1. Receive appointment and briefing from the Operations Section Chief. Obtain Staging Unit Job Action Sheets.
2. Read this entire Job Action Sheet and review incident management team chart (HICS Form 207). Put on position identification.
3. Notify your usual supervisor of your HICS assignment.
4. Determine need for and appropriately appoint Staging Team Leaders, distribute corresponding Job Action Sheets and position identification. Complete the Branch Assignment List (HICS Form 204).
5. Document all key activities, actions, and decisions in an Operational Log (HICS Form 214) on a continual basis.
6. Brief the Staging Team Leaders on current situation; outline branch action plan and designate time for next briefing.
7. Identify an appropriate area to serve as Staging Area for the receipt and distribution of personnel and equipment resources.
8. Coordinate delivery of needed resources to requesting area:
• Personnel
• Vehicles
• Equipment and supplies
• Medications
9. Regularly report Staging Area status to Operation Section Chief.
10. Assess problems and needs; coordinate resource management.
11. Instruct all Staging Team Leaders to evaluate on-hand equipment, supply, and medication inventories and staff needs in collaboration with Logistics Section Supply
Unit Leader; report status to Operations Section Chief and Supply Unit.
12. Meet with the Operations Section Chief and Logistics Section Chief, as appropriate to discuss plan of action and staffing in all activities.
13. Document all communications (internal and external) on an Incident Message Form (HICS Form 213). Provide a copy of the Incident Message Form to the Documentation Unit.
Ongoing Duties:
1. Meet regularly with the Operations Section Chief for status reports, and relay important information to Staging Team staff.
2. Continue coordinating delivery of needed personnel, equipment/supplies, medications, and facility support services, working with the Logistics Section and Operations Section Branch Directors, as needed.
3. Ensure prioritization of problems when multiple issues are presented.
4. Coordinate use of external resources.
5. Develop and submit a Staging Area action plan to the Operations Section Chief when requested.
6. Ensure documentation is completed correctly and collected.
7. Advise the Operations Section Chief immediately of any operational issue you are not able to correct or resolve. 8. Make notification of resource problems encountered to the Logistics Section Chief, as appropriate.
9. Ensure staff health and safety issues being addressed; resolve with the Safety Officer.
