2003 All-Team Training
Incident Command System
Gary Bowie (left) is a battalion chief with LA City Fire Department, and Larry Fuller (right) is currently a Chief's Assistant with LA City Fire Department. Both Larry and Gary have been on the Ventura County SAR Dive Team for many years and share with us their expertise on the ICS.
The presentation the two professionals brought to All-Team training involved an actual incident (fire) that occurred in Van Nuys, and showed the role the dynamic positions of ICS played in such a scenario.
Tim Coates, being the first to arrive, became the Incident Commander.
His hat is quickly changed, however, as other arrive.
And Tim becomes a Section Leader in charge operations.
Tom Millington wears the hat of a Division Leader.
Section Leaders and Division Leaders work closely together.
As the incident grows, Group Leaders are assigned. This leader (in Sponge Bob hat) heads up the Fire Attack group.
Tim has once again changed hats to become a Group Leader. He is now in charge of Rapid Intervention.
Thanks to the whole crew for illustrating how the modular ICS is set up to expand as needed in dynamic operations.
