Designers of the Incident Command System (ICS) recognized early that ICS must

Question

Question: Designers of the Incident Command System (ICS) recognized early that ICS must

• Meet the needs of incidents of any kind or size.
• Provide logistical and administrative support to ensure that operational staff can meet tactical objectives.
• Be cost effective by avoiding duplication of efforts.

What is else remaining?

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Options:

1. Compensate for incident response failures likely to result from a lack of resources.
2. Require that a minimum number of personnel be deployed to perform administrative and logistics functions.
3. Use certified emergency responders to serve as Incident Commanders and Section Chiefs.
4. Allow personnel from a variety of agencies to meld rapidly into a common management structure.

Answer 1

4. Allow personnel from a variety of agencies to meld rapidly into a common management structure.

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Context:

ICS is Designed to Do

Designers of the system recognized early that ICS must be interdisciplinary and organizationally flexible to meet the following management challenges:

• Meet the needs of incidents of any kind or size.
• Be usable for routine or planned events such as conferences, as well as large and complex emergency incidents.
• Allow personnel from a variety of agencies to meld rapidly into a common management structure.
• Provide logistical and administrative support to ensure that operational staff, such as entomologists or veterinarians, can meet tactical objectives.
• Be cost effective by avoiding duplication of efforts.