These levels of the ICS organization may have
  Deputy positions
• Branch
• Incident Commander
• ___________________________________
• A. Division
• B. Staging Area
• C. Group
• D. Section

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Final Exam

• Branches can be used to combine functional groups
  geographic divisions, or when the number of
  resources, groups, or divisions exceeds the
  recommend span of control.

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Final Exam 5

• Branches within the ICS organization can
• be established
• A. Geographically or functionally.
• B. Along agency jurisdictional lines.
• C. Within Groups to organize resources.
• D. Under the supervision of a Leader.

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Final Exam

• As the incident grows in scope the number of
  resources needed increases, there may be a need
  to activate Teams, Divisions, Groups, Branches,
  or Sections to maintain an appropriate Span of
  Control.

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Final Exam 6

• Select the TRUE statement
• A. Span of control may be extended beyond 110
  in order to ensure that more resources can be
  deployed on complex, large incidents.
• B. Span of control should be established without
  consideration of factors such as the type of
  incident, nature of the task, hazards, safety
  factors.
• C. Span of control is accomplished by organizing
  resources into Teams, Division, Groups, Branches,
  or Sections.
• D. Span of control is less of a factor of
  concern for incidents that are resolved within
  the initial operational period.

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Final Exam

• Comprehensive Emergency Management (CEM), was
  developed by the National Governors Association
  and was a founding principle for the Federal
  Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) which was
  created in 1979.
• CEM defined the four phases that apply to all
  hazards as mitigation (including prevention),
  preparedness, response, and recovery.

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Final Exam 7

• The concept, Comprehensive Emergency
• Management (CEM) is the basis for the all
• hazards approach to emergency management.
• CEM consists of which four phases?
• A. Preparedness, Prevention, Response
  Recovery.
• B. Mitigation (including prevention),
  Preparedness, Response, Return to Readiness.
• C. Mitigation, Prevention, Preparedness,
  Response.
• D. Mitigation (including prevention),
  Preparedness, Response, Recovery.

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Final Exam

• The Incident Commander is responsible for
  establishing objectives and selecting strategies.
  The Operations Section, if it is established, is
  responsible for determining appropriate tactics
  for an incident.

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Final Exam 8

• Who is responsible for determining
• the appropriate tactics for an
• incident?
• A. The Safety Officer
• B. The Operations Section
• C. The Planning Section
• D. The Deputy Incident Commander

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Final Exam

• .The Incident Commander reports incident progress
  to the Agency Executive, who continues to run the
  day-to-day administrative affairs of the
  organization.

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Final Exam 9

• The Agency Executive is
• A. Responsible for overseeing the Staging Area.
• B. Responsible for managing the Incident along
  side the Incident Commander.
• C. Responsible for coordinating with other
  agencies through their Liaison Officer.
• D. Responsible for establishing overall
  priorities delegating authority to the Incident
  Commander to manage the incident.

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Final Exam

• Emergency Operations Plans should be based on
  functions, not hazards or agencies.

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Final Exam 10

• Emergency Operations Plans (EOPs), such as the
  National Response Plan, are based on
• A. Hazards
• B. Agencies
• C. Functions
• D. Cost

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Final Exam

• The Liaison Officer (LNO) is the point of contact
  for representatives of other non-governmental
  organizations, governmental agencies, and/or
  private entities. In either a Single or Unified
  Command structure, representatives from assisting
  or cooperating agencies and organizations
  coordinate through the LNO. Agency and/or
  organizational representatives assigned to an
  incident must have the authority to speak for
  their parent agencies and/or organizations on all
  matters, following appropriate consultations with
  their organization's leadership.

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Final Exam 11

• Representatives from Assisting or
• Cooperating Agencies Organizations
• coordinate through the
• A. Operations Section Chief
• B. Liaison Officer
• C. Public Information Officer
• D. Logistics Section Chief

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Final Exam

• The Planning Section is typically responsible for
  gathering and disseminating information and
  intelligence critical to the incident. Based on
  the incident needs, the Information and
  Intelligence function may be activated as a
  separate General Staff section, as an element
  within the Operations or Planning Sections, or as
  part of the Command Staff.

