Module

Module 14
14
Major
Major Incident
Incident Management
Management
Subjects
Subjects covered
covered in
in this
this module
module include:
include:
 Problems in major and complex incident
incident
management

 Major incident management organizations

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 Module 14 Objectives:
1.
1. List
List the
the principal
principal factors
factors often
often found
found in,
in, or
or related
related to,
to,
major
major and/or
and/or complex
complex incidents.
incidents.

2.
2. List
List the
the expansion
expansion options
options for
for incident
incident organization,
organization,
and
and describe
describe the
the conditions
conditions under
under which
which they
they will
will be
be
applied.
applied.

3.
3. Demonstrate,
Demonstrate, through
through an
an exercise,
exercise, how
how to
to apply
apply the
the
various
various options
options related
related to
to major
major or
or complex
complex incident
incident
management.
management.

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 Characteristics
Characteristics of
of Major
Major Incidents
Incidents
 Involve
Involve more
more than
than one
one agency
agency (often
(often many)
many)
 May
May involve
involve more
more than
than one
one political
political jurisdiction.
jurisdiction.
 Have
Have the
the more
more complex
complex management
management and
and communication
communication
problems.
problems.
 Require
Require more
more experienced,
experienced, qualified
qualified supervisory
supervisory personnel.
personnel.
 Require
Require large
large numbers
numbers of
of tactical
tactical and
and support
support resources.
resources.
 Cause
Cause more
more injury,
injury, death,
death, illness.
illness.

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 Characteristics
Characteristics of
of Major
Major Incidents
Incidents
(cont.)
(cont.)
 Produce
Produce the
the most
most damage
damage to
to property
property and
and the
the environment.
environment.

 Have
Have extreme
extreme elements
elements of
of crisis/psychological
crisis/psychological trauma
trauma that
that diminishes
diminishes human
human capacity
capacity to
to function.
function.

 Are
Are longer
longer in
in duration.
duration.

 Are
Are the
the most
most costly
costly to
to control
control and
and mitigate.
mitigate.

 Require
Require extensive
extensive mitigation,
mitigation, recovery
recovery and
and rehabilitation.
rehabilitation.

 Have
Have greater
greater media
media interest.
interest.

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 Incidents
Incidents can
can become
become major
major
in
in two
two ways:
ways:

•They start as major incidents.

•They become major incidents.

There is virtually no location free from

from the potential of having a major or
complex incident.
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 Characteristics
Characteristics of
of Major
Major Incidents:
Incidents:
 All
All of
of the
the Command
Command andand General
General Staff
Staff positions
positions are
are
filled,
filled, aa large
large organization
organization is
is in
in place
place or
or is
is developing.
developing.

 Most
Most or
or all
all of
of the
the functional
functional organizational
organizational units
units within
within
sections
sections are
are needed.
needed.

 Divisions/groups
Divisions/groups are
are established
established to
to geographically
geographically
facilitate
facilitate making
making work
work assignments.
assignments.

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 Characteristics
Characteristics of
of Major
Major Incidents
Incidents
(cont.)
(cont.)
 The
The number
number of
of Divisions
Divisions may
may be
be such
such that
that Operations
Operations
Section
Section Branches
Branches are
are needed
needed to
to reduce
reduce span
span of
of control.
control.

 Multiple
Multiple operational
operational periods
periods are
are probably
probably required.
required.

 There
There will
will be
be aa transition
transition to
to aa more
more qualified
qualified Incident
Incident
Commander
Commander and and the
the most
most qualified
qualified personnel
personnel will
will be
be
used
used throughout
throughout the the organization.
organization.

 Other
Other agencies
agencies or
or jurisdictions
jurisdictions will
will be
be assisting.
assisting.

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 Characteristics
Characteristics of
of Major
Major Incidents
Incidents
(cont.)
(cont.)

 Written action plans will be required.

 Operations
Operations personnel
personnel may
may exceed
exceed several
several hundred
hundred
per operational period.
period.

 Costs associated with maintaining the

the incident are
high.

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 Factors
Factors in
in Determining
Determining Size
Size of
of ICS
ICS
Organization
Organization
 Administrative
Administrative and
and jurisdictional
jurisdictional complexity.
complexity.
 Geographical
Geographical area
area involved.
involved.
 Span
Span of
of control
control considerations.
considerations. This
This includes
includes span
span of
of control
control
in
in Operations
Operations as
as well
well as
as all
all other
other organizational
organizational elements.
elements.
 Functional
Functional specialties
specialties required.
required.
 Incident
Incident logistical,
logistical, planning,
planning, and
and other
other support
support needs.
needs.
 Potential
Potential for
for growth.
growth.

