Situation Unit Mission

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SITUATION UNIT LEADER

• Situation Unit Mission
• Function
• RRT May 24, 2006

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Presenter

• Gregory Ham
• OSC Region 3
• Served as Sit Unit Leader
• Graniteville Train Derailment (SC)
• Hurricane Katrina Response (LA)

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Introduction to the Situation Unit

• Situation Unit is Responsible For
• Determining information needs
• Gathering information
• Processing information
• Displaying information
• Turning information into Intelligence

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Maps are us
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Sit Unit will answer theirquestions before they
ask
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Job Responsibilities

• Collection, processing and organization of all
  incident information
• Prepare future projections of incident growth,
  maps and intelligence information

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The ICS Organization
INCIDENT COMMANDER
INFORMATION LIAISON SAFETY
FINANCE/ ADMIN
OPERATIONS
PLANNING
LOGISTICS
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Planning Section
Situation Unit
Resource Unit
Demobilization Unit
Documentation Unit
Environmental Unit
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Plans Section

• Collects, evaluates disseminates information
  on
• Incident Status
• Predicted probable course of events
• Alternative strategies and control operations
• Resource status
• Facilitates Planning meetings and Briefings
• Plans Section supports and facilitates Incident
  Planning

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Planning

• Planning is coordinated by Plans Chief with Staff
• Sit Unit provides info to Plans
• what are their needs and when
• who are all the key players
• how to get stuff
• Planning needs vary widely
• Incident type
• Incident location
• Incident status

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Plans Section Chief

• Facilitator of planning process, meetings and
  briefings
• Supervises all personnel in the Plans Section
• Establishes meeting and report time frames
• Supervises the assembly of the Incident Action
  Plan

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Planning Section
Situation Unit
Resource Unit
Demobilization Unit
Documentation Unit
Environmental Unit
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Situation Unit Mission

• Provide Incident Management Team (IMT) with
  timely and accurate information on the status of
  the incident on a scheduled basis
• Respond to requests for information

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Situation Unit Mission

• The information provided to the IMT is
• Intelligence
• Incident status
• Risks threat
• Projections
• Suggested mitigation techniques
• Logistical

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Sit Unit Mission

• The information provided to the IMT is
• Displays
• Maps
• Charts
• Diagrams
• Graphs
• Reports
• Imaging

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Effective PlansRequire Intelligence

• Based on
• Quality information
• Timely information
• Constantly updated information
• Accurate and usable displays of information
• Intelligence Information that has been verified
  and analyzed

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Functions of the Sit Unit

• The Situation Unit needs to understand the
  situation!

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Understand The Situation

• What has happened?
• What progress has been made?
• What are the perimeters?
• What is the incident
  growth potential?
• What are the threats?
• What are the opportunities?

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Functions of the Sit Unit

• Collect and organize status information
  (including sampling) relevant to the incident
• Analyze and evaluate incident information
• Prepare and display incident intelligence

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Functions of the Sit Unit

• Provide mapping / GIS services
• Submit reports and provide documentation
• Assist RESL with assembling the Incident Action
  Plan

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ICS Planning Process
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Essential StepsIn Incident Action Planning

• Understand the situation
• Establish incident objectives and strategy
• Develop tactical direction and assignments
• Prepare the Plan
• Implement the Plan
• Evaluate the Plan

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IAP Prep Approval
Preparing for the Planning Meeting
Planning Meeting
The PlanningProcess
Operations Briefing
Tactics Meeting
IC/UC Sets Objectives
New Op Period Begins
Execute Plan Assess Progress
Initial Attack Briefing ACS 201
Agency Admin Briefing Delegation WFSA
Initial Response
Initial Response and Assessment
Notifications
Incident/Event
One Time Only Events
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Planning Meeting

• Used to get all other functional areas up to
  speed and to get consensus on the Plan
• Sit Unit provides a situational report
• Gather info on progress of response

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Planning Meeting
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Planning Meeting Checklist
No. ACTIVITY
Primary
Responsibility 1 STATE INCIDENT OBJECTIVES
POLICY ISSUES IC 2 GIVE SITUATION
RESOURCE BRIEFING PSC 3
STATE PRIMARY ALTERNATE. STRATEGIES
OPS 4 DESIGNATE BRANCH, DIVISION, GROUP
OPS BOUNDARIES FUNCTIONS
AS APPROPRIATE 5 SPECIFY TACTICS FOR
EACH DIVISION OPS PSC 6
SPECIFY RESOURES NEEDED BY DIVISIONS
OPS, PSC, LSC 7 SPECIFY FACILITIES AND
REPORTING LSC
LOCATIONS 8 DEVELOP RESOURCES, SUPPORT, AND
PSC LSC OVERHEAD ORDER 9
SUPPORT PLANS - COM, MED., TRAFFIC PSC
LSC 10 FINALIZE, APPROVE IMPLEMENT THE PLAN
IC AND GEN. STAFF
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Planning Meeting Maps Displays

• Incident Briefing Map
• Mapping may be on
• Topo maps
• Planometric maps
• Nautical Charts
• Blueprints
• Sit Unit must produce a plot of the incident
  perimeter, operational boundaries facilities.

