EMSI Incident Management Handbook

While it is important that all responders come into an incident with sufficient training and understanding of the Incident Command System (ICS), in a very large response, the organization or agency may be required to activate employees that have little experience responding in the field. Our IMH is intended to be used as a quick reference resource for first responders and emergency managers for use during response operations to provide a systematic process bringing order out of the chaos of incident response. Intended for use by personnel deployed at the incident level, it is not a policy document but rather guidance for response personnel requiring judgment in application.