Allows NIMS to be scalable from routine, local incidents through those
requiring interstate mutual aid up to those requiring Federal assistance -
Precise Answer ✔✔Flexibility
Supports interoperability among multiple organizations in incident
response - Precise Answer ✔✔Standardization
Improve integration and connectivity among organizations - Precise
Answer ✔✔Standard Organizational Structures
Allow incident personnel and organizations to work together effectively
- Precise Answer ✔✔Standard Practices
Enables effective communication - Precise Answer ✔✔Common
Terminology
,Enables organizations with jurisdictional authority or functional
responsibilities to support each other while allowing each participating
agency to maintain its own authority and accountability - Precise
Answer ✔✔Unity of Effort
1. Resource Management
2. Command and Coordination
3. Communications and Information Management - Precise Answer
✔✔3 Major Components of NIMS
Standard mechanisms to systematics manage resources, including
personnel, equipment, supplies, teams, and facilities, both before and
during incidents in order to allow organizations to more effectively share
resources when needed - Precise Answer ✔✔Resource Management
Describes leadership roles, processes, and recommended organizational
structures for incident management at the operational and incident
support levels and explains how these structures interact to manage
incidents effectively and efficiently - Precise Answer ✔✔Command and
Communication
Describes systems and methods that help to ensure that incident
personnel and other decision makers have the means and information
they need to make and communicate decisions - Precise Answer
✔✔Communications and Information Management
1. Identifying and typing resources
, 2. Qualifying, certifying, and credentialing personnel
3. Planning for resources
4. Acquiring, storing, and inventorying resources - Precise Answer ✔✔4
Key Activities of Resource Management Preparedness
The resources capability to perform its function in one or more of the
five mission areas: Prevention, Protection, Mitigation, Response, and
Recovery - Precise Answer ✔✔Typing: Capability
The function for a which a resource would be most useful (firefighting,
law enforcement, health and medical) - Precise Answer ✔✔Typing:
Category
A broad characterization, such as personnel, equipment, teams, and
facilities - Precise Answer ✔✔Typing: Kind
A resources level of capability to perform its function based on size,
power, capacity (for equipment), or experience and qualifications; Type
1 has greater capacity than Type 2, 3, or 4 - Precise Answer ✔✔Typing:
Type
Personnel meet the minimum established standards (including training,
experience, physical and medical fitness) to fill specific positions -
Precise Answer ✔✔Qualifying
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