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Assess present situation & identify contingencies Implements the Incident Action Plan (IAP) Order, obtain, maintain, distribute, & account for
Maintains resources Directs & coordinates all incident essential personnel, equipment & supplies, beyond
Maintains & displays situation status tactical operations those immediately accessible to operations
Prepares the Incident Action Plan Typically one of the first to be assigned Provide telecommunications/IT services &
Develops alternative strategies to the incident equipment
Provides documentation services Has the most incident resources readily available Set up food services & accommodation
Prepares the Demobilization Plan Organizes, assigns, & supervises all resources Set up & maintaining incident facilities
Prepares situation assessment assigned to an incident Provide support transportation
Provides a primary location for assigned specialists Mass vaccination/post exposure prophylaxis Facilities procurement and security
Collects, evaluates, disseminates incident Reception centre/mass care Human resources, including volunteers
information Case management/contact tracing Miscellaneous supplies
Manages the planning process including the Epidemiology/surveillance
development of the IAP. Environmental inspection & sampling
Staffing & resource deployment Psychosocial intervention
Documentation Crowd/traffic control
Demobilization & recovery

OPERATIONS SECTION LOGISTICS SECTION

PLANNING SECTION
Resource Branch Branch SERVICE BRANCH SUPPORT BRANCH
Unit
Division(s) Telecommunications Supply Unit
Groups(s)
Situation Unit Unit
Sector(s) Facilities Unit
Task Force(s)
Demobilization Medical Unit
Task Force(s) Ground Support Unit
Unit
Strike Team(s)
Strike Team(s) Food Unit
Documentation Unit
Single Specialists, staff,
Single volunteers
Technical Specialists Resource(s)
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Responsible for the development & release of measures and advise COMMAND
Tasked with creating systems & procedures for the supporting the incident response
emergency information to the public & the media Gather information about the organizations involved
regarding an incident overall health & safety of all employees
Works closely with OPERATIONS to ensure Serve as coordinator for organizations not
Advise COMMAND about media & public represented in Incident Operations Centre
emergency information responders are as safe as possible; wear
appropriate safety equipment & implement the Provide briefings to organization representatives
Ensure people who want or need information about Maintain a list of supporting & assisting cooperating
the incident can get it safest operational options
Conduct risk analysis, through the planning process organizations & keep them updated as the incident
Consult with COMMAND & PLANNING regarding evolves
any restraints on the release of information Assisting in the writing & review of the Incident
Action Plan (IAP) Support COMMAND in all requests
Obtain emergency information from the
community/media & forwards to PLANNING & Alter, suspend or terminate activities that are
COMMAND deemed hazardous for responders
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IMS structure Tracking timesheets for incident personnel

Consists of the person with responsibility for the
managing the responses to an incident
Ensure the safety of all responders
Assess & reassess the situation
INCIDENT
& equipment
Contract negotiation & monitoring, reimbursing
expenses (individual & organization/department)
Making cost estimates for alternative strategies

MANAGEMENT
Provides a primary location for specialists assigned Monitoring sources of funding
to an incident from other levels of response. Tracking & reporting of the financial usage rate
Determine goals, strategies, objectives & priorities Claims/compensation, costing
appropriate to the level of response Procurement/Contracts initiated in an emergency

SYSTEM
Establish appropriate command structure using IMS Provides the financial & cost analysis support
Coordinate all incident management activities
Directs all personnel in the EOC & authorizes the
Incident Action Plan (IAP)
FINANCE/ ADMINISTRATION
COMMAND

Procurement Unit
Planning Section Emergency Information
thinkers Officer Time Unit

Safety Officer
Operations Section Cost Unit
doers

Liaison Officer Compensation Claims Unit

Logistics Section
getters

Finance/Administration
Section
payers

CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES *These Lists of responsibilities are not intended to be an exhaustive list for all situations, rather, a reminder of
major tasks that should be accomplished. These organizational charts are samples that illustrate one possible
way a function could be structured. IMS Doctrine can be found at www.ontario.ca/ims
Interoperability
Inter-organizational collaboration
Management by objectives
Modular and scalable organization For more information on
IMS is a standardized approach to emergency
Emergency Preparedness visit:
Standardization and standard terminology management, encompassing personnel, facilities,
www.healthunit.com/emergency
Applicability equipment, procedures, and communications
Integrated communications operating within a common organizational
Consolidated Incident Action Plan structure
Unity of Command
Designated incident facilities Its a way of creating some order out of chaos by
Span of control Emergency Preparedness Ext. 2371 using a standardized tool and framework
Accountability
Comprehensive resource management
Information management
Sustainability
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