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Final Exam 12

• The information intelligence function may be
  organized in one of the following ways
• Within the command Staff
• As a Unit within the Planning Section
• As a Branch within the Operations Section
• ___________________________________
• A. As a separate General Staff Section
• B. At a separate Incident Command Post
• C. Under the Communications Unit within
  Logistics
• D. Outside the Command structure for security
  reasons

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Final Exam

• Incident resources can have one of three types of
  status conditions Assigned, Available, or
  Out-of-Service. Resources in a Staging Area are
  available and ready for assignment. Resources in
  an Out-of-Service status (e.g. resting, eating)
  are NOT located at the Staging Area.

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Final Exam 13

• Resources within the Staging Area
• A. Are managed by the Logistics Section.
• B. Are available ready for assignment.
• C. Include out-of-service resources that are
  being made ready for deployment.
• D. Include those being made ready for
  demobilization return to their jurisdictions.

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Final Exam

• After the Planning Meeting concludes and the
  Incident Action Plan (IAP) is complete, the
  Operations Briefing occurs. In this briefing, the
  Operations Section Chief present the IAP for the
  upcoming period to the various Division/Group
  Supervisors and Branch Directors.

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Final Exam 14

• The Operations Briefing
• A. Presents the Incident Action Plan (IAP) for
  the upcoming period to supervisory personnel.
• B. Provides an orientation to individual
  resources at the beginning of their assignments.
• C. Sets forth the specific tasks, reporting
  relationships, expectations for support staff.
• D. Helps keep the public media informed about
  the incident status operational accomplishments.

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Final Exam

• The Finance/Administration Section
• Is established when incident management
  activities require finance and other
  administrative support services.
• Handles claims related to property damage,
  injuries, or fatalities at the incident.

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Final Exam 15

• Which Section is responsible for handling
• claims related to property damage, injuries,
• or fatalities at the Incident?
• A. Operations Section
• B. Planning Section
• C. Logistics Section
• D. Finance/Administration Section

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Final Exam

• During the Initial response period, pre-plans,
  such as the Emergency Operations Plan and
  Incident-specific guidance, are used to guide
  activities. This guidance helps the initial
  Incident Commander conduct a situation
  assessment, set objectives, and establish an
  Initial ICS organization. This information would
  be recorded on an ICS Form 201 and serve as the
  Initial Incident Action Plan.

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Final Exam 16

• Which ICS form can serve as the
• Initial Action Plan?
• A. Form 202
• B. Form 215
• C. Form 201
• D. Form 204

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Final Exam

• The Operations Briefing is facilitated by the
  Planning Section Chief follows a set agenda.

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Final Exam 17

• Who generally facilities the Operations Briefing?
• A. Public Information Officer
• B. Logistics Section Chief
• C. Agency Representative
• D. Planning Section Chief

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Final Exam

• ICS organizational structure should include only
  the
• functions positions needed to achieve the
  incident
• objectives. There is no need to include
  positions in which
• there will be no activity for that individual.

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Final Exam 18

• Select the TRUE statement?
• A. ICS positions may be combined in order to
  save on staffing or achieve a higher level of
  efficiency.
• B. ICS encourages the use of unique position
  titles in order to better meet the specific
  incident needs.
• C. ICS organizational structure should include
  only the functions positions needed to achieve
  the incident objectives.
• D. ICS recognizes that an Incident Commander may
  not be necessary if an Operations Section Chief
  is assigned.

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Final Exam

• The Situation Unit Leader can be activated
  without a Planning Section Chief assigned. In
  this case, the supervision of the Situation unit
  will rest with the Incident Commander.

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Final Exam 19

• Chris Smith is the Situation Unit Leader. No
  Planning Section Chief is assigned. Who does
  Chris Smith report to?
• A. Operations Section Chief
• B. Incident Commander
• C. Public Information Officer
• D. No Direct Supervisor

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Final Exam

• The Command Staff positions include PIO, Safety
  Officers, Liaison Officer. General Staff
  positions include Sections Chiefs.

