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The benefits of customizing your HICS position chart

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April 1, 2010

Some emergency managers find the standard HICS chart includes too many positions or uses job titles that don’t coincide with their facility. Forward-thinking hospitals like Cookeville (TN) Regional Medical Center have conquered this problem by making their own adjustments. In 2008, Cookeville Regional emergency management employees whittled down the original, 78-position HICS organizational chart to cater to the specific needs of their facility, says Mike Hellman, safety coordinator.



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