Area Command
When very complex incidents, or multiple concurrent smaller incidents, require the establishment of multiple ICS organizations, it can be established to oversee their management and prioritize scarce resources.
Multiagency Coordination Groups
Provide policy guidance to incident personnel, support resource prioritization and allocation, and enable decision making among elected and appointed officials and senior executives.
What does resource typing define and categorize incident resources by?
Category
Who leads the development and maintenance of resource typing?
FEMA
What is the level of capability for equipment based on?
Size, power and capacity
What is the level of capability of personnel based on ?
Experience and qualifications
What does effective resource management involve?
Establishing a resource inventory and maintaining the currency and accuracy of the information.
Effective and safe incident management depends on what?
All personnel executing their responsibilities according to established guidelines.
Mobilization of fixed facility resources is known as what?
Activation
When should managers plan and prepare for the demobilization process?
At the same time they begin mobilizing resources.
What is the goal of demobilization?
The orderly, safe and efficient return of resources to its original location and status
Who has the responsibility for establishing and expanding ICS organizations and EOC teams?
Incident Commander and EOC director
In unified command, agencies or organizations that lack jurisdictional responsibility are referred to as what?
Cooperating or assisting agencies
How are command staff advisors distinguished from officers?
They serve in advisory capacities and lack the authority to direct incident activities.
What is an incident base?
Area that accommodates primary support activities. It may be co-located with the ICP.
What are camps?
Satellites to an incident base.
What is an incident complex?
refers to two or more individual incidents located in the same general area and assigned to a single IC or UC. Used in wildfire response when multiple fires occur within close proximity.
What is area command?
Is activated to address competition for resources among multiple ICP’s based on the complexity of the incident and span of control considerations.
How do Departmental operations centers differ from EOC?
They are primarily inward looking, focusing on directing their own assets and operations.
What are MAC Groups primarily responsible for?
Resource prioritization and allocation.
What helps to ensure that uninterrupted flow of information at an incident?
Resilience and Redundancy
What is the purpose of incident reports?
To enhance situational awareness and help ensure that personnel have easier access to essential information.
Situation Reports
Typically produced and distributed on regular basis; offer snapshot of incident status during past operational period.
Status Report
Include vital or time sensitive information outside regular situation reports. Typically function-specific and less formal.