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Final Exam 20

• Which positions make up the Command
• Staff?
• A. Public Information Officer, Liaison Officer,
  Safety Officer.
• B. Safety Officer, Logistics Section Chief,
  Public Information Officer.
• C. Staging Area manager, Safety officer, Liaison
  Officer.
• D. Liaison Officer, Public Information Officer,
  Agency Executive.

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Final Exam

• As an incident continues into the extended
  response
• phase, it may be necessary to use all parts of an
  Incident
• Action Plan to guide the decision-making process.
  

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Final Exam 21

• The initial response phase of an incident is the
  timeframe
• when pre-plans such as the Emergency Operations
  Plan
• Incident-specific Guidance (e.g. standard
  operating
• procedures, response guides, Job Action Sheets,
  etc.) are
• used. As the incident continues into the
  extended response
• phase, what is used to guide the decision-making
  process?
• A. Situation assessment.
• B. Incident action planning.
• C. Resource management.
• D. All of the above.

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Final Exam

• Whenever possible, Transfer of Command should
• Take place face-to-face.
• Include a complete briefing.
• Effective date and time of transfer should be
  communicated to personnel.

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Final Exam 22

• When command is transferred, then all
• personnel with a need to know should be
• told
• A. The qualifications of the incoming Incident
  Commander.
• B. The limits of the Incident Commanders scope
  of authority.
• C. The effective time date of the transfer.
• D. The Incident Commanders cell phone number.

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Final Exam

• Upon arriving at an incident, the highest ranking
  and/or most qualified personal will either assume
  command, maintain command as is, or reassign
  command to a 3rd party. ICS roles are assumed by
  those individuals most qualified for the position.

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Final Exam 23

• Select the TRUE statement
• A. Upon arriving at an incident the higher
  ranking person will either assume command,
  maintain command as is, or reassign command to a
  third party.
• B. A lower ranking but more qualified person may
  not be designated as the Incident Commander.
• C. Transfer of command procedures are
  implemented at the Emergency Operations Center
  before the Incident Commander arrives at the
  scene.
• D. When a new Incident Commander assumes
  command, the outgoing Incident Commander should
  be demobilized to avoid confusion.

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Final Exam

• The Medical Unit is an ICS applied to healthcare
  organizations would be responsible for providing
  medical screening, evaluation follow-up of
  employees who are assigned to an incident.

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Final Exam 24

• The Medical Unit is responsible for
• A. Providing emergency services to injured
  victims at the accident scene.
• B. Providing medical screening, evaluations
  follow-up of employees who are assigned to an
  incident.
• C. Coordinating with public health services to
  determine where critical resources are deployed.
• D. Authorizing purchases of any medical supplies
  services.

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Final Exam

• The Operations Section Chief
• Is responsible to the Incident Commander for the
  direct management of all incident - related
  operations activities.
• Establishes tactical objectives for each
  operational period.
• Has direct involvement in the preparation of the
  Incident Action Plan.

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Final Exam 25 (last ?)

• Which General Staff position conducts tactical
  operations, develops the tactical objectives
  organization, directs all tactical resources?
• A. Finance/Administration Section Chief
• B. Logistics Section Chief
• C. Planning Section Chief
• D. Operations Section Chief

