Incident Command System

Terms in the ICS curriculum.

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Chief
Leader of Operations, Plans, Logistics and Finance/Admin.
Director
Supervisor of branch
Complex
Two or more individual incidents located in the same general area and assigned to a single IC or to UC.
Leader of a Division?
Supervisor
Section
Org. level with responsibility for major functional area of incident managment (i.e. Operations, Planning, Logistics, Finance/Admin and Intel/Investigations - if established). Organizationally situated between Branch and Incident Command.
Leader of a Group?
Supervisor
Manager
Individual within ICS organizational units that are assigned spcific managerial responsibilities (e.g. Staging Area Manager or Camp Manager)
Unit
Organizational element with functional responsibiltiy for a specific incident Planning, Logistics, or Finance/Admin activity.
Officer
ICS title for the personnel responsible for the Command Staff positions of Safety, Liason and Public Information.
Resources
Personnel and major items of equipment, supplies and facilities available or potentially available for assignment to incident operations and for which status is maintained. (Described by kind and type as well as status.) (Allocated Resources, Assigned Resources, Available Resources, Key Resources, Pre-positioned Resources and Single Resource.)
NRF
National Response Framework - guides how the U.S. conducts all-hazards response. Replaced the NRP (National Response Plan).