Overview of EOC and ICS

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Overview of EOC and ICS
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Emergency Management Plan
http//www.ehs.uci.edu/em/UCIEmergencyManagementPl
an-rev5.htm
UCI Management Policy
UCI Emergency Management Plan
- Incident Pre Plans
Central
Component/
Administration
Zone Plans
Special Plans
Plans
Special Emergency Plans
Component
EHS Emergency
Facilities Management
UCI Police
(e.g. Nuclear Reactor
(Department)
Response Team Plan
Response Plans
Response Plans
Emergency Procedures)
Notification Plans
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UCI Emergency Management Plan

• Provide for a coordinated response to emergency
  situations
• Provide for the needs of the Campus community in
  the event of a major disaster
• Establish zones throughout the campus
• Each zone has a Zone Captain

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UCI Emergency Management Plan

• Activates the Emergency Operations Center
• Allocates University Resources to the Highest
  Priorities

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Emergency Operations Center
Zone Captains report into
Radio Zone 3, Channel 14
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EOC May Be Activated When

• Size requires support beyond whats on scene
• Response is long duration
• Size requires external resources or unified
  command
• Called for in IPP

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Incidents Which May Require EOC Activation

• HazMat/Rad/Bio Incidents
• Fires
• Computer Systems Failures
• Floods
• Earthquakes

• Civil Disturbances
• Bomb Threats
• Other Natural or Human-Caused Emergencies
• Police Escalations, Terrorism Events

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Authority

• VC for ABS
• Formal declaration of Major Campus Emergency
• Decision making team
• Incident Pre-Plan Manager - Chief of Police
• VC for ABS - Director EHS
• On-scene Incident Commander
• Overall authority until EOC activated
• EOC
• Assume management when Major Campus Emergency
  declared

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What is the EOC?

• Emergency Operations Center
• Centralized location for decision making
• The people named to the EOC staff

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Features of EOC

• Located away from the incident
• Capable of 24 hour operations
• Secured from unauthorized access
• Multiple communication methods
• Primary EHS
• Room 122
• Secondary Bren
• Events Center,
• Stewart Room

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EOC Staff Organization

• Primary Staff
• Management and General Staff
• Logistics Branch Directors, IPP Manager, Zone
  Coordinator
• Assume management, initiate planning
• Secondary Staff
• Activate as needed incident specific
• Implement incident action plan

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Incident Command System (ICS)

• A Process or system that describes
• Unified Management
• Common Structure Terminology
• Manageable Span of Control
• Designated Management Facilities
• Integrated Communications
• Comprehensive Resource Management
• Consolidated Action Plan
• Organizational Flexibility

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Functional areas of ICS

• Management Section
• Operations Section
• Planning Section
• Logistics Section
• Finance Section

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ZONE ORGANIZATION