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| ICS-100 (INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM) INFORMATION ICS COURSE MODULES ICS 100 COURSE SUMMARY Unit 1 Course Overview Unit 2 History of ICS Unit 3 Basic Features of ICS Unit 4 Incident Commander & Staff Functions Unit 5 General Staff Functions Unit 6 ICS Facilities Unit 7 Common Responsibilities Unit 8 Review |
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| The Incident Command System was developed by the Fire Service. It is built around five major functions, Command, Operation, Planning (Intelligence), Logistics, Administration (Finance), that are applied on any Incident whether it is large or small. A major advantage of the ICS organization is the ability to fill only those parts of the structure that are required by the size and scope of the incident. Following the 1991 Oakland Hills Fire, the California Legislature passed a bill requiring standardized approaches to response management. The SEMS (Standardized Emergency Management System takes the principles of ICS and expands them to handle the various levels of government from City to County to Region to State. All local government agencies must use SEMS in emergencies in order to be eligible for state reimbursement of response related personal resources costs. Manuals prepared to instruct emergency responders in ICS/SEMS are extensive. Amateur Radio is usually placed into the Logistics Section because Communications Services are located there. The messages that Amateur Radio operators pass may be from or to any of these sections and between different levels of government. SEMS ensures that the messages are instantly recognizable. |
| (ICS) NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM INFO FOR AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS • What is ICS? Incident Command System (ICS) is the nationally used standardized on-scene emergency management system. Allows for the management of resources to effectively accomplish stated objectives pertinent to an incident. • Who is ICS for? All Elected Officials, mid-level Management, Federal, State, Local, Tribal, Private Sector & Non-governmental personnel including: emergency management, persons serving as command staff, section chiefs, strike team leaders, task force leaders, unit leaders, division/group supervisors, branch directors, and multi-agency coordination. • Why is ICS training important to take? To provide a consistent approach to working together more effectively and efficiently to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters, regardless of cause, size or complexity. Per California Code of Regulations Title 19, Division 2, all local government must use the Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS) which is based upon the Incident Command System (ICS) by December 1, 1996 in order to be eligible for state funding of response-related personnel costs pursuant to activities identified in California Code of Regulations, Title 19, 2920, 2925, and 2930. |