The ICS stands for Incident Command System

The Incident Command System takes care of the aftermath of natural disasters and even more. They have to make an intricate plan as to how they are going to fix the problem that other citizens are in.

The Incident Commander oversees all that is going on in the system; everyone gives a status update to that person. There are three other officers right below the Incident Commander and they are the, Public Info, Liaison, and the safety officers. They all take care of different subjects in the organization. The Public Info Officer contacts the public media to let all of the citizens know a status update on what is going on for fixing whatever incident that happened. The Liaison Officer contacts other organizations that might give other means of help for the incident. Finally, the Safety Officer. Well you can probably guess what they do. The Safety Officer takes care of all the safety conditions there are in the certain incident that they are trying to fix.

That is not the only segment to the ICS. There are four other sections to this system. The names are Operations, Planning, Logistics, and lastly, the Finance/Admin section. Again, each section takes care of different areas of fixing a certain incident. The planning section thinks of the most efficient plan to solve the incident, while the Operations section carry’s out the plan into action. The logistics section takes care of any predicaments that are going on throughout the incident. The Finance/Admin section takes care of the costs and reimbursements. They have to pay for the citizens who become injured or sick from the incident.

So, that is what the Incident Command System is all about! As you can tell each section of the system is very important because if you don’t have the Planning section, how is the Operations Section supposed to carry out the plan that they don’t have?! Even in your own home you need the family that you live with to all work together in “the plan” to have a cool, calm environment without massive problems getting in the way of you being a family. Same in the ICS everyone at home has jobs to do so they all can work together on getting certain things done.