COMDTINST 3120.14
checklists, a responder will be guided in their duties within the ICS. FOGs for other
contingencies will be developed as a part of the Coast Guard's implementation of ICS.
6.
PROCEDURE.
(1)
The USCG Response Management Coordination Council has been chartered by the
Joint Operations and Marine Safety Coordinating Council. This Council shall
develop a comprehensive program using the training and qualifications subsystem
of NIIMS to assist Coast Guard units in implementing NIIMS ICS.
(2)
Area and District Commanders, Group and Activities Commanders, and Air Station
and Marine Safety Office Commanding Officers shall adopt NIIMS ICS as the
standard response organization for all contingencies for which they plan. Other
Coast Guard unit Commanders, Commanding Officers and Officers in Charge shall
familiarize their units with NIIMS ICS principles to facilitate integration into any
contingency response operation.
(3)
In the oil and hazardous substance spill contingency, Coast Guard personnel should
integrate into the responsible party's system when the RP has taken the lead for the
emergency and is using a response management system providing efficient and
effective removal actions.
(4)
District commanders shall maintain a comprehensive list of personnel qualified for
all positions within the ICS organization at the level of unit leader, division/group
supervisor or higher.
(5)
District commanders shall maintain a cache of ICS forms and equipment to support
operations in response to a worst case scenario for the first 10 days.
(6)
Commanding officers of MSOs, and captains of the port, shall revise Annex B of all
Area Contingency Plans under their cognizance to reflect this standard. All other
commanders and commanding officers who prepare contingency plans shall revise
Annex J and other pertinent annexes to reflect this standard.
(7)
Commanding officers shall maintain a supply of ICS forms and equipment to
support operations in response to a worst case scenario for the first 48 hours.
(8)
Commandant Instruction 16471.2, Incident Command System Implementation Plan,
will be updated to reflect the ICS implementation details.
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