NET Incident Command System (ICS) Forms

ICS forms provide a template to NET volunteers for documenting activities during a deployment. Though efforts to save life and property take priority over documentation, documenting activities is nonetheless important and should be a routine part of NET training, drills, and response. Documentation serves several crucial functions:

• Documentation passed on to other emergency responders will help them understand the status of resources, and allow them to deploy their own resources effectively and appropriately. Good documentation saves time, and therefore, lives.
• Liability exposure for volunteers will be documented.
• Communication will be improved between functional areas and between shifts.
• Thorough documentation facilitates reimbursements from FEMA.

The purpose of this NETwiki page is to:

• Clarify the responsibilities each team position in a deployment has for documenting activities.
• Specify what the recommended forms ICS forms are, and how they are used.
• Demonstrate how documentation "flows" through an incident response.

It is accepted and understood that ICS forms are not required