Background on Incident Command System
- Introduction, Definition, ICS history, Types of incidents,
- Five functions of ICS and ICS features
Incident Command System-ICS
- Common responsibilities for all incident personnel
- Unified command system (UCS)
- Preparedness and emergency action plan
- Incident facilities
- ICS organizational components
- Incident command system ICS structure
- On scene incident commander
- Who is the on-scene commander?
- On-scene commander responsibilities
- EMS command: Triage officer, staging officer, Treatment officer, Transport officer, Support officer
- Joint information center (JIC)
- Joint operations center (JOC): Develop operational plan implement operational plan, and manage post
- Incident operations
- Conduct of an Assessment of Incident
HAZWOPER & HAZMAT Incidents
- Definition of HazMat, Identifying hazardous materials
- Major incidents, Safety measures
- Methods of informal & formal product identification
- NFPA placard, Classification of HazMat
- Material safety data sheets (MSDS)
- PPE-clothing and equipment
- Health hazards, Exposure, Hazardous material response
- Do’s & Don’ts while handling HazMat
Emergency Response & Hazardous Materials Spills
- Potentially hazardous spills, Preventing spills
- Examples of materials with a high level of acute toxicity
- Flammability hazards, Caustic chemical hazards
- Spill response: Chemical spill response, biological
- Spill response and radioactive spill response
Establish Control & Command on the Scene of Incident
- Approaching the scene, Control of the scene
- Identify the hazards, decide on site entry
- Safety zones at a hazmat incident
- Check in list (Example), Initial incident briefing
- Decontamination of work zones, Incident
- Recordkeeping, Incident demobilization, documentation : Incident procedure documents, instruction to use Hazmat, Conclusion, discussion, Investigation form References