EMC018 ICS Divisions
To:   Emergency Communications Units - Information Bulletin
To:   Emergency Management Agencies via Internet and Radio
By:   Auxiliary Communications Service (ACS) of the
      California Governor's Office of Emergency Services

The best use of Geographical Divisions is to divide an area into
natural separations of terrain, geography and fuel, and where
resources can be effectively managed under span-of-control
guidelines. In the fire scenario of this series the Operations
Section Chief used geographical divisions in this way:

            Operations Chief
      ______________|_______________
      |             |               |
Staging Areas       |          Air Operations
         __________ |____________
        |           |            |
   Division A    Division B   Division C
    Town A         Town B        City 

At the fire the situation is coming under control. The towns have
been protected and the fires are out in those areas. Only the
threat to the City remains. The wind has reduced and the fire
break along the marsh should be more than enough to stop the
windblown embers from further igniting dry grasses and brush.
Cautiously, the end of the fire seems in sight.

Even though the fire is still not under control, the Planning
Section Chief setup the Demobilization unit, to develop the
Incident Demobilization Plan. It will include specific
demobilization instructions for all overhead and resources that
require demobilization. Many city and county agencies do not
require demobilization due to their local nature. Since
communicators are not in that category, the communications
section will be included in the demobilization.

The Planning Section Resources Unit makes certain that all
assigned personnel and resources have checked in at the incident,
along with maintaining current status on all resources, and a
master list of all resources.

The Logistics Section is comprised of two branches - service and
support. Under support are the Supply Unit, Facilities Unit and
Ground Support Unit. Under services are the Communications Unit,
Medical Unit and Food Unit.

Next bulletin: ICS Command Staff 

Visit ACS on the World Wide WEB at http://www.garlic.com/oes
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ACS c/o State OES, 2800 Meadowview Rd., Sacramento, CA. 95832
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