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Technical
Specialists
*Certain
incidents or events may require the use of Technical Specialists
who have specialized knowledge and expertise. Technical
Specialists may function within the Planning Section,
or be assigned wherever their services are required.
The following are examples
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| Weather
Observer - General |
The
Weather Observer - is responsible
for collecting current incident weather information and
providing the information to an assigned meteorologist,
Fire Behavior Specialists or Situation
Unit Leader (SUL).
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| Weather
Observer - Specific Responsibilities |
The major responsibilities of the Weather Observer are:
- Review Common
Responsibilities.
- Determine:
- Nature and location of work assignments
- Weather data collection methods to be used.
- Priorities for collection.
- Specific types of information required.
- Frequency of reports.
- Method of reporting.
- Source of equipment.
- Obtain weather data collection equipment.
- Obtain appropriate transportation to collection
site(s).
- Record and report weather observations at assigned
locations on schedule.
- Turn in equipment at completion of assignment.
- Demobilize according to Incident Demobilization
Plan.
- Support special requirements for development of
incident maps.
- Maintain Unit/Activity Log (ICS Form 214,
5 KB PDF).
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Environmental
Specialist - Specific Responsibilities |
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The major responsibilities of the Environmental Specialist
are:
- Review Common
Responsibilities.
- Participate in the development of the Incident Action
Plan (IAP) and review the general control objectives,
including alternative strategies.
- Collect and validate environmental information within
the incident area by reviewing pre-attack land use
and management plans.
- Determine environmental restrictions within the
incident area.
- Develop suggested priorities for preservation of
the environment.
- Provide environmental analysis information, as requested.
- Collect and transmit required records and logs to
the Documentation
Unit at the end of each operational period.
- Maintain Unit/Activity Log (ICS Form 214,
5 KB PDF).
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Training
Specialist - Specific Responsibilities |
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The major responsibilities of the Training Specialist
are:
- Review Common
Responsibilities.
- Inform the Planning
Section Chief (PSC) of planned use of trainees.
- Review trainee assignments and modify if appropriate.
- Coordinate the assignments of trainees to incident
positions with the Resources
Unit.
- Brief trainees and trainers on training assignments
and objectives.
- Coordinate use of unassigned trainees.
- Make follow-up contacts on-the-job to provide assistance
and advice for trainees to meet training objectives,
as appropriate, and with approval of Unit Leaders.
- Ensure trainees receive performance evaluation.
- Monitor operational procedures and evaluate training
needs.
- Respond to requests for information concerning training
activities.
- Give the Training Specialist the records and logs
the to Documentation Unit at the end of
each operational period.
- Maintain Unit/Activity Log (ICS Form 214,
5 KB PDF).
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Chaplain
Emergency Response Technical (CERT) Specialist -
General |
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The
Chaplain Emergency Response Technical
(CERT) Specialist - The CERT Specialist is responsible
for identifying and securing the services of sufficient
Chaplains necessary to carry out pastoral care duties
to provide for the spiritual and emotional needs of all
personnel involved in a major disaster. The CERT Specialist
is responsible for making an immediate assessment of how
many Chaplains are required to provide adequate pastoral
care and make the necessary notifications to ensure their
immediate response and presence. The CERT Specialist is
the Point Of Contact (POC) for all requests from operational
units for Chaplains and their services and is responsible
for the appropriate assignments and duties of all Chaplains
involved in the operations. The CERT Specialist reports
directly to the Incident
Commander (IC).
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| Chaplain
Emergency Response Technical (CERT) Specialist - Specific
Responsibilities |
The major responsibilities of the Chaplain Emergency Response
Technical (CERT) Specialist are:
- Review Common
Responsibilities.
- Establish and maintain Chaplains Emergency Response
Center with at least one dedicated phone line within
the Multi-Agency Command Center.
- Ensure proper listing with the Command Center of
all Chaplains and their necessary contact phone numbers
while they are stationed in the area.
- Maintain at least two other Chaplains allowing for
the visitation to units and other necessary functions
during operations.
- Ensure an adequate number of Chaplains present at
all times to allow for rest, exercise, and proper
turnover after not more than 10 days on-site.
- Determine the spiritual and emotional climate of
personnel involved in recovery operations and assess
the need and level of possible Critical Incident Stress
Management (CISM) intervention, in conjunction with
the CISM Specialist.
- Attend all staff briefings and planning meetings
as required.
- Communicate on a daily basis with the lead Chaplain.
- Establish communication and working relationship
with all other agencies involved, especially the Red
Cross, National Transportation Safety Broad (NTSB)
and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) support
personnel.
- Maintain liaison with other service personnel to
determine appropriate time for turnover of pastoral
responsibilities.
