Command and coordination is the NIMS component that focus on _______ Emergency Operation Center, Multiagency Coordination Groups, and The Joint Information System.
Incident Command System
What term defines the concept of incident operations Personnel who are assigned to only one supervisor
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ICS 300 Review Questions
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The 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.
General Staff - answer The group of incident management personnel
reporting to the incident commander. They may have one or more deputies
as needed. The General staff consist of the Operations section chief,
Planning section Chief, Logistics section chief and finance/administration
section chief.
Section - answer The organizational level with responsibilities for a major
functional area of the incident Operations Planning Logistic
finance/administration
Chief - answer The ICS title for individuals responsible for functional
sections: Operations, Planning, Logistics and Finance/Administration
Branch - answer The organizational level having functional or geographic
responsibility for major parts of the operation of logistic functions.
Director - answer The ICS title for individual responsible for supervision of
a branch
Division/Group - answer Division are used to divide an incident
geographically. Groups are used to divide an incident functionally.
Supervisor - answer The ICS title for individuals responsible for a Division
or group
A Specified combination of the same kind of type or resources with
common communications and a leader is a _______________ - answer Strike
team
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