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Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 71
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The USDHS (2007) established regional collaboration as one of the major priorities within the National Preparedness Guidelines, and development of regional all-hazards incident management teams across the nation assist in serving this priority. The problem is the Linn County/Cedar Rapids metropolitan area does not have a regional incident management team to manage large-scale incidents in all affected communities. The purpose of this project is to research, develop, and recommend an IMT model to which all Linn County/Cedar Rapids metropolitan communities can participate and utilize. Action research was used to answer the following research questions: (a) What features of a regional incident management team are appropriate for the Linn County/Cedar Rapids metropolitan area? (b) What cities and internal city departments would contribute to the team? (c) What qualifications would be required for incident management team members? Research procedures used included a literature review, a survey questionnaire distributed to 100 persons across the country who were either known to be associated with a regional IMT or were associated with the fire service in a capacity to be familiar with or a member of an IMT, and a written interview questionnaire distributed to persons familiar with the incident management concept from public and not-for-profit agencies in the Linn County/Cedar Rapids metropolitan area. Research question one results show a Type 4 team, with capabilities in all command and general staff functions, would be an appropriate IMT for the County. Question two results indicate a wide variety of political jurisdictions and disciplines from the County participate in the team. Question three results show NIMS 700, 800, 100, 200, 300, and 400 and position specific and Command and General Staff Functions training should be required qualifications for team membership. Recommendations include forming a steering committee to establish and maintain a Linn County/Cedar Rapids Metropolitan IMT.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 71
Book Description
The USDHS (2007) established regional collaboration as one of the major priorities within the National Preparedness Guidelines, and development of regional all-hazards incident management teams across the nation assist in serving this priority. The problem is the Linn County/Cedar Rapids metropolitan area does not have a regional incident management team to manage large-scale incidents in all affected communities. The purpose of this project is to research, develop, and recommend an IMT model to which all Linn County/Cedar Rapids metropolitan communities can participate and utilize. Action research was used to answer the following research questions: (a) What features of a regional incident management team are appropriate for the Linn County/Cedar Rapids metropolitan area? (b) What cities and internal city departments would contribute to the team? (c) What qualifications would be required for incident management team members? Research procedures used included a literature review, a survey questionnaire distributed to 100 persons across the country who were either known to be associated with a regional IMT or were associated with the fire service in a capacity to be familiar with or a member of an IMT, and a written interview questionnaire distributed to persons familiar with the incident management concept from public and not-for-profit agencies in the Linn County/Cedar Rapids metropolitan area. Research question one results show a Type 4 team, with capabilities in all command and general staff functions, would be an appropriate IMT for the County. Question two results indicate a wide variety of political jurisdictions and disciplines from the County participate in the team. Question three results show NIMS 700, 800, 100, 200, 300, and 400 and position specific and Command and General Staff Functions training should be required qualifications for team membership. Recommendations include forming a steering committee to establish and maintain a Linn County/Cedar Rapids Metropolitan IMT.
Author: Scott M. Doherty Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 84
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The problem was that the City of Schenectady had no formal Incident Management Team (IMT) plan for large-scale incidents. The purpose of this research was to develop and recommend an Incident Management Team model for use during large-scale incidents in the city of Schenectady.
Author: David W. Litton Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 56
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The use of one of the model incident command systems has become commonplace in the American fire service. The common thread in all of these systems is that they are modular, with the organizational command staff growing as the incident grows. In large-scale incidents an Incident Management Team (IMT) is used to staff the four major areas of concern for the incident commander: operations, logistics, planning and finance. The problem was that, although the Village of University Park has an extensive emergency operations plan, there is a lack of available trained personnel to fill all of the positions of an Incident Management Team during a large-scale incident. The purpose of this research project was to determine how to staff an Incident Management Team during a large-scale emergency incident that may affect the Village of University Park. The reason that this research was important to University Park was the fact that University Park has the potential to face a large-scale incident due to natural causes (tornadoes), hazardous materials emergencies, and potential acts of terrorism in the future. The lack of an IMT, and the potential consequences, were realized by the researcher at the conclusion of the Executive Analysis of Fire Service Operations in Emergency Management, which the researcher attended at the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Maryland. The research used the evaluative methodology to answer the following questions: 1. How have other fire departments staffed an incident management team during large-scale incidents? 2. Should the Village of University Park work cooperatively with surrounding fire departments, civic organizations, private industries, and volunteer organizations to staff an incident management team? 3. What should the qualifications and training be for the staff positions on the incident management team? A literature review was conducted to evaluate what had been previously published regarding incident management teams. In addition, a feedback instrument was used to gather additional information from other fire departments in the surrounding communities. This feedback instrument was instrumental in formulating several of the recommendations included in this report. The results of the research showed that other fire departments have been successful in implementing the use of IMT's on a local basis. The literature review and the feedback instrument were valuable in ascertaining the qualifications and training for team members. Five recommendations resulted from the research. In summary, they were to conduct additional research of the local fire departments with operational incident management teams, provide a copy of the research to local officials, recruit team members from within University Park and from outside sources, work cooperatively with surounding communities to develop a local area IMT, and approach the Executive Board of the Mutual Aid Box Alarm system (MABAS) about instituting a task force card in the statewide plan for the State of Illinois specifically for Incident Management Teams. [STAR#: 132607].
