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Ramsey County │ Glossary <br />Hazardous materials (HAZMAT): Any substance or material that, when involved in an accident and <br />released in sufficient quantities, poses a risk to people’s health, safety, and/or property. These <br />substances and materials include explosives, radioactive materials, flammable liquids or solids, <br />combustible liquids or solids, poisons, oxidizers, toxins, and corrosive materials. <br />Incident: Any occurrence that requires public safety response actions to minimize impacts to life, <br />property, economy, and/or the environment. Incidents may be short or long in duration, and multiple <br />incidents may be occurring consecutively. All events, emergencies, and disasters are incidents, however, <br />not all incidents will rise to the level of event, emergency, or disaster which necessitate the activation of <br />the CEOP. <br />Incident action plan: A document outlining the control objectives, operational period objectives, and <br />response strategy defined by the incident command during response planning. <br />Incident command: The organizational element responsible for overall management of the incident and <br />consisting of the Incident Commander (either single or unified command structure) and any assigned <br />supporting staff. <br />Incident commander (IC): The individual responsible for all incident activities, including the <br />development of strategies and tactics and the ordering and release of resources. The IC has overall <br />authority and responsibility for conducting incident operations and is responsible for the management <br />of all incident operations at the incident site. <br />Incident Command Post (ICP): The field location where the primary functions of incident command are <br />performed. The ICP may be co-located with the Incident Base or other incident facilities. <br />Incident Command System (ICS): A standardized on-scene emergency management construct <br />specifically designed to provide an integrated organizational structure that reflects the complexity and <br />demands of single or multiple incidents, without being hindered by jurisdictional boundaries. ICS is the <br />combination of facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures, and communications operating within a <br />common organizational structure, designed to aid in the management of resources during incidents. ICS <br />is used for all kinds of emergencies and is applicable to small as well as large and complex incidents. ICS <br />is used by various jurisdictions and functional agencies, both public and private, to organize field-level <br />incident management operations. <br />Incident Management Team (IMT): A group of trained personnel that responds to an emergency. <br />Individual Assistance (IA): IA refers to FEMA’s Individuals and Households Program. Homeowners and <br />renters may be eligible for federal help to defray the costs of damage or losses they incurred as a result <br />of a declared disaster. <br />Infectious disease. Diseases caused by pathogenic microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, parasites, <br />or fungi; the diseases can be spread, directly or indirectly, from one person to another. <br />Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS): An architecture that unifies the United States' <br />Emergency Alert System, National Warning System, Wireless Emergency Alerts, and NOAA Weather <br />Radio, under a single platform. IPAWS enables alerts to be aggregated over a network and distributed to <br />the appropriate system for public dissemination.