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	Hospital Incident Command System What is the Hospital Incident Command System (HICS)? Frequently asked questions about HICS Is HICS appropriate for both small and large hospitals? How has HICS evolved from the 3 earlier versions of HEICS? What are the primary differences between HEICS III, HEICS IV, and HICS? Additional references What is the Hospital Incident Command System (HICS)? HICS home page HICS guidebook and glossary (PDF - 908 KB), August 2006 Provides a way to use the Incident Command System (ICS) in the hospital/healthcare setting, consistent with the National Incident Management System (NIMS) Designed to help hospitals and communities improve emergency management planning, response, and recovery activities for unplanned and planned events Provides context for the 14 NIMS Implementation Objectives for Healthcare Organizations, (PDF - 47 KB) (FEMA, May 2008) Is applicable to all kinds of emergency responses, not just radiation events Supersedes the Hospital Emergency Incident Commant System III, (HEICS III) top of page Frequently asked questions about HICS See the FAQ document (Word - 45 KB) top of page Is HICS appropriate for both small and large hospitals? May be implemented by both large and small hospitals Maintains scalability and flexibility features of NIMS/ICS. Scalability and flexibility are illustrated in new materials that include examples of HICS positions that can be activated as needed for different scenario and event timelines. top of page How has HICS evolved from its predecessors? The incident command principles embodied in HICS are applicable to both emergent and non-emergent incidents. Thus, "Emergency" was dropped from Hospital Emergency Incident Command System to reinforce this practical point of importance (HEICS → HICS). top of page What are the primary differences between HEICS III, HEICS IV, and HICS? HEICS III was to be superseded by HEICS IV (PDF - 27 KB) HEICS IV project funded by California EMS Authority using a HRSA grant HEICS IV project resulted in creation of HICS Key differences between HEICS III and HICS (PDF - 27 KB) include New Incident Management Team chart includes updated and expanded Job Action Sheets NIMS/ICS compliant forms for documentation Hazard specific planning and operational guidance Information for addressing NIMS. top of page Additional references Example of how one large hospital system implemented HICS and education about HICS: Washington Hospital Center and Kaiser Permanente implementation 2008 updates to the NIMS implementation objectives for healthcare organizations See the new 2008 implementation objectives (PDF - 47 KB) Emergency Management (EM) Principles and Practices for Healthcare Systems (Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management, George Washington University, for the Department of Veterans Affairs, 2006) Unit 1: The Emergency Management Program (PDF - 1,441 KB) Unit 2: Incident Command System (PDF - 771 KB) Unit 3: Healthcare System Emergency Response and Recovery (PDF - 712 KB) Unit 4: Emergency Management Instruction, System Evaluation and Organizational Learning and Healthcare System (PDF - 681 KB) Unit 5: Appendices (PDF - 414 KB)

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