The Incident Action Plan contains objectives reflecting the
overall incident strategy and specific tactical actions and
supporting information for the next operational period. The
hospital’s IAP, at a minimum, is generally made up of the
following HICSi forms
201: Incident Briefing
202: Incident Objectives
203: Organizational Assignments
204: Branch Assignment List
261: Incident Action Plan Safety Analysis.
The IAP may also have a number of other forms as attachments such
as Traffic Plans, etc. Element 12 of NIMS Compliance for
Healthcare states that hospitals utilize IAPs for all incidents
and exercises along with the plans to communicate through the ICS
chain-of-command. The Joint Commission’s EM 01.01.01 requires an
ICS that is integrated into, and is consistent with, its
community’s command structure.
