ICS (1)
ICS (1) : Incident Command System. A structured system of organizing for and managing emergency response and recovery. ICS has the combination of facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures, and communications operating within a common organizational structure with responsibility for the management of assigned resources to effectively accomplish stated objectives pertaining to an incident. ICS has five Essential Management Functions applicable to any emergency: command, operations, planning/intelligence, logistics and finance/administration. Other basic principles include: organizational flexibility - modular organization; organizational unity and hierarchy of command or management; action planning; management by objectives; common terminology; integrated communications; resources management; and span of control. Refer to Multi-agency Coordination (MAC) and Span-of-Control. Relates to Incident Management System (IMS, Looked it up elsewhere in the source), National Incident Management System (NIMS, Looked it up elsewhere in the source), Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS, Looked it up elsewhere in the source), and Hospital/Healthcare Emergency Incident Command System (HEICS, Looked it up elsewhere in the source)
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