Author: Mike Maltaverne Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 61
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The presence of a Type 3 IMT could result in the reduced loss of life and property associated with large scale disasters in Rapid City and surrounding area.
Author: Stephen Marsar Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 113
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"The Fire Department of New York City's Incident Management Team (FDNY IMT) is viewed nationally as a critical resource for all-risk-hazard large-scale disaster response within the United States. The FDNY IMT's reputation was built upon its successful management of such devastating events as Hurricane Katrina (2005) and Hurricane Gustav (2008) in New Orleans, Louisiana, and during a 500,000-acre East Zone Complex wildland fire near McCall, Idaho, in 2007. Despite those national achievements, the research problem exists that the FDNY has not established protocols for activating its IMT during large-scale emergencies within New York City. The omission of such protocols has resulted in poor multi-agency coordination and the delayed establishment of an effective emergency management organizational structure. The purpose of this research was to produce IMT activation protocols for the FDNY by investigating the activation methods of other all-risk-hazard IMTs. Action research was employed to answer the following questions: (a) what general mechanisms are used nationally to activate IMTs? (b) What states have IMT activation protocols within the United States? (c) What are the IMT protocols for those states that have them? And (d) what specific activation mechanisms are used by other all-risk-hazard IMTs in the urban environment? Focused problem and purpose statements, and relevant research questions were developed prior to the literature review. Extensive research gathered information from IMTs within the 50 U.S. states; Washington, D.C.; Puerto Rico; and Guam. Topic experts were also identified and interviewed. The results found that few U.S. IMTs have local activation protocols. The recommendations--based on the research--resulted in specific protocols for the FDNY IMT response to building collapses, explosions, hazardous materials, and airplane and railroad crashes; as well as the education of chief officers on the management benefits of the team.".
Author: Katherine D. Williams Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 56
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Although some might argue that disasters requiring an IMT do not occur on a regular basis in a small community, every community experiences large events where a single Incident Commander can become strained. By combining with other departments within their local area, even small volunteer fire departments can have easy access to support for Incident Commanders.
Author: Jason H. Monk Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 96
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The results of the research confirmed discontinuity between national standard models and the city's IMT concept and use. Although the city's pseudo-IMT has provided benefits during incident planning and mitigation, specific recommendations were made to enhance the incident preparatory phases, IMT development, and the use of the IMT to mitigate all-hazard emergencies in a structured manner.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial Management, and Intergovernmental Relations Publisher: ISBN: Category : Bioterrorism Languages : en Pages : 172
Author: Mark Cleck Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 50
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The City of Hagerstown does not have procedures for implementing a local-level incident management team for the escalating incident. The purpose of this research is to identify ways that the City of Hagerstown can develop an incident management team for an incident which may escalate to a large scale. The descriptive research method will be used to identify ways to develop a local-level incident management team. Through an extensive literature, a review of policies and procedures from other jurisdictions, and internal questionnaire, and an external questionnaire, the researcher will identify ways to develop an effective local-level incident management team. The identification and training of team members, and their participation in joint exercises prior to the actual incident were recommended, along with methods of developing key aspects of the team; joint participation, communication, and trust.
Author: Stephen Marsar Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 113
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The recommendations--based on the research--resulted in specific protocols for the FDNY IMT response to building collapses, explosions, hazardous materials, and airplane and railroad crashes; as well as the education of chief officers on the management benefits of the team.
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Author: Scott M. Doherty
Author: David W. Litton
Author: Mike Maltaverne
Author: Stephen Marsar
Author: Katherine D. Williams
Author: Jason H. Monk
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial Management, and Intergovernmental Relations
Author: Mark Cleck
Author: Stephen Marsar