ICS EXECUTIVE COURSE 2020

INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM EXECUTVE COURSE

ACTIVITY PACKET
IMPORTANT: The scenario and other details depicted in this activity packet are intended
for training and exercise purposes only. The data and figures are all fictional. References to
real government agencies, organizations or names of actual persons are just for illustration
purposes. Any resemblance to actual situation is purely coincidental.

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MODULE 1: INTRODUCTION TO ICS

EXERCISE 1

Requirements:
 Meta-cards/ flip chart sheets
 Markers

Duration: 20 minutes
 5 minutes instructions
 10 minutes activity
 5 minutes processing

Instructions:
1. Based on the video, as a group, brainstorm on issues and concerns from past
disaster response operations.
2. Write the top five (5) issues and concerns in meta-cards/ flip chart sheets and post
them on the designated wall/board.

Output: Top five (5) issues and concerns in meta-cards

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EXERCISE 2

Materials:
 Blind-fold (or tissue paper)
 Playing cards

Duration: 20 minutes
 5 minutes instruction
 10 minutes group activity
 5 minutes processing

Instructions:
1. Group yourselves into 4.
2. Your task is to arrange the deck of cards according to number/letter: eg Four As,
Four 2s, Four 3s, etc.
3. Consider the following parameters:
a. Not all members of the group can touch the deck of cards.
b. If you want to touch the card, you will be blind-folded.
4. Strategize among your group how many members will be blind-folded.
5. The group who arranges the cards the first will win the game

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MODULE 2: ICS ORGANIZATION

Materials:
 Flip charts
 Markers

Duration: 20 minutes
 5 minutes instructions
 15 minutes group activity

Instructions:
1. IMPORTANT: All training materials should be closed. Assuming that your actual
group is designated to manage the operations for an earthquake incident in a
locality, brainstorm among your group how you will manage the response
operations.
2. Develop an organization structure reflecting your names and corresponding
positions.
3. Present your organization structure to the plenary.

Output: Organization structure

Note: The facilitator will review and process your outputs at the end of the module.

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MODULE 3: ICS FACILITIES

Materials:
 Map in the Activity Packet
 Writing materials

Duration: 15 minutes
 5 minutes instructions
 5 minutes individual activity
 5 minutes processing

Instructions:
1. Read the Midgar Earthquake scenario.
2. Using the map provided, draw the location of ICS facilities needed for the duration
of the response.
3. The facilitator will look for volunteers to share their outputs

Output: Map with ICS facilities

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Midgar Earthquake

The southern area of Midgar Municipality was struck by what felt like a moderate
earthquake. Damage is being reported in various locations, but there is no current accurate
assessment of the overall damage.

Police officers on scene report damage to buildings in the downtown district. It appears,
however, that the most severe damage is in the southern and eastern areas of Midgar. Initial
reports received state that the earthquake triggered a landslide in those areas.

Several sources also indicate that there is damage to Ridge School. Police who have arrived
on scene report that some students may be trapped in a partially collapsed building at the
school.

Communication, water and power supplies have been disrupted in the southern and eastern
part of the municipality. There are also reports of landslides in multiple locations on the
national highway, east and west of Midgar, effectively closing the highway and access in
and out of the municipality.

Many residents in the southern and eastern parts of Midgar are digging through the debris
of collapsed houses looking for family members and neighbors. Some government
employees have voiced their availability to respond, but many are preoccupied with the
whereabouts of family members and others who cannot be located.

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Map of Midgar Municipality:

Valley

National
Highway
Roaring
River

= Bridge
= House
= Business Main St.
District
= Municipal
Hall
= Municipal
Road
= School Ridge
=
Hospital
= Plaza Scale: 500m

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MODULE 4: MANAGING PLANNED EVENTS AND

MAJOR INCIDENTS
Materials:
 Meta-cards
 Markers

Duration: 30 minutes
 5 minutes instructions
 15 minutes group activity
 10 minutes processing

Instructions:
1. Read the scenario to be flashed on the screen.
2. For every scenario, decide as a group the most appropriate
a. Government agency/ organization who will serve as the Incident Commander
b. Incident management option
3. Write your answers in meta-cards. After 10 counts, each group will raise the meta-
card. Be prepared to explain your answers as a group.

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MODULE 5: COMMON RESPONSIBILITIES

Material: Video on Resorts World Incident in 2017

Duration: 15 minutes
 5 minutes instructions
 5 minutes video presentation
 5 minutes open discussion

Instructions:
1. Watch the video and observe the gaps in the management of response.
2. Based on the learning from the ICS Executive Course, reflect on how ICS should
have been conducted to help to address the situation.
3. Be prepared to share your reflections with the plenary.