# Presentation: 315916

## Module 2 Objectives

**Primary functions**
**Management by Objectives**
**Unity and Chain of Command**
**Establish command**
**Transfer of command**
**Organizational flexibility**

**Students will be asked to describe and identify, as appropriate, the major elements associated with the following features of ICS:**

**Unified command**
**Span of control**
**Common terminology**
**Personnel accountability**
**Integrated communications**
**Resources management**
**The Incident Action Plan**

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## Command

***Five Primary ICS******Management Functions***

**Operations**

**Planning**

**Logistics**

**Finance/**
**Administration**

**Command**

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## Functional Responsibilities

**Operations**

**Planning**

**Logistics**

**Finance/Administration**

**Command**

**Functional Responsibilities**

**Function**

**Responsibility**

**=Overall responsibility**

**=Direct tactical actions**

**=Prepare action plan- maintain**
**resource & situation status**

**=Provide support**

**=Cost accounting & procurements**

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## Incident Management by Objectives

**Achieve**
**Goal**

**Perform tactical direction**

**Select appropriate strategy**

**Establish incident objectives**

**Understand agency policy and direction**

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**Incident Management by Objectives**

## Unity and Chain of Command

**Unity and Chain of ****Command**

**Unity of Command - **Have a clear line of supervision

**                ****Chain of Command - **Orderly ranking of management positions in line of authority

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## Incident Operations Organization

**Incident Operations Organization**

**Small Incident Organization**

- Command

- Single
- Resource

**                 ****Large Incident**
**                   ****Organization**

- Command

- Sections

- Branches

- Divisions/Groups

- Resources

**Multiple layers **_**as needed **_**for span of control**

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- Single
- Resource

## Reasons to Transfer Command

**Reasons to Transfer Command**

**A more qualified person assumes command.**
**A jurisdictional or agency change in command is legally required or makes good management sense.**
**Normal turnover of personnel on long or extended incidents.**

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## ICS Organization Flexibility

**ICS Organization Flexibility**

**Functions will determine the required organization.**

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## Planning

**Planning**
**Section Chief**

**Resources and**
**Situation Unit**
**J. Smith**

**Resources**
**Unit**
**J. Smith**

**Situation **
**Unit**
**J. Smith**

**General Guideline:  Do not combine organizational units. One person may supervise more than one unit.**

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## Managing an Incident Using 

**Managing an Incident Using **
**Unified Command**

**Hazardous**
**Materials**
**Incident**

**Unified command**

**A**

**B**

**C**

**Objectives and Strategy**
**Incident Action Plan**

**Operations**
**Section Chief**

**Div.A**

**Div.B**

**Div.C**

**A**

**B**

**C**

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## Under Unified Command

**Under Unified Command**
**there will always be:**

**A single, coordinated Incident Action Plan**
**One operations Section Chief**
**One Incident Command Post**

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## Span of Control

**Span of Control**

**Ineffective and**
**possibly dangerous**

**Effective span**
**of control**

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## Optimum Span of Control is 

**Optimum Span of Control is **
**One to Five**

**Supervisor**

**1**

**2**

**3**

**4**

**5**

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## In ICS, common terminology

**In ICS, common terminology**
**is applied to:**

**Organizational elements**
**Position titles**
**Resources**
**Facilities**

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## Personnel accountability is maintained through the use of:

**Personnel accountability is maintained through the use of:**

**ICS Form 211**

**Check-in lists**
**ICS Form 211**

**Unity of Command**

**Resource Status Keeping**
**                           ****Systems**

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## Personnel accountability is maintained through the use of:

**Unit Log**

**Unit Log**

**Unit Log**

**Unit Log**

**Unit Log**

**Unit Log**

**Division A**

**Division B**

**Division C**

**Personnel accountability is maintained through the use of:**

**Division/Group**
**Assignment Lists**

**Unit Logs**

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## ICS Integrated Communications

**ICS Integrated Communications**

- 2. Frequency
- and Resource
- Use Planning

- 3. Information
- Transfer
- Procedures

**154.20**
**164.05**
**159.40**
**162.60**

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- 1. Communication
- Systems

## Communications Networks That

**Communications Networks That**
**May be Required**

**Command net**
**Tactical nets**
**Support net**
**Ground-to-air**
**Air-to-air**

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## Resource Management in ICS

**Resource Management in ICS**

**Single Resources**

- Includes personnel and equipment

**Strike Team**

- Combination of same kind
- and type

**Task Forces**

- Combination of single resources

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## The Use of Task Forces and 

**The Use of Task Forces and **
**Strike Teams:**

**Maximizes effective use of resources.**
**Reduces span of control.**
**Reduces communications traffic.**

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## Available

**Resource Status**
**Conditions in ICS**

***Available***

***Assigned***

*** ******Out of Service***

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## The Written Action Plan is 

**The Written Action Plan is **
**Needed When:**

**Two or more jurisdictions are involved.**
**The incident will overlap an operational period change.**
**Partial or full activation of the ICS organization.**

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