Dwayne ThompsonMichigan Fire Corps State Advocate

Personnel and Equipment Management System developed from California wild land fires in the 1970’s based on these two principles:

1. ACCOUNTIBILTY

2. EACH PERSON HAS ONE BOSS (Unity of Command)

Command (IC)

Command (IC)

Command (IC)

Operations

Operations

CommandStaff

Branch Branch

(Functional Units)

(Functional Units)

(Functional Units) (Functional Units)

Each person in the system only reports to one person above them.

With Good Communication

Common terminology

Keep people informed

NO FREE-LANCING No “heroes” or

cowboys wanted

Be where you are suppose to be

Do the job assigned

Communicate the results

Coordinate and direct all incident activities including developing and implementing a strategic plan

Command (IC)

Command (IC)

Command (IC)

Operations

Operations

CommandStaff

Branch Branch

(Functional Units)

(Functional Units)

(Functional Units) (Functional Units)

Also called Incident Commander (IC)

May have a Command Staff or Unified Command (only one command)

Green Light / IC Flag

Safety Officer

Liaison Officer

Public InformationOfficer

Scribe to Command

COMMAND - Incident Commander (IC)

FINANCELOGISTICSOPERATIONSPLANNING

Has the responsibility of tracking all costs and financial aspects of the incident. Usually will only be activated on large-scale, long-term incidents.

Support Branch – supplies, facilities, ground support, equipment, etc.

Service Branch – medical, re-hab, communications,

food services, etc.

Reports directly to the IC and responsible for managing all operations that directly affect the primary mission of eliminating the problem.

Staging is here.

Responsible for the collection, evaluation, dissemination, and use of information concerning the development of the incident.

Also, tracking the status of all resources assigned to the incident.

They become the responsibility of the

Incident Commander.

COMMAND DIVISION GROUP SECTOR SUPERVISOR INCIDENT ACTION PLAN RESOURCES STAGING

IMS / ICS should be initiated by the first person on the scene of an emergency.

What has occurred? What is the current status of the

emergency? Is there anyone injured or trapped?

Can the emergency be handled with the resources on scene or en route?

Does the emergency fall within the scope of the individual’s training?

If no life-threatening situation demands immediate action, the IC should begin to formulate an Incident Action Plan.

Be prepared to transfer to next-arriving person with higher level of expertise or authority

Face-to-face is best

Command can only be transferred to someone who is on scene

Give a Situation Status Report

Assisting with tracking at Staging Assisting Command Staff as a scribe Setting up and running the Re-hab Area Diverting traffic Other duties as assigned

Following ICS rules – No Free-lancing and waiting patiently to be deployed