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Incident Command System

ICS is a Pan Canadian command and control structure used to help manage emergency incidents and planned events. It provides the framework for standard incident management response and improves interoperability between all response organizations as well as with international cooperators.

What We Do

The Incident Command System (ICS) is a standardized on-site management system designed to enable effective, efficient incident management by integrating a combination of facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures, and communications operating within a common organizational structure.

The ICS is used to manage an incident or a non-emergency event, and can be used equally well for both small and large situations.

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The safety of responders and others.

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The achievement of response objectives.

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The efficient use of resources.

Vincent Demers

Vincent Demers

Chairperson, ICS Canada

Our Vision

We work towards the day when the ICS Canada system is accepted as the command, control, and coordination  response structure across Canada for managing tactical operations.

Our Mission

To enhance interoperability amongst ICS users in Canada, by providing an Operational Description, Incident Command System training curricula, and associated standards.

Training

ICS Canada Training Materials and Courses

ICS Canada training courses have been revised and reviewed by an interjurisdictional and interagency peer review group to provide comprehensive “all hazard” ICS curricula. Courses such as the “I” series I-100 through I-400 and I-402 are available for instructor delivery along with a series of courses for command and general staff, and various unit leader postions.

News

ICS Canada Reponse and Planning Guide

The ICS Canada Response and Planning Guide is available from the Alberta Fire Chief's Association Bookstore for $35.00 plus S&H. This will also be available in French in the coming months.  Order yours now!

ICS Canada ePrint for Public

ICS Canada has just turned on access to student manuals and large format content such as posters, wallcharts and the soon to be made available, the ICS Canada Response and Planning Guide. Students attending courses using .pdf files on personal devices who may prefer a...

ICS Canada ePrint Update – Upload Your Own Files

ICS Canada and Staples ePrint has added additional functionality and content to the ICS Canada ePrint Store. ICS Canada Instructors can upload supplementary material and additional documents to the same ePrint order, creating a 1-Stop Shopping experience. Uploaded...

ICS Canada ePrint

ICS Canada is now providing ePrint services from Staples Canada for ICS Canada instructors and our member agencies who may require our preformatted printed materials for training, along with visual aids and wall charts for the classroom, ECC or ICP. Visual aids and...

2023 Nova Scotia Wildfires After-Action Report

Between May and June 2023, wildfires affecting Barrington Lake, Shelburne County and Tantallon, Halifax County reached unprecedented levels resulting in evacuations, damaged areas of over 25,000 hectares, and more than 200 homes lost. The wildfire in Shelburne County...