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Base

See Incident Base.

Bottom-up Approach

In ICS, the structures are built from the first arriving resource that can then increase in size as the incident/event becomes more complex requiring more resources and more types of resources. It is the piecing together of systems to give rise to more complex systems, thus making the original systems sub-systems of the emergent system. 

Branch

The organisational level having functional or geographical responsibility for major aspects of incident operations. A branch falls between the Section Chief and the division or group in the Operations Section, and between the section and units in the Logistics Section. Branches are identified by Roman numerals or by functional area.

Building-Block Approach

A method focused on exposing participants to a cycle of training and exercises that escalates in complexity, with each exercise designed to build upon the last, in terms of scale and subject matter. For example, a building-block series of exercises may include a seminar, which leads to a tabletop exercise (TTX), which leads to a full-scale exercise (FSE). 


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