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Incident Management System

Incident Management System. Inter-Agency Response Concepts. INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. Objectives Identify the purposes of IMS Identify when IMS is required Identify command responsibilities Explain incident goals and objectives. What is IMS?.

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Incident Management System

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  1. Incident Management System Inter-Agency Response Concepts

  2. INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Objectives • Identify the purposes of IMS • Identify when IMS is required • Identify command responsibilities • Explain incident goals and objectives IMS - Inter-Agency Response

  3. What is IMS? The Incident Management System (IMS) is a standard method of operating at all incidents that the fire and emergency services respond to. This includes fires, hazardous materials incidents, EMS, water rescue and other types of emergencies. IMS - Inter-Agency Response

  4. What IMS is: • A management tool that defines the roles and responsibilities of all units responding to an incident • A system that enables one individual to control the incident • A system designed to eliminate “freelancing” at the emergency scene. IMS - Inter-Agency Response

  5. What IMS is not: • Designed to “handcuff” or take authority away from the IC • Designed to set strategies or control tactics • Designed to require “more guys in vests” than emergency workers • IMS is not complicated IMS - Inter-Agency Response

  6. Incident Management SystemInter-Agency Response IMS - Inter-Agency Response

  7. IMS - Inter-Agency Response

  8. Basic Concepts • IMS revolves around 2 basic management concepts • Unity of Command • Span of Control IMS - Inter-Agency Response

  9. Unity of Command • Every individual has only one supervisor • Orders transmitted and accepted within immediate chain of command • Does not prevent communications needed for operations/safety of others IMS - Inter-Agency Response

  10. Span of Control • Number of individuals one supervisor can effectively manage • Critical at emergency scene for safety and accountability • In IMS, ranges from 3 to 7 IMS - Inter-Agency Response

  11. Effective Span of Control Battalion Chief Engine 1511 Engine 1531 • Quint 1521 IMS - Inter-Agency Response 1-14

  12. Not-So-Effective Span of Control Battalion Chief Engine 1 Engine 2 Engine 3 Engine 4 Quint 1 Tower 2 Amb. 5 Amb. 4 IMS - Inter-Agency Response 1-15

  13. Command Responsibilities • Life Safety - Civilians and Firefighters • Taking care of the problem - stabilizing the incident • Conserving property IMS - Inter-Agency Response

  14. First arriving fire department unit at a fire scene First arriving law enforcement officer at a crime scene Who is Command? IMS - Inter-Agency Response

  15. Who is Command? • For IMS to work • One - and only one - person is in charge • Everyone responding knows who this is • Companies receive orders through the command structure • Companies DO NOT freelance IMS - Inter-Agency Response

  16. Unified Command • Due to the nature of an emergency, several agencies will need to share management responsibility. • Plane crash • Flood • Earthquake • HazMat Incidents IMS - Inter-Agency Response

  17. Expanding the Organization When it appears that the span of control will be exceeded, it is necessary to divide the incident into smaller portions IMS - Inter-Agency Response

  18. Factors that require expanding the IMS • To maintain span of control • To assist with IC workload • information management • tactical worksheets • planning • forecasting • requesting resources IMS - Inter-Agency Response

  19. Branches As the span of control of sectors becomes excessive, the incident becomes more complex, or has two or more distinctive operations, it may be further sub-divided into branches IMS - Inter-Agency Response

  20. Branches Branches have functional/geographic responsibility for major segments of incident operations IMS - Inter-Agency Response

  21. Branches The branch level is located between sections and sectors/groups IMS - Inter-Agency Response

  22. Branches The term used for the officer responsible for a branch is Branch Director IMS - Inter-Agency Response

  23. Branches Branches may be established for the following reasons: • Span of control • Functional - Fire, Medical, Evacuation • Multi-jurisdictional incidents IMS - Inter-Agency Response

  24. Branches Branch Directors are normally located at the Command Post IMS - Inter-Agency Response

  25. Functional Branches Command Operations Section Law Branch EMS Branch Fire Branch IMS - Inter-Agency Response 2-15

  26. Two-Branch Organization Command Operations Section Fire Branch EMS Branch Sector A Sector B Sector C Vent. Sector MSO Triage Trans. Evac. Sector IMS - Inter-Agency Response 2-12

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