1. Receive appointment and briefing from Staging Manager. Read the Job Action Sheet (JAS) and put on position identification.
2. Obtain briefing from Staging Manager; develop initial action plan with other Staging Team Leaders. Designate time for follow-up meeting.
3. Notify your usual supervisor of your HICS assignment.
4. Identify equipment holding area within Staging Area, as appropriate.
5. Coordinate, in collaboration with Transportation Unit Leader in Logistics Section, the delivery of needed equipment and supplies to requesting area.
6. Appoint Equipment/Supply Staging Team members and complete the Branch Assignment List (HICS Form 204).
7. Brief Team on current situation. Designate time for follow-up meeting.
8. Document all key activities, actions, and decisions in an Operational Log (HICS Form 214) on a continual basis.
9. Instruct all Team members to evaluate equipment and resource needs; report status to Staging Manager and Logistics Section’s Support Branch.
10. Report equipment and supply resource inventories to Planning Section’s Materiel Tracking Manager.
11. Regularly report status to Staging Manager, discuss plan of action, critical issues and staffing.
12. 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. Continue coordinating delivery of needed equipment and supplies, working with the Support Branch Director, Supply Unit Leader or others, as appropriate in the Logistics
Section.
2.Ensure prioritization of problems when multiple issues are presented.
3. Ensure documentation is done correctly and collected.
4. Report resource problems and issues to Staging Manager, Support Branch Director, Supply Unit Leader or Logistics Section Units, as appropriate.
5. Coordinate use of external resources.
6. Advise Staging Manager immediately of any operational issue you are not able to correct or resolve.
7. Continue to meet regularly with Staging Manager for status reports, and relay important information.
8. Ensure your physical readiness through proper nutrition, water intake, rest, and stress management techniques.
9. Ensure staff health and safety issues being addressed; resolve with Safety Officer/Operations Section Chief when appropriate. Provide for staff rest periods and relief.
