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Incident Command System. ICS basic organization chart (ICS-100 level depicted) The Incident Command System (ICS) is a standardized approach to the command, control, and coordination of emergency response providing a common hierarchy within which responders from multiple agencies can be effective. [1]
The National Incident Management System (NIMS) is a standardized approach to incident management developed by the United States Department of Homeland Security. The program was established in March 2004, [1] in response to Homeland Security Presidential Directive -5, [1][2] issued by President George W. Bush.
Main article: Incident Command System. In Australia, the Australasian Inter-Service Incident Management System (AIIMS) is the nationally recognised [ 1 ] system of incident management for the nation's fire and emergency service agencies. [ 2 ] Organisational principles and structure are used to manage bushfires and other large emergencies (e.g ...
Unified command (ICS) In the Incident Command System, a unified command is an authority structure in which the role of incident commander is shared by two or more individuals, each already having authority in a different responding agency. Unified command is one way to carry out command in which responding agencies and/or jurisdictions with ...
The New Zealand Co-ordinated Incident Management System (CIMS) [1] is New Zealand's system for managing the response to an incident involving multiple responding agencies.Its developers based the system on the United States' Incident Command System (ICS) - developed in the 1970s - and on other countries' adaptations of ICS, such as Australia's Australasian Inter-Service Incident Management ...
The United States National Response Framework (NRF) is part of the National Strategy for Homeland Security that presents the guiding principles enabling all levels of domestic response partners to prepare for and provide a unified national response to disasters and emergencies. Building on the existing National Incident Management System (NIMS ...
Personality Assessment Inventory. Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI), developed by Leslie Morey (1991, 2007), is a self-report 344-item personality test that assesses a respondent's personality and psychopathology. Each item is a statement about the respondent that the respondent rates with a 4-point scale (1-"Not true at all, False", 2 ...
A mass casualty incident (often shortened to MCI) describes an incident in which emergency medical services resources, such as personnel and equipment, are overwhelmed by the number and severity of casualties. [1] For example, an incident where a two-person crew is responding to a motor vehicle collision with three severely injured people could ...