10 Command & Control/ Emergency Management

Question 1

What is Control?

Answer 1

Responsibility for coordinating and directing the response to an incident

Question 2

What is command?

Answer 2

The authority a Commander exercises over assigned staff includes authority and accountability for using available resources to achieve the accomplishments of assigned tasks

Question 3

3 essential elements of command and control

Answer 3

Leadership

Decision making

Control

Question 4

3 command levels?

Answer 4

Tactical

Operational

Strategic

Question 5

Obligations of command and control?

Answer 5

Responsibility for community safety

Health and wellbeing of staff

Reputation of Police

Act lawfully, ethically and professionally

Question 6

Appreciation Format?

Answer 6

Aim

Factors

Courses open

(Outline) Plan

Question 7

What does a plan cover?

Answer 7

Sitation

Mission

Execution

Question 8

Section 86

Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002

Answer 8

Evacuation of premises and places
or
Exclusion of persons or vehicles from any premises or place

Question 9

Section 88

CDEMA 2002

Answer 9

Closing roads and public places

Question 10

Why do police use the CIMS model?

Answer 10

One model of command, control and coordination

Consistent with interagency approach

Understood and practised by multi agency partners

Inter operability with Australian police

Known at all levels of police

Question 11

Principles of command and control

Answer 11

Unity
Span
Continuity
Delegation
Obligations

Question 12

S91 CDEMA 2002

Power to give directions

Answer 12

Direct any person to stop any activity that may contribute to or cause an emergency

Request any person to take any action to prevent or limit the extent of the emergency