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Policy Group Learning Objectives <br />•Define “incident” and how to apply overall incident management priorities. <br />•Understand the national response framework and incident management system. <br />•Describe the incident command system (ICS). <br />•Demonstrate basic familiarity with ICS terminology. <br />•Describe the basic organization of ICS and the functional responsibilities of the <br />Command and General Staffs. <br />_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ <br />•Define the role of elected/senior officials (i.e., policy group) relative to ICS. <br />•Describe the major responsibilities of policy group officials during an incident. <br />•Review the senior local officials' roles in emergency management. <br />•Understand how incident complexity affects the policy group. <br />•Review common policy group decisions during an incident. <br />•Describe state and federal disaster assistance programs. <br />•Understand how policy group members can prepare for emergencies. <br />Incident Command <br />Policy Group