ICS 700 Lesson 5

They provide coordinated support to incident command and on-scene personnel.

They are used to manage on-scene, tactical-level response directly.

They only address minor incidents.

They operate independently without collaboration.

Jurisdictional authorities

Staffing

Weather conditions

Political considerations

Operations Coordination Section

Situational Awareness Section

Finance/Administration Coordination Section

Planning Coordination Section

Multiple jurisdictions involved in an incident

Routine daily operations

Threshold events described in an emergency operations plan

Significant impacts to the population are anticipated

To scale response to the incident

To deliver exact resources needed

To coordinate appropriately to the incident

To reduce the number of staff involved regardless of incident size

Coordinating support to incident command and on-scene personnel

Managing on-scene tactical-level response

Addressing imminent threats and hazards

Providing medical care to victims