NIMS IS-700.B Final Exam With
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NIMS Guiding Principles ANS✔✔ Flexibility
Standardization
Unity of Effort
Flexibility ANS✔✔ Allows NIMS to be scalable from routine, local incidents
through those requiring interstate mutual aid up to those requiring Federal
assistance
Standardization ANS✔✔ Supports interoperability among multiple
organizations in incident response
Standard Organizational Structures ANS✔✔ Improve integration and
connectivity among organizations
Standard Practices ANS✔✔ Allow incident personnel and organizations to
work together effectively
Common Terminology ANS✔✔ Enables effective communication
Unity of Effort ANS✔✔ Enables organizations with jurisdictional authority
or functional responsibilities to support each other while allowing each
participating agency to maintain its own authority and accountability
,3 Major Components of NIMS ANS✔✔ 1. Resource Management
2. Command and Coordination
3. Communications and Information Management
Resource Management ANS✔✔ 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
Command and Communication ANS✔✔ 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
Communications and Information Management ANS✔✔ 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
4 Key Activities of Resource Management Preparedness ANS✔✔ 1.
Identifying and typing resources
2. Qualifying, certifying, and credentialing personnel
3. Planning for resources
4. Acquiring, storing, and inventorying resources
, Typing: Capability ANS✔✔ The resources capability to perform its function
in one or more of the five mission areas: Prevention, Protection, Mitigation,
Response, and Recovery
Typing: Category ANS✔✔ The function for a which a resource would be
most useful (firefighting, law enforcement, health and medical)
Typing: Kind ANS✔✔ A broad characterization, such as personnel,
equipment, teams, and facilities
Typing: Type ANS✔✔ 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
Qualifying ANS✔✔ Personnel meet the minimum established standards
(including training, experience, physical and medical fitness) to fill specific
positions
Certification ANS✔✔ Recognition from an AHJ or a third party that an
individual has completed qualification for a position
Credentialing ANS✔✔ Documentation- typically an ID card or badge- that
identifies personnel and verifies their qualifications for a particular position
Identify Requirements (Resource Management) ANS✔✔ Identify:
1. Type and quantity of resources needed
2. Location where resources should be sent
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