Table of Contents
What are the branches of the ICS organizational structure?
The Incident Command System comprises five major functional areas: Command, Operations, Planning, Logistics, and Finance/Administration. (A sixth functional area, Intelligence/Investigations, may be established if required.)
What are the 5 major functional areas of ICS?
There are five key functional areas of the ICS illustrated in the diagram below: Command, Operations, Logistics, Planning, and Administration/Finance.
What agencies use ICS?
California Division of Forestry (CDF) Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (OES) Los Angeles County Fire Department. Los Angeles City Fire Department.
Where is ICS used?
Applications for the use of ICS have included: Routine or planned events (e.g., celebrations, parades, and concerts). Fires, hazardous materials, and multicasualty incidents. Multijurisdiction and multiagency disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, and winter storms.
What is a benefit of ICS?
ICS helps to ensure: A clearly defined chain of command due to its modular format. The use of common terminology, allowing diverse incident management and support entities to work together. The safety of responders, students, faculty, workers, and others.
What are the other use of ICS?
Applications for the Use of ICS Routine or planned events (e.g., celebrations, parades, and concerts). Fires, hazardous materials, and multicasualty incidents. Multijurisdiction and multiagency disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, and winter storms. Search and rescue missions.
Where are the groups located in an ICS?
Group: An organizational subdivision established to divide the incident management structure into functional areas of operation. Groups are located between Branches (when activated) and resources (personnel, equipment, teams, supplies, and facilities) in the Operations Section.
Who are the command staff in the ICS?
Command Staff positions are established to assign responsibility for key activities not specifically identified in the General Staff functional elements. These positions may include the Public Information Officer (PIO), Safety Officer (SO), and Liaison Officer (LNO), in addition to various others, as required and assigned by the Incident Commander.
Which is the correct title for a branch director in ICS?
Branch: A Branch is the organizational level having functional or geographic responsibility formajor parts of the Operations or Logistics functions. Branch Director: Branch Director is the ICS title for individuals responsible for supervisionof a Branch.
Can a large ICS organization be expanded?
The ICS organization may be expanded easily from a very small operation for routine incidents into a larger organization capable of handling catastrophic events. There are no hard and fast rules for expanding the ICS organization. Many incidents will never require the activation of the entire General Staff.