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 Command

Finance/
Finance/
Operations Planning Logistics
Administration
Administration

Branch

Division

Single Resources, Task Forces, Strike Teams

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 Example
Example Division
Division
(Wildland
(Wildland Fire
Fire Model)
Model)
3 Hand Crew Strike Teams 108
1 Bulldozer Strike Team 6
1 Engine Strike Team 16

Total Personnel 130

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 Large
Large Incident
Incident Management
Management ICS
ICS
Organizational
Organizational Options
Options
 Incident
Incident Complex
Complex -- Multiple
Multiple incident
incident management
management with
with
aa single
single ICS
ICS organization.
organization.

 Dividing
Dividing aa single
single incident
incident into
into two
two (or
(or more)
more) incidents
incidents

 Expanding
Expanding the
the ICS
ICS planning
planning capability
capability for
for incidents.
incidents.

 Expanding
Expanding the
the ICS
ICS organization
organization to
to accommodate
accommodate aa
second
second Operations
Operations or
or Logistics
Logistics Section.
Section.

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Three
Three Fires
Fires Managed
Managed as
as aa Complex
Complex

1
ICP 2
3

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 Examples
Examples for
for the
the Use
Use of
of an
an
Incident
Incident Complex
Complex
 An
An earthquake,
earthquake, tornado,
tornado, flood,
flood, etc.,
etc., situation
situation where
where
there
there are
are many
many separate
separate incidents
incidents occurring
occurring close
close
together.
together.

 Several
Several separate
separate fires
fires are
are burning
burning in
in close
close proximity
proximity
to
to one
one another.
another.

 One
One incident
incident is
is underway
underway with
with an
an ICS
ICS management
management
team
team assigned,
assigned, and
and other
other smaller
smaller incidents
incidents occur
occur in
in
the
the same
same proximity.
proximity.
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 Considerations
Considerations for
for the
the
Use
Use of
of aa Complex
Complex
 A
A complex
complex may
may be
be managed
managed under
under aa single
single or
or unified
unified command.
command.
 The
The incidents
incidents are
are close
close enough
enough to
to be
be managed
managed by
by the
the same
same
incident
incident management
management team.
team.
 Some
Some staff
staff and/or
and/or logistical
logistical support
support economies
economies could
could be
be
achieved
achieved through
through aa combined
combined management
management approach.
approach.

 The number of overall incidents within the jurisdiction requires

consolidations to conserve staff and reduce costs.

 Planning, Logistical, and Finance/Administration activities can be

adequately provided.
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Guideline in Establishing an
Incident Complex:
Establish
Establish each
each of
of the
the separate
separate
incidents
incidents within
within an
an Incident
Incident
Complex
Complex as
as branches
branches ofof aa
single
single incident.
incident.

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Dividing a Single Incident into
Two Incidents
County B

River
Flood

City
County A
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Divide into two incidents

 Steps in Dividing an Incident
 Reach a decision on how to divide the Incident.
Consider:
-Terrain and access considerations
-Locations of future resource and logistical support
-Jurisdictional/administrative boundaries
-Current Operations Section structure (branches,
divisions, etc.)

 Select Incident Commanders and the Command and

General Staff for each incident.

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 Steps in Dividing an Incident
(cont.)
 Designate supporting organization facilities, locations,
etc.

 Designate time for establishing two separate incidents

with individual names.

 Direct the two incident management organizations to

coordinate strategy and critical resources.

 An Area Command could normally be established.

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 Expanding the ICS
Planning Capability

Two ways:
 Branchtactical planning
 Advanced incident planning

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 Branch
Branch Level
Level Tactical
Tactical Planning
Planning

Conditions:
 Major
Major or
or complex
complex incident.
incident.

 Widely
Widely varied
varied objectives
objectives exist
exist

 Plan
Plan preparation
preparation and
and distribution
distribution can
can not
not be
be
done
done within
within available
available time.
time.

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 Branch
Branch Tactical
Tactical Planning
Planning
Provide the following:
 General
General incident
incident objectives
objectives
 Specific
Specific strategy
strategy forfor the
the branch
branch for
for the
the next
next operational
operational
period
period
 Branch
Branch resource
resource summary
summary forfor the
the next
next operational
operational period.
period.
 Weather
Weather andand safety
safety information
information asas appropriate.
appropriate.
 Any
Any changes
changes to to logistical
logistical support.
support.
 Personnel
Personnel to to support
support planning
planning asas required.
required.

