EMC074 ICS Definitions 4/4
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

EMC074 - ICS Definitions 4/4  - For Release 4/7/97  
 
    Operations Coordination Center (OCC) - The primary facility
of Multiagency Coordination System.  It houses the staff and 
equipment necessary to perform the MACS functions.    
 
    Orthophoto Maps - Aerial photographs corrected to scale such
that geographic measurements may be taken directly from the 
prints.
 
    Out-of-service Resources - Resources assigned to an incident 
but unable to respond for mechanical, rest, or personnel reasons.
 
    Overhead Personnel - Personnel who are assigned to 
supervisory positions which includes the Incident Commander, 
Command Staff, General Staff, Directors, Supervisors and Unit 
Leaders.
 
    Patrol Unit - Any light, mobile unit having limited pumping
and water capacity.
 
    Planning Meeting - A meeting held as needed throughout the 
duration of an incident, to select specific strategies and tactics
for incident control operations and for service and support 
planning.
 
    Radio Cache - A cache may consist of a number of portable 
radios, a base station and in some cases a repeater stored in a 
predetermined location for dispatch to incidents.
 
    Reinforced Attack - Those resources requested in addition to 
the initial attack.
 
    Reporting Locations - Any one of six facilities/locations
where incident assigned resources may check-in.  The locations 
are the:
     Incident Command Post,
     Resources Unit,
     Base,
     Camp,
     Staging Area or
     Division Supervisor for direct line assignments.
(Check-in at one location only.)
 
    Rescue Medical - Any manned ground vehicle capable of 
providing emergency medical services.
 
    Resources - All personnel and major items of equipment 
available, or potentially available, for assignment to incident 
task on which status is maintained.

    RESTAT - An acronym for Resource Unit - a unit within the 
Planning Section.
 
    Section - That organization level having functional 
responsibility to primary segments of incident operations
such as:
     Operations
     Planning
     Logistics
     and Finance
 
  The Section level is organizationally between the Branch and 
the Incident Commander.
 
    SITSTAT - An acronym for the Situation Unit - a unit within 
the Planning Section. 
 
    Span-of-Control - The supervisory ratio of from three to
seven individuals with five being established as the general
rule of thumb.
 
    Staging Area - Specified location where incident personnel 
and equipment are assigned on a three (3) minute available status.
 
    Strike Team - Specified combinations of the same kind and 
type of resources, with common communications and a leader.
 
    Task Force - A group of resources with common communications 
and a leader temporarily assembled for a specific mission.
 
    Technical Specialist - Personnel with special skills who are
activated only when needed.  Technical specialist may be needed
in the areas of:
     fire behavior,
     water resources,
     environmental concerns,
     resource use and
     training areas.
 
    Tractor Plow - Any tracted vehicle with a plow for exposing
mineral soil, with transportation and personnel for its operation.
 
    Unified Command - A method for all agencies or individuals
who have jurisdictional responsibility, and in some cases, those
who have functional responsibility at the incident, to contribute
to:
     Determining overall objectives for the incident.
     Selection of the strategy to achieve the objectives.
 
    Unit - That organization element having functional 
responsibility for a specific incident planning, logistic, or 
finance activity. 
 
    Water Tender - Any ground vehicle capable of transporting 
specified quantities of water.
 
                            (End of Terminology)

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