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ICS and Climate Change on the Railroad

ICS and Climate Change on the Railroad: Refreshers

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Briefing Training

Scenarios with Rules Instructor’s Notes

Adapted from NCHRP 20‐59(30) ICS for Field-Level Transportation Supervisors and Staff

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Incident Command System (ICS) Training for Field Level Supervisors and Staff: NCHRP Web-Only Document 215. https://doi.org/10.17226/23411. Used with

permission from the National Academy of Sciences, Courtesy of the National Academies Press, Washington, D.C.

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SAFETY

Incident Command �System and Climate �Change for the Railroad

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Source: Union Pacific, 2018

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Safety in ICS

  • Personnel safety is the #1 objective of all ICS operations.

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Source: Caltrans, 2010

Source: Union Pacific, 2020

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Safety in ICS

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Source: Caltrans, 2010

Incident Commander

Planning/ Intel Chief

Logistics Chief

Operations

Chief

Finance/

Admin Chief

Safety Officer

Public Information Officer

Liaison Officer

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Source: Wikipedia, 2012

Incident Commander

Planning/ Intel Chief

Logistics Chief

Operations

Chief

Finance/

Admin Chief

Safety Officer

Public Information Officer

Liaison Officer

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Safety in ICS

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Source: Goodrich, 2015

Incident Commander

Planning/ Intel Chief

Logistics Chief

Operations

Chief

Finance/

Admin Chief

Safety Officer

Public Information Officer

Liaison Officer

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Incident Commander

Planning/ Intel Chief

Logistics Chief

Operations

Chief

Finance/

Admin Chief

Safety Officer

Public Information Officer

Liaison Officer

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Questions?

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Source: Edwards, 2021.

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Collaboration with

Other Professions

Source: Edwards, 2005

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Collaboration with �Other Professions

  • Disasters require collaboration among many emergency response organizations to help the victims
    • Law enforcement
    • Fire
    • EMS
    • Road department
    • Railroad

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Source: Edwards, 2005

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Collaboration with Other Professions

  • Railroad personnel may
    • Start Incident Command
      • First on scene
      • Transportation-only event
    • Join Incident Command
      • Agency Liaison
      • Tech specialist
      • Ops or Logistics
    • Join Unified Command
      • Multiple agencies with equal responsibility for the outcome

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ICS

Ops

Unified Command

Roles for Transportation in ICS

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Collaboration with �Other Professions

  • Starting incident command
    • First on the scene
    • Turn over to other responders
    • Transportation-only event

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Source: Edwards, 2005

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Collaboration with �Other Professions

  • Joining existing Incident Command
    • As Agency Liaison
    • As Technical Specialist
    • In Operations
    • In Logistics
    • Accept IC from another agency

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Source: Edwards, 2007

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Collaboration with �Other Professions

  • Unified Command
    • All professions have an equal role in developing the Common Objectives for the Incident Action Plan (IAP).
    • “Unified Command is a team effort that allows all agencies with jurisdictional responsibility for an event…to participate in the management of the incident. Developing…a common set of incident objectives…without losing…authority, responsibility or accountability.” FEMA FOG, 2010, p. 6-2.

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Source: FEMA, 2010

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Collaboration with�Other Professions

  • ICS provides the framework for collaboration.
  • “A successfully managed multiagency incident will occur only when the participating agencies’ personnel have confidence in each other’s competencies, authorities, responsibilities and limitations as they relate to the incident.”
  • FEMA FOG, 2010, p. 6-3.

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Source: Edwards, 2005

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Collaboration with Other Professions

QUESTIONS?

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Source: Edwards, 2005