Match the ICS Functional Areas with their descriptions.

a. Incident Command

b. Operations

c. Planning

d. Logistic

e. Finance/Administration

f. Intelligence/Investigation

1. Supports the incident action planning process by tracking resources, collecting/analyzing information, and maintaining documentation.

2. Sets the incident objectives, strategies, and priorities, and has overall responsibility for the incident.

3. Ensures that all intelligence/investigations operations and activities are properly managed, coordinated, and directed.

4. Conducts operations to reach the incident objectives. Establishes tactics and directs all operational resources.

5. Monitors costs related to the incident. Provides accounting, procurement, time recording, and cost analyses.

6. Arranges for resources and needed services to support achievement of the incident objectives.

ICS is an acronym for incident command systems and can be used for planned events, as well as for emergencies and coordinated responses in various circumstances or organizations.

The five (5) major functional areas of the incident command system (ICS) are;

1. Planning: Supports the incident action planning process by tracking resources, collecting/analyzing information, and maintaining documentation.

2. Command: Sets the incident objectives, strategies, and priorities, and has overall responsibility for the incident.

3. Intelligence/Investigation: Ensures that all intelligence/investigations operations and activities are properly managed, coordinated, and directed.

4. Operations: Conducts operations to reach the incident objectives. Establishes tactics and directs all operational resources.

5. Finance/Administration: Monitors costs related to the incident. Provides accounting, procurement, time recording, and cost analyses.

6. Logistics: Arranges for resources and needed services to support achievement of the incident objectives.