ICS, Team Typing & Response Planning

1. ICS, Team Typing & Response Planning

2. Legal Mandates for ICS

3. S I C OSHA Says “ICS” • “The ICS” • Title 8 CCR 5192(q)(3) • CalOSHA Requires FIRESCOPE ICS • SEMS law mandates ICS

4. OSHA Also Says… • Must have an IC • IC must appoint a “safety official” • Separate person? • Focus on safety • Able to suspend operations • Knowledgeable in operations

5. The Hazmat Group

6. Hazmat Hazmat Group Responsibilities • Exclusion zone entry • Decon • Control zone access control

7. Hazmat Group Components

8. Position Descriptions

9. Group Supervisor • Implement IAP • Assigns resources • Directs Hazmat Group

10. Entry Leader • Supervise entry operations • Mitigates release • Directs rescue operations

12. Decontamination Leader • Provides decon • Supervises all decon activities

13. Site Access Control • Controls movement of people and equipment • Track movement of responders Lunch Zone Decon Haz Mat

14. Assistant Safety Officer • Reports to SO • Coordinates Hazmat Group Safety • Must have ability to “suspend” unsafe operations

15. Hazmat Reference • Provides: • Technical info • Product identification

16. Safe Refuge Area Manager • Establishes Safe Refuge Area • Evaluates & triages victims • Position exists only when Safe Refuge Area is established

17. Hazmat Team Typing

18. Resource Typing Basics • Provide emergency managers with information needed to request resources • Help managers to select best resource • Applies only under mutual aid

19. Team Typing Terms • Category – function of resource • Type – level of capability • Kind – class that characterizes resource • Resource – people and equipment

20. Resource Definition • Personnel, facilities and equipment available for assignment to incidents

21. This is a “Resource”

22. This Isn’t

23. Resource Capabilities • Type I • Type II • Type III Most Capable Least Capable

24. Example - USAR Teams

25. Hazmat Teams – Chemicals

26. Hazmat Teams – People

27. Hazmat Teams – PPE

28. Hazmat Teams – Computers • Internet access?

29. Role of the IO in Hazmat • Media often arrives first • Their job is to get a “story”

30. Media’s Basic Role • Get a “Story” • Print – facts, figures, photos • Radio – sound bites • TV – action footage

31. Media as an Asset • Valuable intelligence gathering tool • Communicate quickly w/public • If you have an IO! Leave Now! Toxic Spill! Bad Stuff!

32. Bottom Line • Media has legal right of access! • Constitutional protection • CPC 409.5(d)

33. Bottom Line • Media has legal right of access! • Constitutional protection • CPC 409.5(d)

34. Exceptions to Media Access • Crime scene • Private property • Interfere with operations

35. When is it “News” ? • Evacuations • Road closures • Unusual substances • Presence of celebrities • Any “hot” issue

36. Hazmat Response Will Need an IO • IC should appoint one early

37. Incident Action Plans in Hazmat

38. Is a Site Safety Plan Required? • No (not mentioned in regulation) • Appendix C to Hazwoper (non mandatory) suggests writing one • So what will you do?

39. Is an IAP Needed? • ICS requires incident action planning • OSHA requires use of ICS • Hazmat Group implements IAP

40. Key Task for IC • Provide objectives

41. Basic Forms for IAP • ICS 201 • ICS 208 • Others?

42. Components of IAP for Hazmat • Incident objectives • Hazard and risk assessment • Incident organization • Site map/incident diagram

43. Any Questions/Discussion • Break time!