- Maintain a Unit/Activity Log (ICS Form 214, 5
KB PDF)
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Critical
Incident Stress Management (CISM) Specialist - General |
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The
Critical Incident Stress Management
(CISM) Specialist - The CISM Specialist is responsible
for identifying and securing the immediate response and
services of sufficient CISM team members necessary to
carry out CISM duties to provide for the psychological
and emotional needs of all personnel involved in a major
incident. The CISM Specialist is the Point Of Contact
(POC) for all requests from operational units for CISM
services and is responsible for the appropriate assignments
and duties of all CISM team members involved in the evolution.
Due to the importance of the mental well-being of all
response personnel and the highly specialized nature of
the program, the CISM Specialist would be assigned
to the command level of the organization and would report
directly to the Incident
Command (IC) or Unified
Command (UC).
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| Critical
Incident Stress Management (CISM) Specialist - Specific
Responsibilities |
The major responsibilities of the Critical Incident Stress
Management (CISM) Specialist are:
- Review Common
Responsibilities.
- Ensure there is at least one dedicated phone for
CISM within the Incident Command Post (ICP).
- Determine the psychological and emotional state
of the personnel involved in recovery operations and
assess the need and level of CISM interventions.
- Ensure all operational and support units involved
in the response have timely access to CISM team interventions.
- Ensure proper listing with the Command Center of
all CISM team members and their necessary contact
phone numbers while stationed in the area.
- Coordinate CISM team access aboard all ships at
sea, if necessary, and for visitation of all ships
while in port in a timely manner.
- Establish and maintain working relationship with
the Chaplain
response team to cross reference needs of responders
and their families.
- Provide for CISM team access to personnel's family
members (spouses, children, and significant others)
to assess the need and level of CISM interventions.
- Attend all staff briefings and planning meetings
as required.
- Ensure adequate number of CISM team members present
at all times to allow for rest, exercise and proper
rotation of CISM personnel after not more than 10
days on-site.
- Ensure CISM team members are adequately debriefed
following their involvement with CISM
response.
- Maintain an accurate daily log of all activities,
including dates, times, and places where CISM
activities occurred. Use the Maintain Unit/Activity
Log (ICS Form 214 PDF
5 KB).
- Establish communication and working relationships
with all other responding agencies providing mental
health assistance, especially the Red Cross, Salvation
Army, NTSB, and FBI support personnel.
- Maintain liaison with the other local response agencies
to effectively refer appropriate non-incident response
related personnel for health assistance.
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Family
Assistance Coordinator - General |
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The
Family Assistance Coordinator -
provides services to the victims' family members; coordinates
activities, lodging, food, spiritual and emotional needs,
and transportation to special events (press conferences,
memorial services to the scene of the incident when authorized,
etc.); and, addresses any special needs that arise during
the incident that may assist the victims' family members.
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| Family
Assistance Coordinator - Specific Responsibilities |
The major responsibilities of the Family Assistance Coordinator
are:
NOTE: The
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) provides this
assistance for aircraft disasters.
- Review Common
Responsibilities.
- Coordinate with local and state authorities, to
include the medical examiner, local law enforcement,
emergency management, hospitals, and other emergency
support personnel.
- Conduct daily coordination meetings with the local
and Federal government representatives to review daily
activities, resolve problem areas, and synchronize
future family support operations and activities.
- Coordinate and provide briefings to families at
the site and those who decide not to be at the site.
- Ensure adequate number of Family Assistance Team
members present at all times to allow for rest, exercise
and proper rotation.
- Establish and maintain working relationship with
the
Chaplain Emergency Response Technical (CERT) Specialist
and
Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Specialist
teams to cross-reference needs of the victims' families.
- Attend all staff briefings and planning meetings
as required.
- Request necessary equipment and supplies through
Logistics
Section Chief (LSC).
- Ensure adequate lodging and/or sleeping arrangements.
- Ensure that security needs for the victims' family
members are addressed.
- Ensure that language needs of victims' family members
are met. An AT&T language line or CG Auxiliary
are some potential sources for translation services,
if needed.
- Ensure that all communications are centrally coordinated.
- Ensure that all transportation scheduling is centrally
coordinated.
- The following agencies provide similar assistance
during emergencies and may be of assistance:
- American Red Cross (ARC)
- Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- NTSB
- Maintain Unit/Activity Log (ICS Form 214, 5
KB PDF).
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Human
Resources Specialist - General |
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The
Human Resources Specialist -
is responsible for providing direct human resources services
to the response organization, including ensuring compliance
with all labor-related laws and regulations. If it is
necessary to form a Human Resources Unit, it is sometimes
placed in the Finance/Administration Section.
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| Human
Resources Specialist - Specific Responsibilities |
The major responsibilities of the Human Resources Specialist
are:
- Review Common
Responsibilities.
- Provide a Point Of Contact (POC) for incident personnel
to discuss human resource issues.
