ICS Overview Leadership and Management:

• Describe chain of command and formal communication relationships.
• Identify common leadership responsibilities.
• Describe span of control and modular development.
• Describe the use of position titles.
• Delegation of Authority and Management by Objectives
• Describe scope of authority.
• Describe delegation of authority process.
• Describe and explain management by objectives.

Functional Areas and Positions

• Identify the ICS tools to manage an incident.

Demonstrate the function of organizational positions within ICS.

• Briefings
• Give an Operational Briefing.
• Describe components of field, staff and section briefings/meetings.

Organizational Flexibility

• Explain how the modular organization expands and contracts.
• Given a scenario, complete a complexity analysis.
• Define the five types of incidents.
• Describe the importance of preparedness plans and agreements.

Transfer of Command

• List the essential elements of information involved in transfer of command
• Describe the process of a transfer of command.