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Incident Command Basic Training 2009 

Mission Statement: Based on the incident type, scope, duration, response assets available, requests from the public sector, or urgency of the moment, veteran post commanders will request a private sector "unified" incident command, designate an appropriate EOC and Staging Areas, conduct an emergency response veteran' role-call, and prepare to stand mission-ready for a public sector request to deploy.
For the purposes of this tutorial the public sector includes but is not limited to: Door County Emergency Government and Homeland Security personnel, Local Fire Chiefs, Door County's Sheriff and City Police Chiefs, National Guard and Coast Guard Commanders, the Door County Board Chairman, Mayors, Town Chairmen, and Village Presidents. The "urgency of the moment" is at the discretion of each post commander.

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Our primary mission is to assist and support our "public sector" first responders. before, during, and after any natural disaster, terrorist attack, pandemic, or large scale community crisis.   Rich Woldt

 

For the purpose of this tutorial, public sector first responders refer to all employees and volunteers operating under the direction and control of any local "Fire Chief", our county Director of Emergency Government, our County Sheriff and City Police Chief, County Board  appointed Homeland Security personnel, our Coast Guard, and our National Guard.

This basic training tutorial will include:

  • How to Identify, Measure, and Control Terrorist's Threats in Door County.

  • How to report suspicious activity to the proper authorities.

  • What to do when you're the first person at the scene of an accident, medical emergency, natural disaster, or terrorist attack.

  • How to use the Incident Command System (ICS).

  • How to establish an "Emergency Operations Center (EOC)".

  • How to set up and manage a "Staging" Area.

  • How to assist Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) at the scene.

  • How to assist Fire Fighters at the scene.

  • How to assist Law Enforcement at the scene.

  • How to assist the Coast Guard at the scene.

  • How to assist the National Guard at the scene.

  • How to prepare a landing area for helicopters.

  • How to evacuate a building during a fire or bomb threat.

  • How to assist in house-in-place or evacuate a township.

  • How to handle anthrax scares within and outside of a building. 

  • How to conduct a search for a mission child or adult.

  • How to respond to a violent act at work, at school, at church, or while attending a community festival or sporting event.

  • How to extricate a target from a building, during a parade, or from an auditorium.

  • How to locate, lockdown, and link extortion targets to the EOC.

  • How to handle a hostage negotiation.

  • How to handle the media during and after a life threatening crisis.

  • How to prepare for an event such as a parade or the arrival of a high visibility terrorist targets. 

  • How to handle a sniper attack.

  • How to prepare for an advancing wildfire.

  • How to prepare for, survive, and recover from a tornado.

The Basic Incident Command System Organization Chart!

ATTENTION: Special Orders!  Remember... Responding too quickly or before you're requested or made mission ready can add to the confusion, interfere with public sector first responders, and increase the trauma of the moment.

 It is critically important for all veterans to remain in the staging areas until they have been briefed by their Safety Officer, , clear of public sector first responders until you're called to duty. Prior to deployment, post commanders will brief you on the current "unified" command, introduce you to your post Liaison Officer, discuss EOC operations, conduct a role-call of veterans by zip code, establish appropriate "staging" areas, identify the Liaison Officer at the Director of Emergency Government's EOC, and prepare to stand mission ready to respond under the direction and control of appropriate public sector authority. At no time will a veteran leave the staging area without being cleared for duty by our Post Surgeon, Post Chaplain, and Staging Area Manager. All deployments will be reported ASAP to the Door County EOC through their Liaison Officer.

 

There will be many times when a veteran will be first at the scene and he or she will take command and execute an appropriate "single" command first response. Whether or not a "unified" command is ordered, the veteran should complete an "incident report" to be made part of our post records. At a minimum your volunteer time will be documented and law enforcement will have access to your record of first response.

An important part of your basic training includes becoming familiar with and skilled at using the internet to report community service rendered, duties performed, as well as suspicious activity in your community. A unified command will always be established at the request of our public sector based on the scope and duration of the incident or crisis.

Terms all veterans should understand include:

  • Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) = Similar to a Special Weapons Action Team (SWAT) or Special Operations Team (SOP).  The "C" in CIRT can also stand for "Community" or "Chapter" or "Christian" or Company.

  • Multi-Agency Coordination Team (MAC) = Prior to a large scale community event such as during the X-Games in Aspen Colorado, the public sector will establish a "MAC" to coordinate the many law enforcement agencies that will be in town during the event.

  • SWHLS Partnership = Southeast Wisconsin Homeland Security Partnership (SWHLSP) is the primary association in southeast Wisconsin driving the formation of public-to-private homeland security partnerships. They liaison with a number of similar associations through the Great Lakes. As an associate member of SWHLSP we share incident reports as well as liaison with them during any "unified" command response and recovery operation.

  • NIMS = The National Incident Management System helps set performance standards and define terms used during an emergency response or unified Incident Command System (ICS) operation.

  • ICS = The Incident Command and Control System in an emergency response management system now required to be taught and used by all US emergency government agencies, fire departments, law enforcement and Homeland Security personnel. Everything in this tutorial is based on the ICS. Principles include: There is always only one (1) Incident Commander per organization and, if at all possible, no one should have more than seven (7) to at most twelve (12) direct reports.

Click here to begin your Basic Training in Incident Command and Control!

 
The ICS is staffed at the discretion of Post Commanders.. TBD in the boxes below mean "To Be Determined" (Click on the color coded boxes below to reach an initial briefing for each ICS position)
 

Incident Commander

Post Commander (Reports to County Veteran Service Officer (CVSO) - Scot McFarland

Safety

  The Post Surgon is usually the Safety Officer      

Information

 Typically the Post Information Officer handles this office.

Liaison

  Usually the Post AG (because he can answer legal questions relative to use and authorization of post assets.)         

Operations Chief

Usually the Sr. Vice because he needs to be empowered to act with authority.

Planning Chief

Usually the Junior Vice because he need to be empowered to act with authority relative to post property. 

Logistics Chief

Usually the Chaplain or Sgt. at Arms because they know most about each member.

Finance Chief

Usually pick the Quartermaster because he knows most about Post finances and record keeping.
 

Staging Area Managers: 

Veterans and their posts focus on five primary missions:
  Life Safety - Usually directed by the post surgeon.
  Communications - Usually directed by the post information officer and involves radio operators and now Internet savvy troops.
  Security & Special Operations! Usually includes SWATs, CIRTs, and those with special training, law enforcement and intense combat experience.
  Transportation & Evacuations - Usually involves truck and tank drivers and those with a transportation related MOS.
  Recovery and  Reconstruction Usually includes all civil engineers, architects, carpenters, electricians, welders, plumbers, and anyone in the construction trades to include land developers and real estate agents.
 

Liaisons: Designated by Incident Commander

TBD

Law Enforcement

TBD

Fire Department

 

TBD

  Emergency Government

TBD

Trauma Mgmt

TBD

Fraud Investigator

TBD

SWAT & Hazmat Coordinator

TBD

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