THE TACTICS MEETING

Using custom applications to solve common response issues

It was great to see John and Kate from Portage Bay Solutions at Clean Pacific with their new ICS-213RR Resource Request application. They have been helping me with custom ICS solutions since 2012. In this great episode of The Tactics Meeting, we discuss developing custom applications, creating maps using the Google Maps API, adding text messaging to a 201 app, and much more. If you're a nerd like me, you will love it. If you are not a nerd, you will want to be.

96 Hour Checklist - NWACP Communications Workshop

In this presentation given by Darcy Bird of the Washington State Department of Ecology at the NWACP Communications Workshop, we examine the 96-Hour checklist from the Northwest Area Contingency Plan. This checklist is designed to guide response leadership in identifying priorities and tasks within the first 96 Hours of a major incident.

Social Media During Response - NWACP Communications Workshop

What social media platforms are our target audience using? What channels will get the best engagement? Should the JIC use TikTok? In this presentation given at the Northwest Area Contingency Plan Communications Workshop by Sara Zeman, Communication Coordinator at the Marine Exchange of Puget Sound, these questions are addressed in a way that even those over 30 can understand.

Clean Pacific 2022

If you have not decided if you will attend the CLEAN PACIFIC CONFERENCE this year, watch this preview with Carey Buchholtz and Cassie Davie. If you are already planning to attend, this interview will get you in the mood!

I hope to see ALL of you there!

Marine Transportation System Recovery Unit (MTSRU)

What is the role Marine Transportation System Recovery Unit (MTSRU) in response to maritime emergencies? In this episode of The Tactics Meeting, we examine the MTSRU with LCDR S.I. Looney, U.S. Coast Guard.

Area Command & Implementation

This week, on the podcast, we talk about area command and its implementation with Jim Elliot, COO at Teichman Group. Not normally focused on during regular ICS training, Jim defines what area command is, how it is staffed, and how it functions to manage multiple command posts during a crisis.

Conducting the Initial Unified Command Meeting

Many important questions come up when considering the initial Unified Command meeting. What key players should be involved in the Unified Command, what decisions need to be made, and how will the meeting be documented?  
This week Cheryl Surface is back to answer all these questions and more in the second installment of this five-part planning section series. Listen in and check back next week for our third episode. 

ICS-201 Incident Briefing - Video

In this special episode of the Tactics Meeting, we start a five-episode trip around the Incident Command System planning cycle with renowned Planning Section Chief Cheryl Surface. We begin with the ICS-201 Incident Briefing, transfer of command, initial Incident Action Plan, and some tips and tricks from the school of hard knocks. 

ICS-201 Incident Briefing - Audio

In this special episode of the Tactics Meeting, we start a five-episode trip around the Incident Command System planning cycle with renowned Planning Section Chief Cheryl Surface. We begin with the ICS-201 Incident Briefing, transfer of command, initial Incident Action Plan, and some tips and tricks from the school of hard knocks. 

The Dose Makes the Poison - Video

What does community air monitioring and safety entail in emergency response? What’s the difference between a toxicologist and an industrial hygienist? And where do these positions fall within the incident command structure? Angie Perez, from the Center of Toxicology and Environmental Health (CTEH), talks with us this week to answer all these questions and more.