March 2018Incident Complexityand Type2 Incident Complexity Complex Incidents and Incident Complex The NIMS Guideline for the National Qualification System defines Incident Complexityas the Incident cr ID: 884790
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Incident Complexity and Type March 2018Incident Complexityand Type 2 Incident Complexity, Complex Incidents and Incident Complex The NIMS Guideline for the National Qualification System defines Incident Complexityas the Incident criteria determined by the level of difficulty, severity, or overall resistance faced by incident management or support personnel while trying to manage or support an incident to a successful conclusion or to manage one type of incident orevent compared to another type. Incident Complexity is the combination of involved factors that affect the probability of control of an incident. Many factors determine the complexity of an incident, including, but not limited to, area involved, threat to life and property, political sensitivity, organizational complexity, jurisdictional boundaries, values at risk, weather, strategy and tactics, and agency policy. Incident complexity is considered when making incident management level, staffing, and safety decisions. Incident complexity is assessed on a fivepoint scale ranging from Type 5 (t
2 he least complex incident) to Type 1 (th
he least complex incident) to Type 1 (the most complex incident).Various analysis tools have been developed to assist consideration of important factors involved in incident complexity. Listed below are the factors that may be considered in analyzing incident complexity:Impacts to life, property, and the economyCommunity and responder safetyPotential hazardous materialsWeather and other environmental influencesLikelihood of cascading eventsPotential crime scene (including terrorism)Political sensitivity, external influences, and media relationsArea involved, jurisdictional boundariesAvailability of resourcesComplex Incidents are larger incidents with higher incident complexity (normally Type 1 or Type 2 incidents) that extend into multiple operational periods and rapidly expand to multijurisdictional and/or multidisciplinary efforts necessitating outside resources and support. According to NIMS 2017 Incident Complex refers to two or more individual incidents located in the same general area and assigned to a single Incident Commander or Unified Comman