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Division Commander Resources for ICS
I'm looking for resources (documents, powerpoints- anything at all!) related to the role of the Division Commander.
ICS training really focuses very much on Ops, Planning and Logisitics roles, but there doesn't appear to be much out there on the role of the Division Commander and their function....
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Permalink Reply by Norm Tindell on
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Here's a link to the National Wildfire Coordinating Group DivSup task book.
http://www.nwcg.gov/pms/taskbook/operations/pms-311-09.pdf
Check out NWCG's training site for more.
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Permalink Reply by FETC on
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Your not going to find much. Division Commander would be in charge of everything that is in that "geographic location" or Division. In a major wildland fire, that might be an entire side of a mountain. "South Bend Division" your essentially the commander of all operations in that geographic location. It might be easier to explain looking at the ICS system from a building fire standpoint.
Now on a residential fire, Division 1 would be the Interior Floor # 1. Division C would be the exterior (rear) Division. Division Commander would be in charge of anything happening in his or her assigned Division. So your assigned Division # 2, you may be in charge of a fire attack line, a back up line or a vent or search company that was sent to Division 2. These tasks are not individualized and work under the Division 2 Commander. Once in place, all those companies are now under your direction and accountability and Operations has reduced his or her span of control by maybe 10-12 names, faces or bodies.
The only time you get "trumped" is when the Incident Commander assigns a task as a GROUP. Groups are type specific and NOT geographic. They are type specific like a "Search and Rescue" Group. If you were the officer of this Group, you are not tied to a geographic location. You could search the first floor, complete primary and then move to Floor #2. Groups need to communicate their location really well for accountability to work. As the Group Officer, your span of control is the total number assigned to your one group.
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Permalink Reply by lutan1 on
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Not sure of terminology issues and differences between yours system (NIMS) and ours (AIIMS), but what about Sector Commanders?
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We use the terms interchangeably. "Division" is more common, especially during recent years.
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