US Coast Guard Incident Management Handbook : Incident Command System (ICS)

This Incident Mgmt. Handbook (IMH) will assist Coast Guard (CG) personnel in the use of the Nat. Interagency Incident Mgmt. System Incident Command Syst. (ICS) during multi-contingency response operations & planned events. The IMH is an easy ref. job aid for responders. ICS is an on-site incident mgmt. system whose principles can be applied to all types of incidents. The first use within the Coast Guard was for oil spill response operations. The IMH is organized so that the generic info. applicable to all responses is at the front. There are 7 chapters devoted to specific types of incidents to which the CG is likely to respond: Search & Rescue; Law Enforcement; Oil Spills; Hazardous Substance Releases; Terrorism; Marine Fire; & Multi-Casualty.North, R. C. is the author of 'US Coast Guard Incident Management Handbook : Incident Command System (ICS)', published 2005 under ISBN 9780756749231 and ISBN 0756749239.