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	Incident Command System and Hospital Incident Command System Incident Command System (ICS) Hospital Incident Command System (HICS) Incident Command System (ICS) ICS is one part of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) What is an incident command system? (OSHA) Interactive chart illustrating ICS — description and organizational charts (OSHA) What is a Unified Command? (OSHA) ICS Resource Center: complete library of ICS assets (DHS/FEMA) Incident Command System (ICS) Training Materials and Opportunities (DHS/FEMA) ICS-100: Introduction to ICS (EMI Course Number: IS100) ICS-200: ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents (EMI Course Number: IS200) ICS-300: Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents (EMI Course Number: G300) ICS-400: Advanced ICS Command and General Staff—Complex Incidents (EMI Course Number: G400) ICS 402 Incident Command System (ICS) Overview for Executives/Senior Officials (EMI Course Number: G402) Introduction to the Incident Command System (ICS 100), Student Manual, August 2010, (PDF - 1.19 MB) (DHS/FEMA) top of page Hospital Incident Command System (HICS) What is the Hospital Incident Command System (HICS)? Frequently asked questions about HICS Is HICS appropriate for both small and large hospitals? How has HICS evolved from the 3 earlier versions of HEICS? What are the primary differences between HEICS III, HEICS IV, and HICS? Additional references What is the Hospital Incident Command System (HICS)? Provides a way to use the Incident Command System (ICS) in the hospital/healthcare setting, consistent with the National Incident Management System (NIMS) HICS home page HICS guidebook and glossary (PDF - 908 KB), August 2006 Designed to help hospitals and communities improve emergency management planning, response, and recovery activities for unplanned incidents and planned events Provides context for the 14 NIMS Implementation Objectives for Healthcare Organizations, (PDF - 47 KB) (FEMA, May 2008) Is applicable to all kinds of emergency responses, not just radiation events Supersedes the Hospital Emergency Incident Command System III, (HEICS III) Is HICS appropriate for both small and large hospitals? May be implemented by both large and small hospitals Maintains scalability and flexibility features of NIMS/ICS. Scalability and flexibility are illustrated in new materials that include examples of HICS positions that can be activated as needed for different scenario and event timelines. How has HICS evolved from its predecessors? The incident command principles embodied in HICS are applicable to both emergent and non-emergent incidents. Thus, "Emergency" was dropped from Hospital Emergency Incident Command System to reinforce this practical point of importance (HEICS → HICS). What are the primary differences between HEICS III, HEICS IV, and HICS? HEICS III was to be superseded by HEICS IV (PDF - 27 KB) HEICS IV project funded by California EMS Authority using a HRSA grant HEICS IV project resulted in creation of HICS Key differences between HEICS III and HICS (PDF - 27 KB) include New Incident Management Team chart includes updated and expanded Job Action Sheets NIMS/ICS compliant forms for documentation Hazard specific planning and operational guidance Information for addressing NIMS. See also: Surge capacity Additional references 2008 updates to the NIMS implementation objectives for healthcare organizations See the new 2008 implementation objectives (PDF - 47 KB) Examples How one large hospital system implemented HICS and education about HICS: Washington Hospital Center and Kaiser Permanente implementation One university's suggested method of implementing the Incident Command System for Public Health Agencies (School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York) HHS guidance documents Medical Surge Capacity and Capability: The Healthcare Coalition in Emergency Response and Recovery (HHS/ASPR, May 2009) Medical Surge Capacity and Capability: A Management System for Integrating Medical and Health Resources During Large-Scale Emergencies (PDF- 4.22 MB) (HHS/ASPR, September 2007)

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