Incident Command System (ICS) Training for Field-Level Supervisors and Staff (2016) / Chapter Skim
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181 1. You have been assigned to be the technical specialist because you have lived in the community for twenty years and been through several hurricanes and tropical storms.
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182 Scenario: Flooding State DOT in Unified Command The Mississippi River is swollen with spring melt from the snow and ice that has accumulated in communities along its length throughout the winter of 2015. Oakton is a town of 50,000 people on the western banks of the Mississippi River.
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183 Chief has been appointed Incident Commander and is working with city staff from law enforcement, the building department and the streets department to create a multi‐modal evacuation plan. He has asked State DOT to join the Unified Command, and they have asked a senior field superintendent from the Maintenance District for Oakton to represent the State DOT.
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184 Scenario: Bridge Collapse State DOT Assumes Incident Command It is November 15. Three days ago a deck truss bridge over the Old Muddy River collapsed at the end of rush hour when a truck with an oversize load ran into one of the steel beams, dislodging the gusset plate, which led to the structural failure.
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185 1. Where will you go to assume Incident Command?
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186 Instructor's Guide: Sandbox Method of Exercises Note the engineer's tape creating the "highway", the simulated accident with the little cars, the emergency vehicles in Staging, the student book with the scenario, and the Quick Start Card sets that are distributed to students to help them work through the scenario. The purpose of the Sandbox Method is to help students visualize the movement of personnel and equipment through a scenario as they practice their Incident Command System knowledge and terminology.
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187 approach, create a building foot print with a sheet of plain cardstock cut to relative scale to represent significant buildings, parking lots, parks and other aspects of the community. Label the cards, or draw symbols on them to identify the building or community element that the card represents.
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188 Sponsoring Agency Logo NCHRP 20-59(30) ICS for Field-Level Transportation Supervisors and Staff Sponsored by State DOT Discussion-Based Training Student Handouts
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189 Scenario: Wildland Fire DOT Joins ICS It is September 10 at 10:00 am. There is a wildland fire burning in Hilly County near the town of Foresthill off Yankee Jims Road.
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190 Scenario: Hurricane State DOT as a Technical Specialist in Operations Hurricane Lulu has developed from a tropical storm into a Category 2 hurricane as it passed over Cuba. Florida has been hit with 120 mile per hour winds and driving rain as the hurricane passed through, and the storm, which is over 500 miles in diameter, has already begun to cause storm surge, flooding and wind damage in your state.
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191 Scenario: Flooding State DOT in Unified Command The Mississippi River is swollen with spring melt from the snow and ice that has accumulated in communities along its length throughout the winter of 2015. Oakton is a town of 50,000 people on the western banks of the Mississippi River.
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