Sclar Large Animal Emergency Evacuation

1. Sclar Large Animal Emergency Evacuation BLM providing animal evacuation during 2007 southern California Fires Introduction to NIMS & ICS

2. What is NIMS? • National Incident Management System • A comprehensive, national approach to incident management. • Applicable across jurisdictional levels & functional disciplines • Improves coordination & cooperation between public & private entities

3. What is ICS? • Incident Command System • A KEY component of NIMS • A standard for emergency management across the country • Utilized by any emergency responders for fire, biohazard, flood, terrorist attacks, planned events, • An entire management system

4. Why do I need to know about NIMS & ICS? • All State & local organizations are required to adopt and employ NIMS as a condition for federal preparedness assistance grants, contracts and other activities. • We work with and at the direction of these local and state authorities. • We must therefore be conversant with these protocols and terminology

5. Why do we need a National Incident System? • Events of September 11 have underscored the need for and importance of national standards for incident operations, communications, personnel qualifications, resource management, information management and supporting technology. • To provide for domestic incident response allowing interoperability & compatibility among all responders.

6. NIMS Components • Comprised of several components working together as a system to provide a national framework – preparing for, preventing, responding to and recovering from domestic incidents.

7. The components are • Command & Management • Preparedness • Resource Management • Communications & Information Management • Supporting Technologies • Ongoing Management and Maintenance

8. Which affect Sclar how??? • Management Structures are based on 3 key organizational systems: • ICS (Incident Command System) • Multiagency Coordination System • Public Information System • We need to be aware of the above and how the organizational systems interface and blend with our functions.

9. Use of Position Titles

10. CHAIN OF COMMAND & Contact Points

11. Where do we fit in? • We are considered a resource. We are therefore considered a “task force” or “strike team” in the organizational levels. • Within our own group, we have “resources”, including volunteers, equipment, communications skills • Regardless of the incident, we will be at the bottom of the chain of command.

12. What DON’T we do? • We don’t release information. All information is released through the IC Press Information Officer. Big trouble if you talk out of turn. • We don’t “jump chain”. We adhere to the chain of command • We don’t refuse to do something (without good cause relating to safety) when asked.

13. Why do I need this training? • Where we fit in during an event • So we can be effective in animal evacuations • Safeguard our own life & lives of others • As with any job, we must be familiar with the verbiage, chain of command • We are expected to adhere to protocols. We need to know the rules

14. Which FEMA courses do I need? • IS 100 – Intro to Incident Command System • IS 200 – ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents • IS 700 – National Incident Management System (NIMS), an Introduction

15. How long does this take? • Depending on your internet connection, probably an hour and a half to three hours for each course. • Need not take the entire course at one sitting, you can split it up in segments. • Courses are available outside of the internet.

16. Contact us • We would like to assist you in facilitating course completion(s) and testing.