NFPA 1561 - ANSStandard on a Fire Department Incident Management System (issued in
1990)
NFPA 1026 - ANSStandard for Incident Management Personnel Professional Qualifications
Unified Command - ANSWhen multiple agencies with overlapping jurisdictions or legal
responsibilities respond to the same incident
liaison officer - ANScommand's point of contact for representatives from assisting and
cooperating agencies.
Operations - ANSresponsible for taking direct action to control the incident
Planning - ANSresponsible for the collection, evaluation, dissemination, and use of information
relevant to the incident.
Logistics - ANSresponsible for providing supplies, services, facilities, and materials during the
incident.
Finance/Administration - ANSresponsible for the accounting and financial aspects of an
incident, as well as any legal issues that may arise in its aftermath
separate operations section chief - ANSAt complex incidents, a ______________ assumes this
responsibility so that command can focus on the overall strategy while the operations section
chief focuses on the tactics that are required to get the job done
planning section - ANSThe ________ also keeps track of resources at large-scale incidents and
provides command with regular situation and resource status reports.
A group - ANSusually refers to companies and/or crews working on the same task or function,
although not necessarily in the same location.
A division - ANSusually refers to companies and/or crews working in the same geographic area.
A branch - ANSis a higher level of combined resources than divisions and groups. At a major
incident, several different activities may occur in separate geographic areas or involve distinct
functions.
A task force - ANSincludes two or more single resources, such as different types of units
assembled to accomplish a specific task.
, A strike team - ANSconsists of two or more single resources of the same type with an assigned
leader
Unity of command - ANSis a management concept in which each person reports to only one
direct supervisor.
The ICS promotes the use of __________both within an organization and among all agencies
involved in emergency incidents. - ANScommon terminology
Using an ________ ensures that everyone operating at an emergency can communicate with
both supervisors and subordinates - ANSintegrated communications system
The ____________ in charge of the first-arriving unit is responsible for taking initial action,
establishing command, and exercising all of the authority that accompanies that position. -
ANScompany officer
If there is no officer on the first-arriving unit, the ___________ must function as the IC until an
officer arrives and assumes command. - ANSfire fighter with the greatest seniority
The IC should use ___________ to make this decision. - ANSsurvivability profiling
Survivability profiling is: - ANSa type of risk/benefit analysis, an assessment that weighs the
risks to be taken versus the benefits of those risks, of the viability and survivability of potential
fire victims under the current conditions in the structure
Ventilation contributes to the______incident priority: property conservation - ANSthird
_________ is a primary source of information for the incident report. - ANSThe property owner
and/or occupant
__________ are often used in incident reports to indicate data fields such as incident type,
actions taken, and property use - ANSStandardized codes
Fire reports are considered to be public records under the __________ so they may be viewed
by an attorney, an insurance company, the news media, or the public. - ANSFreedom of
Information Act,
A combination attack is performed in two stages: - ANSbeginning with an indirect attack and
continuing with a direct attack
_________ is an offensive fire attack method intended to cool the fire compartment from a safe
location prior to making an interior attack. - ANSTransitional attack
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