Combination of facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures, and communications operating within a common organizational structure with responsibility for management of assigned resources to effectively direct and control the response to an incident. Intended to expand, as situation requires larger resources, without requiring new, reorganized command structure. (NEMA Term)
Predetermined organizational structure for potential mass casualty events that address planning, operations, logistics, finance, and administration.
a system of command and control used in the management of incidents.
a common set of terminology and command structure that is used on an incident scene to provide effective management of all the resources involved in resolving the incident
a management tool consisting of procedures for organizing personnel, facilities, equipment and communications at the scene of an emergency
A standardized on-scene emergency management construct specifically designed to provide for the adoption of an integrated organizational structure that reflects the complexity and demands of single or multiple incidents, without being hindered by jurisdictional boundaries. ICS is the combination of facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures, and communications operating within a common organizational structure, designed to aid in the management of resources during incidents. It is used for all kinds of emergencies and is applicable to small as well as large and complex incidents. ICS is used by various jurisdictions and functional agencies, both public and private, to organize field-level incident management operations.
Method of managing resources at the scene of an emergency.
A broad term used to describe a management system for all risk incidents. It involves a combination of facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures,and communications operating within a common organizational structure.
ICS - a system of control of the incident scene set up by predetermined procedures for effective control of complex emergency operations such as extrication operations.
A standardized on-scene emergency management concept specifically designed to allow its user(s) to adopt an integrated organizational structure equal to the complexity and demands of single or multiple incidents, without being hindered by jurisdictional boundaries.
The combination of facilities, equipment, personnel, procedure and communications operating within a common organizational structure, with responsibility for the management of assigned resources to effectively accomplish stated objectives pertaining to an incident.
(ICS): System first developed to provide a command structure to manage large wildfires in the United States, now widely used by many emergency management agencies.
A flexible organizational structure which provides a basic expandable system for handling patients from a multi-casualty incident.
The organizational arrangement wherein one person, normally the Fire Chief of the impacted district, is in charge of an integrated, comprehensive emergency response organization and the emergency incident site, backed by an Emergency Operations Center staff with resources, information, and advice.
An organizational structure for emergency response based on clear and consistent definitions of roles, responsibilities, and reporting channels of all participating personnel.
A management system of procedures for controlling personnel, facilities, equipment and communications from different agencies to work together towards a common goal in an effective and efficient manner. ICS is the chain of leadership and command at the scene of an emergency.
the combination of facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures, and communications operating within a common organizational structure to manage assigned resources to effectively respond to an incident.
The Incident Command System (ICS) is a management system used within the United States, parts of Canada, the United Kingdom and other countries to organize emergency response and was designed to offer a scalable response to incidents of any magnitude. Incident Management Teams (IMT), are combined crews of multi-agency staff that use the concepts outlined within the Incident Command System to react to an emergency situation.
