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ICS The Basics
(ICS Incident Command System)
Produced by New York State Police
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History
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Today, it is the best-selling board game in the
world, sold in 80 countries and produced in 26
languages including Croatian.
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Incident Command System
In a multi-agency or multi- jurisdictional
incident, it is the process of establishing a
common set of objectives and strategies without
losing agency authority, responsibility, or
accountability.
The Rules of the Game
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Incident Command System

• Used any type or size of emergency
• Establishes common terminology and operating
  procedures
• Timely and effective use of resources
• Contributes to the safety of all
• All share the same goal

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Incident Command System

• School Districts do not need
• to develop their own system,
• rather integrate their plan
• into the existing ICS used by the
• public safety community.

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Issues of Concern to the School Administrator

• What are the implications of an incident to the
  School District and to myself?

• How do I maintain control when incidents occur?

• Where do I fit in the incident management process?

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When used?
WTC
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When used?
Olympics
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When used?
Woodstock 94 99
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When used?
County Fairs
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When used?

• Weather related incident
• Student suicide
• Auto accident in school parking lot
• even Fights

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Scenario
Scenario 1

• Fight between two male students in the library
  during lunchtime

• Only the librarian and study hall students are
  present

• One of the students has what appears to be a
  broken nose

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Scenario
Scenario 1

• There is significant bleeding and slight hysteria
  from bystanders

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Responders are

• Librarian notifies main office

• Main Office notifies principal security

• Assistant Principal physically responds,
  advises main office to have nurse respond to
  library and hold bell three minutes

• School Security physically responds, assists
  AP, then takes student that is uninjured to
  security office.

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Fight!
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Additional concerns
Medical attention?
Clean-up?
Students in adjoining classrooms?
Students in cafeteria? Move students from library
temporarily to the auditorium?
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Areas affected
EMT/Ambulance
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Scenario 1
Was the Incident Command System Employed?
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Five Primary ICS Functions
RECORD KEEPERS
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Command

• One incident commander
• Most often used

Single

• More than one incident commander
• Used in multi-agency incidents
• Used in multi-jurisdictional incidents

Unified
Unified
Unified
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Security/SRO
Librarian (initial reporter)
AP
Main Office
AP
AP
Security/SRO
Security/SRO
Teachers
Nurse
Custodians
EMTs
Custodians
Librarian (initial reporter)
Main Office
AP
Custodians
Nurse
EMTs
Security/SRO
Teachers
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Also consider
Principal and/or Superintendent
Added to the Planning Section
In the event library is out of business for an
extended period of time.
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Additional Considerations.

• facilitate medical treatment

• classroom learning might be disrupted

• cleanup might take some time

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And consider opening
Finance/Administration Section
Business Manager, Business Dept. Head
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Although no formal declaration was made
ICS was employed
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Areas affected
EMT/Ambulance
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Inner Perimeter
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Command Post
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Internal Evacuation Site
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Outer Perimeter
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Outer Perimeter
Command Post
Incident Commander
Shelter in place
Inner Perimeter
Possible crime scene, victims, perpetrators,
EMS, Police
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If this was or turned into a
larger incident we might need

• a Staging area

• a Reunification area

• a Media area

• a Helispot

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Scenario
Scenario 2

• The fire alarm goes off at lunchtime in a
  school building.

• As students and staff are evacuating, the
  Principal is told that there is a fire in the
  kitchen of the north cafeteria.

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Scenario
Scenario 2

• The Principal calls 911 from a cell phone and
  makes way around the building to the cafeteria to
  find several staff and students exiting the
  building through heavy smoke, coughing.

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FIRE
Principal spots SRO leaving the building w/2
kitchen staff via back door
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FIRE
SRO states that it is an oven fire and EMS has
been contacted. FD is on the way
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What can you anticipate?

• Fire trucks
• Ambulances
• Parents
• Media, Media, and more Media

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Adopt the ICS mindset
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Utilizing your Building Safety Teams you can
(should)

• Be able to visualize your response

• Start to see where you fit in the incident
  response

• Gain/maintain control

• Start to plan ahead

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And finally
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Reunification area for parents
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Media spot to allow for management and
dissemination of info
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Media spot to allow for management and
dissemination of info
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Knowing the rules of the game is as easy as
playing monopoly.
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ICS The Basics
(ICS Incident Command System)
Produced by New York State Police