EMC072 ICS DEFINITIONS 2/4
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

EMC072 -ICS DEFINITIONS 2/4  - For Release  3/24/97  
 
    Command - The act of directing, ordering and/or 
controlling resources by virtue of explicit legal, agency,
or delegated authority.
 
    Command Staff - The Command Staff consist of the:
     Information Officer,
     Safety Officer and
     Liaison Officer
     each of whom report to the Incident Commander.
 
    Comm. Unit - (Communications Unit)  A vehicle (trailer or
mobile van) used to provide the major part of an Incident 
Communications Center.
 
    Company - Any piece of equipment having a full compliment of
personnel.
 
    Cooperating Agency - An agency supplying assistance other 
than direct suppression, rescue, support or service functions to 
the incident control effort (e.g. Red Cross, a law enforcement 
agency, telephone company, etc...).
 
    Coordination - The process of systematically analyzing a
situation, developing relevant information, and informing 
appropriate command authority (for its decision) of viable 
alternatives for selection of the most effective combination of 
available resources to meet specific objectives.
 
    Crew Transport - Any vehicle capable of transporting 
personnel in specified numbers.
 
    Dispatch - The implementation of a command decision to move 
a resource or resources from one place to another
 
    Dispatch Center - A facility from which resources are 
directly assigned to an incident.
 
    Division - That organization level having responsibility for 
operations within a defined geographical area or with functional 
responsibility.  The level just below a branch.
 
    Dozer Company - Any dozer with a minimum complement of two 
persons.
   
    Engine - Any ground vehicle providing specified levels of 
pumping, water and hose capacity but with less than the specified 
level of personnel.

    Engine Company - Any ground vehicle providing specified 
levels of pumping, water, hose capacity and personnel.
 
    FIREMOD - A computer program which, with given information,
will predict an hourly rate of spread from a point.
 
    Flycrew - A hand crew of predetermined size transported to an 
incident via helicopter.
 
    Food Dispenser - Any vehicle capable of dispensing food to 
incident personnel.
 
    Fuel Tender - Any vehicle capable of supplying fuel to ground 
or airborne equipment. 
 
    General Staff - The group of incident management personnel 
comprised of the:
     Incident Commander,
     Operations Chief,
     Planning Chief,
     Logistics Chief and
     Finance Chief
 
    Group - A functional Division (e.g. Air Support, Salvage
Structure Protections, etc.).
 
    Hand Crew - Predetermined individuals that are supervised, 
organized, and trained principally for clearing brush as a fire 
suppression measure. 
 
    Heavy Equipment Transport - Any ground vehicle capable of 
transporting a dozer.
 
    Helibase - A location within the general incident area for 
parking, fueling, maintaining and loading helicopters.
 
    Helicopter Tender - A ground vehicle capable of supplying 
fuel and support equipment to helicopters.
 
    Helispot - A location where a helicopter can take off and 
land.
 
    Helitack - The initial attack phase of fire suppression using
helicopters and trained airborne teams to achieve immediate control
of windfires.
 
    Helitack Crew - A crew of three or more individuals who may
be assigned to operations or to support helicopter operations.

    Helitack Foreman - A firefighter Trained in the Tactical and
logistical use of helicopters for fire suppression.

Continues next week:

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