General Emergency Services

1. General Emergency Services Developed as part of the National Emergency Services Curriculum Project

2. CAP ES Missions • Search and Rescue (ground and air) • Disaster Relief • Reconnaissance • Counterdrug • Transportation

3. CAP ES Missions Continued • MOUs • State & Local Emergency Management Agencies • Federal Emergency Management Agency • Red Cross • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin. • US Coast Guard Auxiliary • U.S. Customs • …

4. CAP ES Missions Continued • Three areas of qualification • Ground and Urban Direction Finding Teams • Ground Team Leader • Ground Team Member • Urban DF Team • Aircrews • Scanner • Observer • Mission Pilot

5. CAP ES Missions Continued Mission Base Personnel • Incident Commander • Liaison Officer • Mission Chaplain • Information Officer • Safety Officer • Operations Section Chief • Air Operations Branch Director • Ground Branch Director • Planning Section Chief • Logistics Section Chief • Finance / Admin Section Chief • Flight Line Supervisor • Communications Unit Leader • Mission Staff Assistant • ...

6. CAP ES Qualification • General ES Course • CAPF 100 • CAPF 101 • CAPF 101T for other specialties • Can train for three concurrently • Mission Staff Assistant is the recommended qualification to move into from here for those without a planned track

7. Mission Team Activation • Agency • Using notification roster • CAP Wing • Using wing notification roster/pager/web/ • Mission qualified wing members

8. Sign-In at Mission Base • Individual qualifications need to be known to mission planners, and thus personnel are normally requested individually to participate • Sign-in confers FECA/FTCA coverage • Personnel and vehicles will be logged on the ICS Forms 211 and 218 respectively with incoming team or aircrew paperwork • Personnel need to be sure that they are recorded on the Unit Log by the assigned supervisor on the ICS Form 214 • Further assignment at sign-in

9. Risk and CAP Missions • Travel to and from mission base • Operating without proper rest or nourishment • Electrical or antenna wires • Turning propellers • Do not take unnecessary risks

10. Member Responsibility • CAP ES members should obtain and read copies of the current operations and emergency services publications • Again, CAP members have NO special dispensations over an ordinary citizen • Individuals who put themselves, other members, or the corporation in jeopardy by disregarding laws and policies will be targeted for restraining action

11. Bloodborne Pathogens • Diseases transferred by contact with human blood and body fluids • Hepatitis B • AIDS • Others • Exposure exists at accident/crash sites

12. Bloodborne Pathogens Continued • Prevent by staying away from blood and body fluids • Engineering controls • Work practice controls • Personal protective equipment • Universal precautions

13. Negligence • Failure to exercise that degree of care that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances • Degrees - Slight, Ordinary, Gross • Key = perform to your level of training • Not normally a problem • Protection through “Good Samaritan” laws

14. Posse Comitatus • Prohibits CAP from engaging in law enforcement activities other than reconnaissance of property or transport of personnel and equipment, while on an Air Force mission • CAP members may not carry firearms, participate in detention or arrest of persons or seizure of property or conduct surveillance of personnel and equipment

15. Posse Comitatus Continued • CAP members may not be deputized • No authority to restrict persons by force • May provide passive assistance to law enforcement • Can do passive site surveillance (NTSB) • No trespass allowed • NO special dispensations

16. Interact with the Media • Why must information be controlled? • To whom do we direct inquisitor and why? • Target details influence witness interviews • Undue speculation • Family needs to know first • Can answer general questions about CAP

17. Interact with the Media Continued • You Should: • Be friendly and courteous • You are a CAP member and working a mission • Direct them to person responsible for media • Be alert for information bystanders may have

18. Interact with the Media Continued • You Should Not: • Discuss target description or events • Discuss search or results • Give opinions • Be rude or officious • Never say “No Comment” - Direct them to appropriate leader.

