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The planning section comprises four primary units

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Resources
Situation
Documentation
Demobilization

Also includes the concept of technical specialists

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Official responsibilities of the planning section are to collect, evaluate, and disseminate incident situation information and intelligence through the following

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Develop and document the IAP
Maintain the status of resources
Prepare status reports
Display situation information

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In unified command, the planning section becomes

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Unified planning, with two or more planners from different agencies or jurisdictions coordinated

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In UC, The planning section chief typically comes from

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The jurisdiction with primary incident responsibilities. They may have one or more deputies.

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The planning section can be comprised of these 5 units

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Resources unit
Situation unit
Documentation unit
Demobilization unit
Technical specialists

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The resources unit consists of

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Personnel, teams, facilities, supplies, and major items of equipment available for assignment

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In order for the resources unit to function effectively, each resource must be categorized by

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Each resource must be categorized by capability and capacity across disciplines. This includes the status condition of:
Assigned resources
Available resources
Out of service resources

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The purpose of the situation unit is to

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Collect, process, and organize ongoing situation information
Prepare situation summaries
Develop projections and forecast of future events related to the incident
Additionally, the situation unit prepares maps and gathers and disseminate information in intelligence

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Under the planning section, the documentation unit:

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Maintains accurate and complete incident files,
provide duplication services,
files, maintains, and stores incident files for any purpose

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In the ICS, technical specialists can be used anywhere. They are critical to the planning section because.

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Technical specialist contribute specialized skills in many areas including:
environmental, medical, engineering, toxicology, and radiation, legal council, and many more

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The technical unit in the planning section is usually established because

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Their expertise may be required on a long-term basis and require several personnel.
Short term technical specialist may be assigned to the situation unit

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The planning process should describe

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Incident situation and resource status
Predictions of probable course of events
Alternative strategies for incident objectives
A realistic IAP for the next operational period.

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The IAP must provide clear strategic direction and include comprehensive listing of

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Tactical objectives
Resources
Reserves
Support required to accomplish the strategic incident objective,

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The NIMS approved five phases of the planning process are

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Understand the situation
Established incident objectives and strategy
Develop the plan
Prepare and disseminate the plan
Evaluate and revise the plan

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The difference between a routine response and a disaster or high impact event is often an issue of

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Logistics

A disaster is a logistic scarce environment. Supply and equipment requirements exceed normal capacity.

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The logistics section is responsible for all support requirements, including

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Ordering resources, providing facilities, transportation supplies, equipment, maintenance and fuel, food services, communications and information technology support, and EMS medical services

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The logistics section is led by

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The section chief, who may also have a deputy specifically when units are established

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Logistics section units will include

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Support and service branches to maintain span of control

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Unified logistics is implemented by

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Assigning two or more logistics section chiefs from different agencies or jurisdiction

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In the logistics section, the support branch can be made up of these 3 units

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Supply unit
Facilities unit
Ground support unit

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The supply unit under the Support branch is responsible for resources which include

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Personnel, supplies, and equipment

Tactical resources, support resources, personnel, resource resources

Expendable supplies, and non-expendable supplies 

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The facilities unit under the Support branch establishes, maintains, and demobilize facilities.
This includes.

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The EOC, area command, command posts, incident base, camps, trailers, other shelters

Necessary personal support facilities including: food and water, sleeping, sanitation, and showers, staging

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The sheltering is normally conducted by NGO’s such as the American Red Cross.

Sheltering of victims during a large scale disaster, should be moved from logistics to

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To the operation section, when managing thousands of displaced people

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The role of the ground support unit under the Support branch is to primarily:

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Maintains and repairs tactical equipment, vehicles, mobile ground support equipment, supplies fuel, provides transportation, and develops the incident traffic plan.
Also maintains a transportation pool.