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Detail Map
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Planning Meeting Maps Displays

• Maps Displays often speed and / or improve
• comprehension of intelligence reports.
• Incident progression damage
• Plume models
• Evacuation
• Weather
• Imaging

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Planning Meeting Displays
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Planning Meeting Requirements

• Reports
• Incident activity, location progression
• weather forecasts
• Incident projection risks
• Threats to the environment endangered species
• Losses
• Potential need for staging areas, shelters,
  mobile lab locations, decon areas, etc.

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Situation Unit input to the Incident Action Plan

• Coordinate with Plans Chief and Operations
  Section Chief at Planning Meeting
• Not all Situation Unit products go into the
  Incident Action Plan.
• Incident Action Plan contains information
  required to accomplish assignments for the next
  operational period.

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Incident Action Plan Maps

• Required IAP maps
• 8½ x 11 or 11 x 17 Tactical Map
• Traffic Plan
• Facilities
• Optional Maps
• Contingency
• Forecast
• Sampling / monitoring
• Tidal / Current Charts
• Other

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Incident Action Plan Reports

• Weather forecast (required)
• Projection forecast
• Plume models
• Other

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Situation Unit Leader the Shift Briefing

• Briefing Map
• Incident status update
• Shift weather briefing
• Shift projection briefing

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Shift Tactical Briefing
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Situation Unit LeaderRequired Reports

• ICS 209
• Weather forecast
• SITREP

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Incident Management Team Support

• The Situation Unit assists the Incident
  Management Team (IMT) with displays, maps,
  imaging and reports that conveys incident
  intelligence required for them to accomplish
  their mission.
• The Situation Unit Leader must have a thorough
  understanding of the intelligence needs of the
  IMT.

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Maps Displays

• The Incident Management Team may need a variety
  of intelligence that will assist them to perform
  their mission that requires maps/displays that
  may or may not be needed for the Incident Action
  Plan or Planning meeting.

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Coordination with Command and General Staff

• Sit Unit must work closely with several key
  members of the Command and General Staff

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Incident Commander

• 209/Sitrep preparation and review
• Status of Incident
• IC focus and priorities
• Maintain maps in IC area

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Operations Section Chief

• Provide
• Mapping and imaging services
• Information on incident status, projections,
  risks, threats, hazards, and damage
• Evacuation
• Sampling maps
• Obtain
• Incident status
• Planned actions
• Priority information for 209/Sitrep

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Information Officer

• Keep updated on incident status, damages and
  threats
• Prepare maps and visual support as requested
• Provide 209/Sitrep as soon as approved
• Information Officer not to release maps or
  incident info unless confirmed by Situation Unit
  Leader
• Maintain information board

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Safety Officer

• Keep updated on incident status
• Threats / Risk
• Obtain injury information for 209/Sitrep

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Environmental Unit

• Conceptually
• Data will come into Situation Unit
• Data will be given to Environmental Unit for
  interpretation and management
• Data and products will return to Situation Unit

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Planning Section
Situation Unit
Resource Unit
Demobilization Unit
Documentation Unit
Environmental Unit
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Environmental Unit

• Facilitates interagency environmental data
  management, monitoring, sampling, analysis and
  assessment.

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Environmental Unit

• Responsible for
• ID and characterization of hazardous substances
• Assessment of extent of a release
• Evaluation of human and ecological risks
• Scientific support for specific response
  technologies
• Establishing clean-up levels

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Environmental Unit

• Responsible for
• Modeling and data interpretation
• Method development
• Confirmation that clean-up goals have been
  achieved
• Profiling of hazardous wastes for disposal
  purposes

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Other Units

• Resource Unit
• Facilities Unit
• Ground Support Unit
• Air Ops Branch

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Resource Advisors Agency Reps

• Obtain information on
• Sensitive resources issues
• Values
• Map sources
• Keep informed

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Regional Response Center Emergency Operation
Center Support

• 209/SITREP
• maps of incident
• POLREP

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Information boards

• Post Incident Action Plan map
• Facility Map
• Transportation Map
• Incident Action Plan
• SITREP, 209
• Map of USA to plot where your personnel are from,
  action photos

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Katrina Information Board
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Situation Unit Goals

• Provide intelligence, not just history
• Answer the questions for customers before they
  ask
• Support operations with what they need to know
• Quality, useful, timely maps/displays