Church Security Answer Man

  First thing we want to discuss is that the Incident Command System is "a systematic tool used for the command, control, and coordination of emergency response" and it is "a set of personnel, policies, procedures, facilities, and equipment, integrated into a common organizational structure designed to improve emergency response operations of all types and complexities.   ICS gets very technical and very in-depth……..I just want to talk about the basics today.   What you will encounter with incidents at your facilities, but also what you should be thinking about as far as structure goes with your own team.   In simple terms ICS means someone is in charge……and that person may change depending on when something happens and what is happening.   Who is responding as part of your team or who from our community emergency response system is responding?  If you have a medical emergency during your service…….hopefully a doctor or nurse is in attendance…..you may also have a police officer in attendance and then you as