Disaster Incident Command System

Overview

The Disaster Incident Command System (ICS) is a management system designed to enable effective and efficient disaster incident management by integrating a combination of facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures, and communications operating within a common organizational structure.
ICS is normally structured to facilitate activities in five major functional areas: command, operations, planning, logistics, Intelligence & Investigations, finance and administration. It is a fundamental form of disaster management, with the purpose of enabling incident commanders to identify the key concerns associated with the incident often under urgent conditions without sacrificing attention to any component of the incident command system.

Duration

5 Days

Who Should Attend

The course targets all individuals from local communities, local governments,  national governments, International Organizations, NGOs, and the private sector as these skills are essential for every person because disasters can affect anybody globally.

Course Objectives

1. Help you understand the key concepts and principles of disaster management.
2. Help you understand the different types and classification of disasters.
3. Help you effectively address and manage Disaster Management cycle.
4. Help you understand Core Elements of Disaster Management: The 5 Sectors.
5. Help enhance the fundamentals of an Incident Command System (ICS).
6. Help you design and implement an Incident Command System (ICS) for Initial Action Incidents.
7. Help you design and implement an Incident Command System (ICS) for Expanding Incidents.

• Definition of key terms of Disaster Management
• Types and classification of disasters
• General impacts of Disasters
• Principles of Disaster Management
• Disaster Management cycle
• Core Elements of Disaster Management: The 5 Sectors

• Common Terminology
• Organization and Planning
• Managing an Incident
• Facility and Resource Management
• Information Sharing
• Transfer of Command
• Accountability

This module presents the Incident Command System (ICS) organization for single or initial action incidents. This module discusses the following topics:

• Leadership and management of initial action incidents
• Delegation of authority and using objectives to manage incidents
• Developing the appropriate ICS organization
• Briefings
• Incident Command System (ICS) tools

Module 4: Incident Command System (ICS) for Expanding Incidents

This module presents the Incident Command System (ICS) organization for expanding incidents. This module discusses the following topics:

• Unified Command
• Planning for incidents and events
• Resource management
• Demobilization, close-out, and transfer of command