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 Options
Options for
for Accomplishing
Accomplishing
Advance
Advance Incident
Incident Planning:
Planning:
 Assign
Assign aa Deputy
Deputy Planning
Planning Chief
Chief the
the advance
advance
planning
planning function.
function.

 Assign
Assign aa Technical
Technical Specialist(s)
Specialist(s) to
to perform
perform the
the
function.
function.

 Establish
Establish aa special
special unit
unit within
within the
the Planning
Planning Section
Section
to
to handle
handle advance
advance planning.
planning.

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Advanced
Advanced Planning
Planning Considerations
Considerations
at
at an
an Incident
Incident
 Overall
Overall goal
goal and
and incident
incident objectives
objectives
 Previous
Previous and
and present
present operational
operational period
period plan
plan adequacy
adequacy
 Future
Future agency
agency and
and mutual-aid
mutual-aid resource
resource availability
availability
 Strategy
Strategy assessment
assessment and
and alternatives
alternatives
 Environmental
Environmental factors
factors (terrain,
(terrain, weather,
weather, etc.)
etc.)
 Organizational
Organizational assessment
assessment andand alternatives
alternatives
 Political
Political issues
issues
 Economic
Economic issues
issues
 Long-term
Long-term recovery/rehabilitation
recovery/rehabilitation needs
needs

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 Example #1
X=Reported Incidents
X
North Operations
X
X X
X X X
River
X
X X

X X X
X X South Operations
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 Example #2
North Operations

River

Fire
Origin
South Operations
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 Incident
Commander

Command
Deputy IC Staff
Operations
(if required)

North South
Operations Operations

Planning Logistics Finance/

Administration

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 Major
Major Steps
Steps in
in Adding
Adding aa Second
Second
Operations
Operations Section
Section to
to an
an Existing
Existing ICS
ICS
Organization:
Organization:
 Ensure
Ensure Command
Command andand General
General Staff
Staff functions
functions can
can adequately
adequately
support
support the
the expansion.
expansion. This
This could
could require
require establishing
establishing aa
Deputy
Deputy Incident
Incident Commander
Commander for for Operations.
Operations.

 Ensure
Ensure that
that adequate
adequate incident
incident action
action planning
planning can
can be
be
accomplished.
accomplished.

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 Major
Major Steps
Steps in
in Adding
Adding aa Second
Second
Operations
Operations Section
Section to
to an
an Existing
Existing ICS
ICS
Organization:
Organization:
(cont.)
 Ensure
Ensure that
that Logistics,
Logistics, Facilities,
Facilities, and
and Communications
Communications are
are
adequate
adequate to
to support
support the
the additional
additional section.
section.

 Establish
Establish the
the second
second Operations
Operations Section
Section at
at the
the beginning
beginning of
of
an
an operational
operational period.
period.

 Ensure
Ensure that
that all
all incident
incident supervisory
supervisory personnel
personnel are
are aware
aware of
of the
the
expanded
expanded organization.
organization.

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 Example #2
North Logistics

River

South Logistics
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 Incident
Commander

Command
Staff

Deputy IC
Operations
(if required)
Operations Planning

North South Finance/

Operations Operations Administration

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 Major
Major Steps
Steps in
in Adding
Adding Another
Another
Logistics
Logistics Section
Section to
to an
an Existing
Existing ICS
ICS
Organization:
Organization:
 Ensure
Ensure Command
Command and
and General
General Staff
Staff functions
functions can
can
adequately
adequately support
support the
the expansion.
expansion. This
This may
may
require
require designating
designating aa Deputy
Deputy Incident
Incident Commander
Commander
for
for Logistics.
Logistics.

 Ensure
Ensure that
that adequate
adequate incident
incident action
action planning
planning can
can
be
be accomplished.
accomplished.

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 Major
Major Steps
Steps in
in Adding
Adding Another
Another
Logistics
Logistics Section
Section to
to an
an Existing
Existing ICS
ICS
Organization:
Organization:
(cont.)
 Establish
Establish the
the second
second Logistics
Logistics Section
Section at
at the
the
beginning
beginning of
of an
an operational
operational period.
period.

 Ensure
Ensure that
that all
all incident
incident supervisory
supervisory personnel
personnel are
are
aware
aware of
of the
the expanded
expanded organization.
organization.

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