Incident Command System (ICS) Training for Field-Level Supervisors and Staff (2016) / Chapter Skim
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6 Matchbox-type cars can be bought in sets from internet resources that include construction equipment, cones and signage. Emergency responder vehicles and passenger cars also come in sets.
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7 CHAPTER 2: COURSE DEVELOPMENT AND PILOT PROGRAMS NCHRP 20-59 (30) Incident Command System (ICS)
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8 BACKGROUND In 2013 the Transportation Research Board undertook NCHRP Synthesis 20-05/Topic 44-12, Interactive Training for All-Hazards Emergency Planning, Preparation, and Response for Maintenance and Operations Field Personnel, to discover what kinds of Incident Command System (ICS) training were being offered for State Department of Transportation (State DOT)
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9 from the front office to the front lines" in NCHRP Synthesis 468 (p.
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10 When State DOT personnel are in the field they need to be able to assert their roles in ICS to personnel in other professions who may not understand transportation personnel as emergency response providers, but only view them as ancillary "logistics" providers. As Caltrans' poster asserts, "No roads, no codes," meaning that without passable and safe highways the other emergency response providers cannot reach the victims or areas of need, so collaboration among highway patrol and State DOT personnel is essential to manage traffic and road operations, while collaboration with fire and EMS personnel is required to meet the life safety needs of the traveling public.
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11 long periods of time, and to sitting during the workday, the course was designed to take less than 1 hour to deliver the basic ICS refreshers (Module 1a) , and less than one hour to review the ICS position roles (Module 1b)
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