Common Resources

Resources you identify fall into five general groupings:

  • Personnel: Includes Incident Command System "overhead" or management staff, technical specialists, Emergency Operations Center staff, operations staff, etc.
  • Teams: Refers to groups of specially trained and equipped personnel, including needed equipment and supplies.
  • Facilities: Includes office space, shelters, warehouses, etc.
  • Equipment: Refers to pieces of equipment, with or without the personnel needed to operate them.
  • Supplies: Can span an enormous range from potable water to plywood. It is impossible to develop and maintain complete lists. A more efficient way to plan is to develop and maintain a current list of suppliers with comprehensive inventories.
Coast guard helicopter and a room filled with cases of bottled water.