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1996-97 EMCOMM Bulletins

TO: Emergency Communications Units - Information Bulletin
TO: Emergency Management Agencies via Internet and Radio
FROM: Auxiliary Communications Service (ACS) of the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services 

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EMC074 - ICS Terms & Definitions - 4/4

4/7/1997

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Continued from EMC073
Operations Coordination Center (OCC)
The primary facility of Multiagency Coordination System. It houses the staff and equipment necessary to perform the MACS functions.
Orthophoto Maps
Aerial photographs corrected to scale such that geographic measurements may be taken directly from the prints.
Out-of-service Resources
Resources assigned to an incident but unable to respond for mechanical, rest, or personnel reasons.
Overhead Personnel
Personnel who are assigned to supervisory positions which includes the Incident Commander, Command Staff, General Staff, Directors, Supervisors and Unit Leaders.
Patrol Unit
Any light, mobile unit having limited pumping and water capacity.
Planning Meeting
A meeting held as needed throughout the duration of an incident, to select specific strategies and tactics for incident control operations and for service and support planning.
Radio Cache
A cache may consist of a number of portable radios, a base station and in some cases a repeater stored in a predetermined location for dispatch to incidents.
Reinforced Attack
Those resources requested in addition to the initial attack.
Reporting Locations
Any one of six facilities/locations where incident assigned resources may check-in. The locations are the:
  • Incident Command Post,
  • Resources Unit,
  • Base,
  • Camp,
  • Staging Area or
  • Division Supervisor for direct line assignments.
    (Check-in at one location only.)
Rescue Medical
Any manned ground vehicle capable of providing emergency medical services.
Resources
All personnel and major items of equipment available, or potentially available, for assignment to incident task on which status is maintained.
RESTAT
An acronym for Resource Unit - a unit within the Planning Section.
Section
That organization level having functional responsibility to primary segments of incident operations such as:
  • Operations
  • Planning
  • Logistics
  • and Finance
    The Section level is organizationally between the Branch and the Incident Commander.
SITSTAT
An acronym for the Situation Unit - a unit within the Planning Section.
Span-of-Control
The supervisory ratio of from three to seven individuals with five being established as the general rule of thumb.
Staging Area
Specified location where incident personnel and equipment are assigned on a three (3) minute available status.
Strike Team
Specified combinations of the same kind and type of resources, with common communications and a leader.
Task Force
A group of resources with common communications and a leader temporarily assembled for a specific mission.
Technical Specialist
Personnel with special skills who are activated only when needed. Technical specialist may be needed in the areas of: fire behavior, water resources, environmental concerns, resource use and training areas.
Tractor Plow
Any tracted vehicle with a plow for exposing mineral soil, with transportation and personnel for its operation.
Unified Command
A method for all agencies or individuals who have jurisdictional responsibility, and in some cases, those who have functional responsibility at the incident, to contribute to: Determining overall objectives for the incident. Selection of the strategy to achieve the objectives.
Unit
That organization element having functional responsibility for a specific incident planning, logistic, or finance activity.
Water Tender
Any ground vehicle capable of transporting specified quantities of water.
(End of Terminology)
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