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The service branch under the logistics section consists of 3 units
Communications unit Food unit Medical unit
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The communications unit under the service branch is responsible for
Coordinating communications with dispatch centers,DOCs, EOC Establishing all communications, including Radio net Radio frequencies telephones PA equipment and other nets
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Tactical nets typically support
Agencies, departments, geographical areas, or functional units
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Support net may be established to handle
Communicating changes in resource status, logistical request, or coordinating between supply units and resource units in the planning section
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Communications failure protocol is a
The failure protocol is a plan and operational procedure to identify major communications networks and backup systems in case of infrastructure failure
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The food unit under the service branch of logistics is responsible for
Food and water requirements for incident personnel, including food, security, and safety Feeding a victims is normally conducted by an appropriate NGO such as the Red Cross
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The medical unit under the Services branch of logistics is responsible for
Developing the incident medical plan for incident personnel Providing medical services for incident personnel Providing transport for injured personnel Assisting in medical care processing documentation for incident personnel
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Push and pull logistics refer to
In a push log logistics system, agencies carry their own equipment and supplies to emergency incidents. Pull logistics is for disasters or high impact events when resources must be ordered from outside the local support agencies areas
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Pull logistics rely on planning, including the following sources
Mutual Aid Contracting with private contractors and businesses Donations, including managing, allocation, storage, tracking, and distribution
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What area of the ICS manages volunteers and donations
The EOC coordinates all volunteers and donations, including sorting, storage, inspection, distribution, and categorizing equipment and supplies 
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Volunteer processing includes credentialing, logging, and Support. Which unit is best suited for volunteer processing
The resources unit coordinated with the logistics section
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The logistic section is located where in the ICS
Logistics section is attached in a fully activated EOC with branches and units as needed
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The purpose of the finance/administration section is to manage
All activities related to cost summaries and contracts for supplies and services as well as reimbursement issues at all levels of government
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If an incident does not require a separate finance/administration section, the service may be provided by
A technical specialist in the planning section. A procurement unit is needed to facilitate vendor contracts.
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The subordinate units of the finance/administration section include
The time unit The procurement unit The compensation/claims unit The cost unit
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The time unit in the F/A section is responsible for
Personnel time records for each operational period. Records regarding equipment usage time To establish staff supply, and maintain a commissary at incident sites
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The **procurement unit** administers all financial matters pertaining to vendor contracts, including
The financial matters of Identifying sources of equipment, equipment rental agreements, administrating equipment rental and supply contracts
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The compensation/claims unit is responsible for two primary areas
1st- Injury, compensation and claims related to incident activities, other than injuries. This includes all forms required by Worker’s Comp.. Coordination between the medical unit and compensation/claims unit is essential 2nd- to coordinate investigations of all civil tort claims involving property associated with the incident
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The cost unit is responsible for collecting, analyzing, and reporting all costs related to the incident
The cost unit must maintain accurate information on the actual cost of assigned resources, including personnel and maintaining records for incident related expenses
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The primary goal of the intelligence/investigations function is to support
Support decision-making by reducing uncertainty about a hostile environment or situation to an acceptable level
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The intelligence/investigation function can be organized in different ways in the ICS, including
* Within the command staff * Within the planning section as a unit * As a branch within the operation section * As a separate general staff section for large volume of classified or highly sensitive intelligence
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Types of security functions include
Information security INFOSEC Operational security OPSEC
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The intelligence/investigations function in ICS is typically assigned to the ? section
Typically assigned to the planning section This would be a unit in the planning section.
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A system of facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures, and communications integrated into a common system that is responsible for coordinating and supporting domestic incident management activities
A multiagency coordination system MACS
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A MACS is usually located in an EOC, and primarily functions as
Logistics, planning, finance/administration are the foundation. MACS supports incident management policies and priorities; facilitates logistic support and resource tracking; facilitates resource allocation decisions; coordinates incident information; and coordinates interagency and intergovernmental issues regarding policies, priorities, and strategies. No strategic or tactical functions
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The primary function of the MACS is to
Coordinate activities above the field level, and prioritize incident demands for critical or competing resources
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At its basic level, a MACS is a combination of
ICS logistics, planning, and finance administration functions, usually located in an EOC
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Multi agency coordination entities typically consist of principles or their designees from organizations and agencies with direct incident management responsibility. Sometimes referred to as.
Crisis action teams, policy committees, incident management groups, executive teams, or other similar terms
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Principal functions and responsibilities of multi agency coordination (MACs) entities include
Establishing priorities among incidents or area commands Acquiring or allocating resources Anticipating in identifying future resource requirements Coordinating and resolving policy issues Providing strategic coordination
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A MACS includes a combination of
Facilities - EOC Equipment - Data and communications Personnel - agency administrators or executives Procedures - processes, protocols, agreement
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The two most commonly used elements ofMACS are
EOC MAC Group
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The EOC represents a
Physical location at which the coordination of information and resources to support incident management activities normally takes place A regional or local incident support center
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EOCs should include the following support functions
Coordination, communications, resource dispatch and tracking, information collection, analysis, and dissemination
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An EOC is often advised by a policy group that supports the EOC command. The EOC is usually commanded by a
Director of emergency management. The policy staff consists of chief executives and elected local officials A legal advisor is recommended for the policy group
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Most of the information that flows through an EOC deals with
* Resource request * resource tracking * resource allocation * demobilization
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The EOC is an effective location for the common operational picture (COP). This is a.
Broad-based view of critical information from multiple sources. A function of the ICS planning section May be displayed on large wall, mounted computer screens
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A multiagency committee, or a MAC Group is also also known as a
Also known as an emergency management committee, typically formed by agency administrators/executives who are authorized to represent or commit agency resources, and funds.
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A MAC Group does not have
Any direct incident involvement, and will often be located some distance from the incident site.
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A primary function of MACS is to
Coordinate, support, and assist with policy level decisions, and agency activities, relevant to incident, management, activities, policies, priorities, and strategies
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The purpose of an area command is to
Oversee the management of multiple incidents managed by a separate ICS organization, or to manage a very large complex incident with multiple incident management teams IMTs These are usually the kinds of incidents that may compete for the same resources
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A unified area command is used when
Incidents under the authority of the area command span multiple jurisdiction.
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Area command oversees the management of incidents in the
Incident in the operation section only. The MACS supports the area command
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Area command consist of these individuals? 
An area commander 2 assistant area commanders of planning and logistics Possibly area command support positions
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The area command does not have direct
Direct operational responsibilities. Area command, set priorities, allocate resources, ensure incidents are properly managed, identifies critical resource needs, provide for personnel accountability
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The area Commander is responsible for the overall direction of
The incident management teams (IMTs) assigned to the same incident or two incidents in close proximity. Ensuring that conflicts are resolved, incident objectives are established, strategies are selected for the use of critical resources
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Area command support positions are activated as necessary and can include:
The resource unit leader The situation unit leader The public information officer The liaison officer And aviation coordinator These are direct reports to the area commander
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Command should be established in close proximity to
The incident under its authority, so area commander, and the incident commanders can meet or interact. It’s not best to co-locate an area command with an individual ICP
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A unified area command should be established when
One or more incidents within the area command are multijurisdictional
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A DOCS is defined as
An agency specific center that coordinates with the EOC operations section
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The difference between a MAC Group and a MACS
A MAC Group is a committee managing incident related decision support information A MACS is a system: A combination of facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures, and communication integrated into a common system for incident coordination, and support usually located at an EOC
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A policy group is typically comprised of
Elected officials and senior executives who give policy advice to the EOC command

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