A right or obligation to act on behalf of a department, agency, or jurisdiction is defined as? -
️️Authority
An important feature of Emergency Operation Plans is that they? -️️Provide a uniform
response to all hazards that a community may face
What statement best describes ICS Form 201?...
NIMS- ICS-Questions and Correct Answers/ Verified/ Grade A+
Flexibility - ✔️✔️Scalable and applicable to varied hazards, geography
Standardization - ✔️✔️Defines standard organizational strutures; improves integration and
connectivity amongst varied jurisdictions; common terminology
Unity of effort - ✔️✔️coordinating activities amongst various orgs. to achieve common objectives
Area Command - ✔️✔️Very complex or multiple concurrent smaller incidents; goal is to oversee
management and prioritize scarce resources; frequently established as Unified Commands
EOC - ✔️✔️Facility from which staff provide information management, resource allocation and
tracking, and advanced planning support
Incident Commander - ✔️✔️Individual responsible for on-scene activities; develops incident
objectives, and ordering and releasing resources; overall responsibility and authority
MAC Group - ✔️✔️Sometimes called policy group; admins and execs; provide policy guidance;
support resource prioritization and allocation; allow pols to make the necessary decisions
Unified Command - ✔️✔️When more than one agency has jurisdiction or when incidents crosses
jurisdictions; rule of incident command is conducted jointly; each partner maintains his authority
Resource typing - ✔️✔️categorizes by capability; allows for planning, requesting
FEMA selects resources that - ✔️✔️widely used and sharable; can be shared across jurisdictions;
ID'd by Capability, category, kind and type
Capability - ✔️✔️core capability for which is most useful
Category - ✔️✔️Function for which is most useful
, Kind - ✔️✔️Characterization: Personnel, teams, facilities, equipment, and supplies
Type - ✔️✔️Minimum Capability: Specific metrics based on Kind and mission; Type 1 is the highest;
Capability based on size, power, and capacity or for teams: experience and capability; can be ID'd,
inventoried, and tracked; used in incident management; are sufficiently interoperable
Qualification - ✔️✔️Process through which personnel meet the minimum established criteria
(training, experience, physical and medical fitness, and capability)
Certification/Recertification - ✔️✔️Recognition from AHJ or third party stating that an individual
has met and continues to meet established criteria
Credentialling - ✔️✔️Occurs when an AHJ OR third party provides documentation; ID's personnel
and authenticates quals for a particular position
Nationally recognized standards - ✔️✔️provide consistent baseline; uses the Position Task Book
(PTB); PTB's describe minimum competencies, behaviors, and tasks; FEMA recommends standards,
but it is the broad group of AHJ's that ultimately determine these
Planning for resources - ✔️✔️Jurisdictions and organization work together to plan for, ID, manage,
estimate, allocate, order, deploy and demobilize resources. ID's needs, vulnerabilities
Resource management strategies should: - ✔️✔️Stockpile resource, establish mutual aid
agreements, determine how and where to store resources, develop contracts to acquire resource
from vendors; consideration should be given to how fast resources can be replenished
(manufactured and/or shipped)
Acquiring, Storing, and Inventorying Resources - ✔️✔️Those with resource responsibilities should
plan for replenishment, preventative maintenance, and capital improvements; should maintain
currency and accuracy or inventory.
Resource inventorying is a process done - ✔️✔️outside of incident response
an effective inventory includes: - ✔️✔️Name: Resources unique name
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