The HICS
HICS incident management team charts depict the hospital command functions that have been identified and represent how authority and responsibility are distributed within the incident management team.
The activities at the Hospital Command Center (HCC) are directed by the Incident Commander, who has overall responsibility for all activities within the HCC. The Incident Commander may appoint other Command Staff personnel to assist.
Many incidents that likely will occur involve injured or ill patients. The Operations Section will be responsible for managing the tactical objectives outlined by the Incident Commander. Branches of this section include: Department Level, Patient Care, Infrastructure, Business Continuity, Security, and HazMat.
The Planning Section will “collect, evaluate, and disseminate incident situation information and intelligence to Incident Command” and includes a Resources Unit, Situation Unit, Documentation Unit, and Demobilization Unit. Support requirements will be coordinated by the Logistics Section, and the Finance/Administration account for the costs associated with the response.
Also, several additional incident command principles and practices are covered in this section, including incident command staff identification, building incident command staff depth, job action sheets, and incident response guides.
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