NativeAmerican Community Health Representatives CHR Emergency Preparedness Workshop

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Incident Command System Workshop Player Briefing
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Workshop Agenda
900 930 AM Participant Registration 930
1000 AM Player Briefing 1000 1200
PM Workshop Exercise 1200 130 PM Lunch and
Debriefing
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Workshop Objectives

• Understand the role and responsibilities of
  Command and General Staff positions
• Demonstrate the use of an Incident Action Plan
  (IAP)
• Understand chain and unity of command
• Demonstrate the use of a system to gather and
  track incident related information

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ICS Workshop Description

• This workshop, although Incident Command Center
  (ICC) based, is not designed to test the
  participants knowledge of ICC Operations
• It is designed to practice Incident Command
  System (ICS) roles and improve understanding of
  ICS methods and procedures
• This workshop will be conducted as a functional
  exercise using a general scenario of Point of
  Distribution (POD) operations in response to an
  outbreak of pandemic influenza
• The key feature of this workshop will be the
  opportunity to receive hands-on, real-time
  instruction from Evaluators with ICS expertise

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Unified Command

• Incident Commander
• Responsible for all activities and functions
  until delegated and assigned to staff
• Public Information Officer
• Serves as the conduit for information internal
  and external stakeholders
• Liaison Officer
• Serves as the primary contact for supporting
  agencies assisting at the incident
• Safety Officer
• Monitoring and assessing hazardous and unsafe
  situations and developing measures for assuring
  personal safety

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Command General Staff

• Operations Section
• Conducts tactical operations to carry out the
  incident plan
• Planning Section
• Prepares and documents the Incident Action Plan
• Logistics Section
• Responsible for providing facilities, services,
  and materials for the incident response
• Finance Administration Section
• Responsible for all financial, administrative,
  and cost analysis aspects of the incident

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During Exercise Play

• When the workshop exercise begins
• Injects will be phoned into the ICC from the
  Simulation Cell (SIMCELL)
• Evaluators will be roaming the ICC to observe and
  analyze player actions
• Evaluators can stop exercise play to coach
  players or provide instruction to the group

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Tools

• You have been provided with the following tools
• ICS Tent Cards
• Resource Manual
• Maps
• Population and Resource Data
• Phone Numbers (Extensions to SIMCELL only)
• Policies and Procedures
• ICS Forms
• Evaluators

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Players

• ICC
• ICS Command and General Staff
• Evaluators
• ICC Lead Controller
• SIMCELL
• SIMCELL Lead Controller
• Subject Matter Experts

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Safety

• Because this workshop is being conducted in a
  fully functional ICC, real world emergencies take
  priority over workshop activities
• Real World Emergency will be the designated
  phrase that indicates there is an emergency
  requiring immediate action
• All workshop Controllers and Evaluators/Coaches
  will serve as safety observers during exercise
• Safety problems should be reported to the ICC
  Lead Controller
• All calls initiated as part of the workshop
  exercise must begin and end with the phrase
  This is an exercise
• Calls to outside agencies/personnel are not to be
  made by participants as part of exercise play
  (Only Use Extensions Provided)

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Housekeeping Items

• Cell Phones
• Restrooms
• Food
• Evaluation

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• Questions?

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Artificialities

• The following artificialities will detract from
  realism. Workshop planners, evaluators and
  participants accept these artificialities to
  accomplish the learning objectives. This ICS
  Workshop will not be played in real time. Some
  events may require time jumps or may be stopped
  by the ICS Workshop Evaluators to address
  learning objectives.
• The following is a list of introduced
  artificialities
• The geographical locations presented as part of
  workshop are ficticious
• Interagency operations during the workshop
  scenario have been purposefully limited to
  maximize participant learning
• Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) operations
  have been purposefully limited to maximize
  participant learning

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• Exercise Scenario