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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
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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
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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:
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How to Identify, Measure, and
Control Terrorist's Threats in Door County.
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How to report suspicious activity
to the proper authorities.
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What to do when you're the first
person at the scene of an accident, medical
emergency, natural disaster, or terrorist attack.
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How to use the Incident Command
System (ICS).
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How to establish an "Emergency
Operations Center (EOC)".
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How to set up and manage a
"Staging" Area.
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How to assist Emergency Medical
Technicians (EMTs) at the scene.
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How to assist Fire Fighters at
the scene.
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How to assist Law Enforcement at
the scene.
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How to assist the Coast Guard at
the scene.
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How to assist the National Guard
at the scene.
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How to prepare a landing area for
helicopters.
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How to evacuate a building during
a fire or bomb threat.
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How to assist in house-in-place
or evacuate a township.
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How to handle anthrax scares
within and outside of a building.
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How to conduct a search for a
mission child or adult.
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How to respond to a violent act
at work, at school, at church, or while attending a
community festival or sporting event.
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How to extricate a target from a
building, during a parade, or from an auditorium.
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How to locate, lockdown, and link
extortion targets to the EOC.
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How to handle a hostage
negotiation.
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How to handle the media during
and after a life threatening crisis.
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How to prepare for an event such
as a parade or the arrival of a high visibility
terrorist targets.
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How to handle a sniper attack.
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How to prepare for an advancing
wildfire.
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How to prepare for, survive, and
recover from a tornado.
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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.
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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.
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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) |
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Incident Commander |
Post
Commander (Reports to
County Veteran Service Officer (CVSO) - Scot
McFarland |
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Safety |
The Post Surgon is usually
the Safety Officer
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Information |
Typically
the Post Information Officer handles this office. |
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Liaison |
Usually the Post AG
(because he can answer legal questions relative to use
and authorization of post assets.)
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Operations Chief |
Usually the
Sr. Vice because he needs to be empowered to act
with authority. |
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Planning Chief |
Usually the
Junior Vice because he need to be empowered to
act with authority relative to post property.
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Logistics Chief |
Usually the
Chaplain or Sgt. at Arms because they know most
about each member. |
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Finance Chief |
Usually pick the Quartermaster because
he knows most about Post finances and record keeping. |
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Staging Area Managers: |
Veterans and their posts focus on five
primary missions: |
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Life Safety - Usually directed by the post
surgeon. |
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Communications - Usually directed by the post
information officer and involves radio operators and now
Internet savvy troops. |
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Security & Special Operations! Usually includes
SWATs, CIRTs, and those with special training, law
enforcement and intense combat experience. |
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Transportation & Evacuations -
Usually involves truck and tank drivers
and those with a transportation related MOS. |
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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.
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Liaisons: Designated
by Incident Commander |
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Emergency Government |
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