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INCORRECT
Unity of Command means that each individual
involved in incident operations will be assigned
to only one supervisor..
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INCORRECT
Formal communication must be used when
Receiving and giving work assignments.
Requesting support or additional resources.
Reporting progress of assigned tasks.
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INCORRECT
Common Leadership Responsibilities of an
effective incident leader ENSURES safe work
practices. TAKES COMMAND of assigned
resources. MOTIVATES with a "can do safely"
attitude. DEMONSTRATES INITIATIVE by taking
action
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INCORRECT
Deputies may be assigned at the Incident Command,
Section, or Branch levels. The only ICS
requirement regarding the use of a Deputy is that
the Deputy must be fully qualified and equally
capable to assume the position.
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INCORRECT
Branches can be used to combine functional groups
geographic divisions, or when the number of
resources, groups, or divisions exceeds
the recommend span of control.
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INCORRECT
As the incident grows in scope the number of
resources needed increases, there may be a need
to activate Teams, Divisions, Groups, Branches,
or Sections to maintain an appropriate Span of
Control.
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INCORRECT
Comprehensive Emergency Management (CEM), was
developed by the National Governors Association
and was a founding principle for the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) when
it was created in 1979. CEM defined four phases
that apply to all hazards mitigation (including
prevention), preparedness, response, and
recovery.
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INCORRECT
The Incident Commander is responsible for
establishing objectives and selecting strategies.
The Operations Section, if it is established, is
responsible for determining appropriate tactics
for an incident.
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The Incident Commander reports incident progress
to the Agency Executive, who continues to run the
day-to-day administrative affairs of the
organization.
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INCORRECT
Emergency Operations Plans should be based on
functions, not hazards or agencies.
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INCORRECT
The Liaison Officer (LNO) is the point of contact
for representatives of other non-governmental
organizations, governmental agencies, and/or
private entities. In either a Single or Unified
Command structure, representatives from assisting
or cooperating agencies and organizations
coordinate through the LNO. Agency and/or
organizational representatives assigned to an
incident must have the authority to speak for
their parent agencies and/or organizations on all
matters, following appropriate consultations with
their organization's leadership.
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INCORRECT
The Planning Section is typically responsible for
gathering and disseminating information and
intelligence critical to the incident. Based on
the incident needs, the Information and
Intelligence function may be activated as a
separate General Staff section, as an element
within the Operations or Planning Sections, or as
part of the Command Staff.
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Incident resources can have one of three types of
status conditions Assigned, Available, or
Out-of-Service. Resources in a Staging Area are
available and ready for assignment. Resources in
an Out-of-Service status (e.g. resting, eating)
are NOT located at the Staging Area.
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After the Planning Meeting concludes and the
Incident Action Plan (IAP) is complete, the
Operations Briefing occurs. In this briefing, the
Operations Section Chief present the IAP for the
upcoming period to the various Division/Group
Supervisors and Branch Directors.
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The Finance/Administration Section Is
established when incident management activities
require finance and other administrative support
services. Handles claims related to
property damage, injuries, or fatalities at the
incident.
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INCORRECT
During the Initial response period, pre-plans,
such as the Emergency Operations Plan and
Incident-specific guidance, are used to guide
activities. This guidance helps the initial
Incident Commander conduct a situation
assessment, set objectives, and establish an
Initial ICS organization. This information would
be recorded on an ICS Form 201 and serve as the
Initial Incident Action Plan.
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The Operations Briefing is facilitated by the
Planning Section Chief follows a set agenda.
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The Situation Unit Leader can be activated
without a Planning Section Chief assigned. In
this case, the supervision of the Situation unit
will rest with the Incident Commander.
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The Command Staff positions include PIO, Safety
Officers, Liaison Officer. General Staff
positions include Sections Chiefs.
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Check-in process and information helps to ensure
personnel accountability, track resources,
prepare personnel for assignments, locate
personnel in case of an emergency, establish
personnel time records and payroll documentation,
plan for releasing personnel, and organizing
demobilization process.
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• Whenever possible, Transfer of Command should
• Take place face-to-face.
• Include a complete briefing.
• Effective date and time of transfer should be
  communicated to personnel.

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INCORRECT
Upon arriving at an incident, the highest ranking
and/or most qualified personal will either assume
command, maintain command as is, or reassign
command to a 3rd party. ICS roles are assumed by
those individuals most qualified for the position.
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The Medical Unit is an ICS applied to healthcare
organizations would be responsible for providing
medical screening, evaluation follow-up
of employees who are assigned to an incident.
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• The Operations Section Chief
• Is responsible to the Incident Commander
• for the direct management of all incident
• -related operations activities.
• Establishes tactical objectives for each
• operational period.
• Has direct involvement in the preparation of the
  Incident Action Plan.

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ICS organizational structure should include only
the functions positions needed to achieve the
incident objectives. There is no need to include
positions in which there will be no activity for
that individual.
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As an incident continues into the extended
response phase, it may be necessary to use all
parts of an Incident Action Plan to guide the
decision-making process.
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