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1
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NFPA 1561

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Standard on Emergency Services Incident Management Systems was issued in 1990

2
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Most fire departments tactical and task activities

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fall under the Operations section within the ICS

3
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The overall direction and goals are set at

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the strategic level.

4
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Tactical Level

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objectives define the actions that are necessary to achieve the strategic goal.

5
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Tactical assignments are usually defined

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by a geographical area

6
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Task-Level

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assignments are the actions required to achieve the tactical objectives. This is where the physical work is accomplished.

7
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Command Staff

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The safety officer, liaison officer, and PIO

8
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Operations Section

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responsible for the management of all actions that are directly related to controlling the incident

9
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Planning Section

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is responsible for the collection, evaluation, dissemination and use of information relevant to the incident, also responsible for developing and updating the IAP

10
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Division

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represents a geographical operations, such as one floor or one side of the building

11
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Group

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represents a functional operation, such as ventilation

12
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Unit

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is a generic term that can be applied to either a geographical or functional component

13
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Division are most often used

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during routine fire department emergency operations

14
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The unit is

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the smallest organization element within the incident management system.

15
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Effective communications among

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Divisions and groups is critical during emergency operations

16
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A branch

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is a supervisory level established in either the operations or logistics function to provide an appropriate span of control.

17
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Task force

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includes two to five single resources that are assembled to accomplish a specific task

18
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Task force leader

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task forces operates under their supervision, is one of the company level officers

19
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Strike team

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consists of five units of the same type with an assigned Leader

20
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Strike team leader

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Team operates under their supervision, is a command officer