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E/L/G 0400 Advanced Incident Command System for Complex Incidents, ICS 400
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E/L/G 0400 Advanced Incident CommandSystem for Complex Incidents, ICS 400
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What type of structure is established over several individual incidents?
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a) ICP
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b) Area Command
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c) Incident Complex
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d) Unified Command
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b) Area Command
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In the context of incident management, complex incidents generally:
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a) involve multi-jurisdictional efforts of more than one agency
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b) involve one centralized agency and/or political jurisdiction
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c) have few casualties
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d) require minimal resources
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a) involve multi-jurisdictional efforts of more than one agency
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___ is an organization that oversees the management of multiple incidents. Examples
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include 2 or more HM spills, fires, etc.
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a) EOC
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b) Incident Management Team
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c) Unified Command
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d) Area Command
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How does the use of Area Command facilitate the job of the IC and agency officials?
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a) Area Command communicates agency policies, priorities, constraints, and guidance to
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Incident Commanders implementation across all incidents.
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b) Area Command determines the incident tactics, objectives, and strategies.
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c) Establishing Area Command eliminates the need for a written delegation of authority.
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d) Area Command replaces the incident-level ICS organizations and streamlines Incident
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Commander functions and tasks.
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a) Area Command communicates agency policies, priorities, constraints, and guidance to
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Incident Commanders implementation across all incidents.
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What is an advantage of activating an Area Command?
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a) The role of the IC is shared by two or more persons.
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b) Allows different agencies to work together.
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c) Resolves the resource competition between incidents.
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d) Incident tactics, objectives, and strategies are not necessary.
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c) Resolves the resource competition between incidents.
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When should an Area Command be established?
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a) When one major or complex incident is occurring.
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b) When incidents are using similar and limited critical resources.
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c) When incidents are expected to conclude in one Operational Period.
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d) When life and property values are not at risk.
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b) When incidents are using similar and limited critical resources.
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Which responsibility outlines an Area Command's primary function?
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a) Establish facility use between various incidents
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b) Ensure that Unified Command personnel assignments and organizations are
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appropriate.
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c) Maintain contact with the President
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d) Develop broad objectives for the affected area.
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Assessing incidents and allocating resources are two of the three most critical
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responsibilities of the Area Commander. What is the third?
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a) Directing operations
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b) Establishing resource priorities
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c) Writing the IAP
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d) Communicating with the media
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b) Establishing resource priorities
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What is the delegated authority that directs the use of agency resources?
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a) IAP
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b) Coordination
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c) Command
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d) ICS Form 206, Resource Order Form
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What term is a NIMS guiding principle that states everyone involved in incident
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management reports to and takes direction from only one person?
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a) unity of command
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b) unity of effort
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c) chain of command
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d) area command
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a) unity of command
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MAC Groups are frequently defined ___, especially when an emergency crosses
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jurisdictional boundary.
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a) functionally
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b) geographically
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c) nationally
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d) federally
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b) geographically
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