19. Reimbursement • Limited reimbursement available on AF reimbursable missions for: • Aircraft flight hours • Member-owned aircraft maintenance • Communications • Vehicle fuel and oil • CAPF 108

20. CAP ES Partner Agencies • AFRCC • AFNSEP • FEMA • Red Cross • NTSB • Others

21. FIVE PRIMARY I.C.S. MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS

22. FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY COMMAND =OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY OPERATIONS = DIRECT TACTICAL ACTIONS PLANNING =COLLECT/ANALYZE DATA, INTELLIGENCE PREPARE ACTION PLAN LOGISTICS = PROVIDE SUPPORT FINANCE /=COST ACCOUNTING & ADMINISTRATION PROCUREMENT

23. INCIDENT MANAGEMENT ACHIEVE GOAL PERFORM TACTICAL DIRECTION SELECT APPROPRIATE STRATEGY ESTABLISH INCIDENT OBJECTIVES UNDERSTAND AGENCY POLICY & DIRECTION

24. UNITY AND CHAIN OF COMMAND • UNITY OF COMMAND: HAVE A CLEAR LINE OF SUPERVISION • CHAIN OF COMMAND: ORDERLY RANKING OF MANAGEMENT POSITIONS IN LINE OF AUTHORITY

25. INCIDENT OPERATIONS ORGANIZATION LARGE INCIDENT ORGANIZATION SMALL INCIDENT ORGANIZATION

26. REASONS TO TRANSFER COMMAND • A MORE QUALIFIED PERSON ASSUMES COMMAND • A JURISDICTIONAL OR AGENCY CHANGE IN COMMAND IS LEGALLY REQUIRED OR MAKES GOOD MANAGEMENT SENSE • PERSONNEL TURNOVER ON LONG INCIDENTS

27. ICS ORGANIZATION FLEXIBILITY NEEDS OF INCIDENTS WILL DETERMINE THE REQUIRED ORGANIZATION

28. GENERAL GUIDELINE:DO NOT COMBINE ORGANIZATIONAL UNITS. ONE PERSON MAY SUPERVISE MORE THAN ONE UNIT PLANNING / INTEL SECTION CHIEF RESOURCE & SITUATION UNIT J. Smith RESOURCE UNIT J. Smith SITUATION UNIT J. Smith

29. MANAGING AN INCIDENT USING UNIFIED COMMAND A C B HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INCIDENT

30. UNDER UNIFIED COMMANDTHERE WILL ALWAYS BE: • ONE INCIDENT COMMAND POST • A SINGLE COORDINATED INCIDENT ACTION PLAN • ONE OPERATIONS SECTION CHIEF(OFFICER IN CHARGE, SUPERVISOR, ETC.)

31. SPAN OF CONTROL INEFFECTIVE AND POSSIBLY DANGEROUS EFFECTIVE SPAN OF CONTROL

32. OPTIMUM SPAN OF CONTROL IS ONE TO FIVE

33. IN ICS COMMON TERMINOLOGY IS APPLIED TO: • ORGANIZATIONAL ELEMENTS • POSITION TITLES • RESOURCES • FACILITIES

34. PERSONNEL ACCOUNTABILITY IS MAINTAINED THROUGH: CHECK IN FORM RESOURCE STATUS KEEPING SYSTEM UNITY OF COMMAND

35. DIVISION A DIVISION C UNIT LOG UNIT LOG DIVISION B UNIT LOG UNIT LOG PERSONNEL ACCOUNTABILITY IS MAINTAINED THROUGH: DIVISION / GROUP ASSIGNMENT LISTS UNIT LOGS

36. ICS INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS • COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS • FREQUENCY AND RESOURCE USE PLANNING • INFORMATION TRANSFER PROCEDURES

37. COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS THAT MAY BE REQUIRED • COMMAND NET • TACTICAL NETS • SUPPORT NET • GROUND-TO-AIR • AIR-TO-AIR

38. RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN I.C.S. SINGLE RESOURCES INCLUDES PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT TASK FORCES COMBINATION OF SINGLE RESOURCES STRIKE TEAM COMBINATION OF SAME KIND AND TYPE

39. USING TASK FORCES AND STRIKE TEAMS: • MAXIMIZES EFFECTIVE USE OF RESOURCES • REDUCES SPAN OF CONTROL • REDUCES COMMUNICATIONS TRAFFIC

40. RESOURCE STATUS CONDITIONS IN I.C.S. “AVAILABLE” “OUT OF SERVICE” “ASSIGNED”

41. WRITTEN ACTION PLANS ARE IMPORTANT WHEN: • THE INCIDENT WILL OVERLAP AN OPERATIONAL PERIOD CHANGE • TWO OR MORE JURISDICTIONS ARE INVOLVED • SUBSTANTIAL ACTIVATION OF THE I.C.S. ORGANIZATION

42. QUESTIONS?