Incident Command System

WOF - ICS

Welcome

Welcome to the South African Incident Command System ICS Working Team website....

The South African Incident Command (ICS) Working Team was formed in March 2004, following the 3rd International Wildand Fire Conference in Sydney Australia 2003. One of the outcomes of the Summit held in Sydney was the recommendation of introducing ICS as a global standard organization system for fire management. For more information see;
www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/iffn/iffn_29/IWFS-3-Paper-3.pdf and
www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/iffn/iffn_29/content29.htm

ICS Overview

The Incident Command System (ICS) is a standardized, on-scene, all-hazards incident management approach that:

Allows for the integration of facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures, and communications operating within a common organizational structure.
Enables a coordinated response among various jurisdictions and functional agencies, both public and private.
Establishes common processes for planning and managing resources.
ICS is flexible and can be used for incidents of any type, scope, and complexity. ICS allows its users to adopt an integrated organizational structure to match the complexities and demands of single or multiple incidents.

ICS is used by all levels of government—National, Provincial and Local—as well as by many nongovernmental organizations and the private sector.....

About Us

The South African ICS Working Team is made up of the Fire Protection Associations, Forest Industry, National Parks, Cape Nature, Working on Fire, AfriFireNet, Structural Fire and Disaster Management. The purpose of the ICS Working Team is to expand operational cooperation and coordination of veld, forest and prescribed fire operations with the utilization of the ICS. At this time the South African ICS Working Team agreed to develop ICS standards for South Africa veld and forest fire organizations.