- Participate in daily briefings and planning meetings
to provide appropriate human resource information.
- Post human resource information, as appropriate.
- Receive and address reports of inappropriate behavior,
acts, or conditions through appropriate lines of authority.
- Maintain Unit/Activity Log (ICS Form 214,
5 KB PDF).
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Salvage
& Engineering Technical (SET) Specialist - General |
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The
Salvage & Engineering Technical
(SET) Specialist - is responsible for providing
technical assistance on vessel salvage and engineering
issues, including: assessment and analysis of intact and
damage stability, hull stress & strength, grounding
& freeing forces; prediction of oil/hazardous substance
outflow; and expertise on passenger vessel construction,
fire protection, and safety. The SET Specialist will normally
work with the Operations Section and Salvage and Source
Control Group, but can be assigned to the Planning Section
to assist in writing plans as well. For Coast Guard operations,
the SET Specialist will normally be provided by the U.S.
Cost Guard Marine Safety Center, which also provides
a Salvage and Engineering Response Team (SERT).
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| Salvage
& Engineering Technical (SET) Specialist - Specific
Responsibilities |
The major responsibilities of the Salvage & Engineering
Technical (SET) Specialist are:
- Review Common
Responsibilities.
- Obtain and review a copy of the Incident Action
Plan (IAP) for the current operational period.
- Determine resource needs.
- Report to the OPS/Salvage Division/Group Supervisor
or Planning Section Chief/Technical Unit Leader, as
may be assigned.
- Gather, compile, and maintain data/information that
will lead to accurate modeling, analyses, and predictions.
- Assist in the development of the Salvage Plan.
- Monitor implementation of the Salvage Plan and report
immediately any conditions that may cause danger and/or
safety hazards to personnel or the environment.
- Provide a briefing/status report on analyses to
proper personnel.
- Advise the Unified
Command (UC) on technical issues as requested.
- Maintain a Unit/Activity Log (ICS Form 214,
5 KB PDF)
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Geographic
Information System (GIS) Specialist - General |
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The
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Specialist - is responsible for gathering and compiling
updated spill information and providing various map products
to the incident. The GIS team will work with the Situation
Unit and the Information
Management Officer to ensure accurate and rapid dissemination
of oil spill information to the Incident Command System
(ICS).
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| Geographic
Information System (GIS) Specialist - Specific Responsibilities |
The major responsibilities of the Geographic Information
System (GIS) Specialist are:
- Review Common
Responsibilities.
- Determine resource needs.
- Participate in planning meetings as required.
- Gather and compile data from the different incident
sections.
- Provide maps for various components of the incident.
- Provide status reports to appropriate requesters.
- Maintain Unit/Activity Log (ICS Form 214, 5
KB PDF).
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Public
Health Technical Specialists - Specific Responsibilities |
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The
Public Health Technical Specialists
- may be needed to provide public health/worker health
and safety technical knowledge and expertise in events
involving oil, hazardous substance/materials, radiation,
or health and medical issues. Public Health Technical
Specialists from the Department of Health and Human Services'
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention can provide
technological assistance in the following areas:
- Human health threat assessment
- Environmental health threat assessment
- Exposure prevention
- Worker health and safety
- Toxicology and health physics
- Epidemiological
- Public health communications
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Legal
Specialist - Specific Responsibilities |
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The Legal Specialist will act in an advisory capacity.
The major responsibilities of the
Legal Specialist are:
- Review Common
Responsibilities.
- Participate in planning meetings, if requested.
- Advise on legal issues relating to in-situ burning,
use of dispersants, and other alternative response
technologies.
- Advise on legal issues relating to differences between
Natural Resource Damage Assessment Restoration (NRADR)
and Response activities.
- Advise on legal issues relating to investigations.
- Advise on legal issues relating to finance and claims.
- Advise on legal issues relating to response.
- Maintain Unit/Activity Log (ICS Form 214, 5
KB PDF).
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Documentation
Specialist - General |
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The
Documentation Specialist - will
act in an advisory capacity to the Incident/Unified Command
IC/UC. This position can be established when the normal
incident/event documentation requirements exceed the capability
of the
Documentation Unit Leader and/or the complexity of
the incident/event dictates the need for more experienced
oversight of the documentation process.
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| Documentation
Specialist - Specific Responsibilities |
The major responsibilities of the Documentation Specialist
are:
- Review Common
Responsibilities.
- Conduct an overall incident assessment to determine
if documentation efforts will be satisfactory to meet
incident/event requirements.
- Advise the Incident
Commander on the adequacy of the incident/event
documentation efforts and suggest improvements.
- Advise the Documentation Unit Leader on the development
of a single, central, comprehensive incident/event
archive.
- Coordinate an effective documentation system to
support demobilization efforts and ensure all lingering
documentation is captured by the system.
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