How to Use the ICS-234 and ICS-215

Before you begin

Before working through the ICS-234 and ICS-215:

1. Confirm that your incident objectives have been established in the ICS-202 Incident Objectives section.
2. Confirm that objectives requiring operational work are categorized as Operational or Operational & Managerial.
3. Review the work groups available within the incident organization.
4. Create any additional work groups that will be needed for assignments.

Managerial-only objectives will not populate into the ICS-234 operational planning workflow.

Step 1: Open the ICS-234

From the Tactics Meeting portion of the Planning P, access the ICS-234 Work Analysis Matrix. 

Step 2: Select an objective

Select the Operational or O&M objective you want to develop.

Step 3: Add a strategy

Add the strategy that describes the approach for accomplishing the objective.

Step 4: Add a tactic

Expand/select the strategy to access the option to add a tactic.

Enter the tactic describing how the strategy will be carried out.

Step 5: Move into operational work planning

Once the objective, strategy, and tactic have been established, continue into operational work planning.

Step 6: Define the work assignment

Create the work assignment associated with the planned work.

Step 7: Identify Work Group and add Resources using the ICS-215

Use the ICS-215 to identify the work group and resources needed to accomplish the planned work.

Step 8: Review the resulting work assignment

The information developed through this process supports creation of the work assignment represented by the ICS-204.

Before continuing, review the assignment and confirm:

• The objective is correct.
• The strategy and tactic support the objective.
• The appropriate work group is assigned.
• Resource requirements are complete.
• Required quantities and available quantities are accurate.