Suggested Go Bag List for Deployments and EXercises:Please go to our Go Bag Lists page for information on how to prepare yourself for a response. Note that, as Oklahoma Residents, most of us should consider having one packed all the time for our family members.
Downloadable Forms and Documents PageMost of the forms that can be found on this page will not be needed by members either during an Exercise or a Response, but we will keep them here so that staff responsible for making task assignments, etc. can find them easily. Please feel free to check them all out though, as it is a great place to observe the complexity of a response to an incident and how working with NIMS/ICS protocols helps all agencies to work together.
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Post Exercise Forms: After Action Report Templates
Templates for After Action Reports:
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PCART (short) version: Please use this version to submit your feedback on the Exercise. The IC will summarize all feedback and complete the FEMA form shown below.
FEMA version: This form will be completed by IC, Dr. Burba, once all feedback from participants and evaluators/observers/controllers has been processed. It is placed here for educational purposes only.
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roles & responsibilities
The following are descriptions of many of the ICS command staff and animal response roles that were filled during the Exercise. Multiple participants have asked for these so they will stay on this page indefinitely to allow for download. Please note that some FEMA forms are shared here that you can search for and download on your own.
In a normal incident response, the command staff roles that we played during this Exercise in 2018 or other Exercises would be filled by other agencies, however an understanding of what fire, law enforcement, and emergency managers are up against in a large and/or complex incident will help animal responders to see where we fit in.
In a normal incident response, the command staff roles that we played during this Exercise in 2018 or other Exercises would be filled by other agencies, however an understanding of what fire, law enforcement, and emergency managers are up against in a large and/or complex incident will help animal responders to see where we fit in.
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General ICS for this Exercise
Animal Response would usually fit under Operations as "Animal Branch" 
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PCART Shelter Ops Org Structure (approximate)
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PCART Field Operations Org Structure (approximate)
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General NIMS/ICS Roles Information
Lesson 4 from ICS 200 course: Functional Areas & Positions
The Functional Areas & Positions lesson introduces you to ICS organizational components, the Command Staff, the General Staff, and ICS tools.If you have not taken IS 200 consider going to the OKMRC website to take the course and receive the certificate.
The Functional Areas & Positions lesson introduces you to ICS organizational components, the Command Staff, the General Staff, and ICS tools.If you have not taken IS 200 consider going to the OKMRC website to take the course and receive the certificate.
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Position Specific Role Descriptions
Note that you can find more detailed training materials online. The documents uploaded here, in most cases, are just 1-2 page Task Checklists. In some cases we have also uploaded the Task Books. Keep in mind that for those emergency responders who actually do the Incident Management Team (IMT) jobs there are courses that last days or even weeks to learn each position fully. The same goes for Strike Team Leaders. As you will see, there are also specific AER or Animal Emergency Response positions with required or suggested training for each.
AER (Animal Emergency Response) position credentials
AER (Animal Emergency Response) Position Credentials
These credentials list the minimum requirements for Animal Emergency Responders to participate in the NIMS Integration Center's National Credentialing System. This allows Incident Commanders to order appropriate resources and then to integrate animal response personnel into functional units (teams, units, etc) as a situation demands. The criteria in the descriptions include education, training, experience, physical/medical readiness, certification, and licensing.
These credentials list the minimum requirements for Animal Emergency Responders to participate in the NIMS Integration Center's National Credentialing System. This allows Incident Commanders to order appropriate resources and then to integrate animal response personnel into functional units (teams, units, etc) as a situation demands. The criteria in the descriptions include education, training, experience, physical/medical readiness, certification, and licensing.
| animal_emergency_response__aer__positions_credentials_2007.pdf |
When more time is available we will eventually post individual AER positions. For now you can download the credentials PDF file, or follow the links in the typing library PDF to individual job descriptions.
| typing_library.animal_rtlt.links_to_downloads.pdf |
The photos below are screenshots from the following link: https://rtlt.preptoolkit.fema.gov/Public/Combined?s=&a=&q=animal+response
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PCART Role descriptions as currently listed in PCART Standard Operating Guidelines:
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Each of the positions as listed in PCART SOGs has recommended training which will be uploaded here when more time is available.
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ICS Command and General staff positions
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Strike Team/Task Force Leader
| striketeam.taskforce.leader.checklist.sttfl_pcl.pdf |