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ICS 300 REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSThe Incident Command System (ICS) is? - answer- Standardized, on-scene, all-risk,
incident management concept. ICS is the result of decades of lessons learned in the
organization and management of emergency incidents.
Designers of the system recognized early that ICS must be interdisciplinary and
organizationally flexible to meet the following management challenges - answer- 1.
Meet the needs of the incidents of any kind or size
2. Be usable for routine events or complex emergencies incidents
3. allow personnel from a variety of agencies to meld rapidly into a common
management structure.
4. provided logistical and administrative support to ensure that operational staff can
meet incident objectives.
5. Be cost effective by avoiding duplication of efforts
Poorly managed incident response can be devastating to our? - answer- Economy, to
our food supply and to our health and safety.
ICS is built around five major functions that may be applied on any incident whether it is
large or small. The five major management functions are - answer- 1. Incident
Command IC
2. Operations Section
3. Planning Section
4. Logistics Section
5. Finance/Administration Section
Incident Commander - answer- The individual responsible for overall management of
the incident
Command Staff - answer- The command staff consists of the PIO, Safety officer and
liaison officer. They report directly to the incident command. They may have an
assistant or assistants as needed.
Officer - answer- Officer is the ICS title for the personnel responsible for the Command
Staff positions of Safety, Liaison and Public information.
Resources - answer- Personnel and equipment available, or potentially available, for
assignment to incidents. Resources are described by kind of type and may be used in
tactical, support or overhead capacities at an incident.
ISC established lines of ______________ authority and ___________ reporting
relationships - answer- Supervisory/Formal
, Within ICS, there is complete _________ of __________, meaning that each position
and each person within the system has only one designated supervisor. - answer-
Unity/Command
___________ of _________ means that there is an orderly line of authority and
reporting relationships within the ranks of the organization, with lower levels
subordinates to, and connected to, higher levels - answer- Chain/Command
Chain of command is used to communicate ________ and maintain
___________________ __________________ - answer- direction
management control
Although order must flow through the chain of command, members of the organization
_____ directly communicate with each other to ask for or share information's - answer-
may
ICS team members work within the ICS position regardless of their non-emergency
position or everyday administrative chain of command. - answer- True
Functional Delegation
A Basic ICS operating guideline is that the person at the top of the organization is
responsible for a task until that responsibility is _______________ to a subordinate
position. - answer- delegated
The ICS organizational chart is a graphic representation of the incident, including:
what five things? - answer- 1. Position and functional activated
2. Chain of command
3. Reporting relationships
4. Responsibilities delegated
5. Information flow
The incident commanders responsibility is the overall ___________ of the incident -
answer- management
IC may have one or more ________________. - answer- Deputies
Deputies must be equally capable of assuming the ________ role - answer- primary
Deputy Incident Commander must be able to assume the ____________
_____________ role. - answer- Incident commander's
IC's overall responsibilities
List the overall responsibilities there are 15 of them. - answer- 1. Assess situation and
or obtain a briefing from the pervious IC
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