5/213.06 Major Incident and All Hazard Plan Flashcards
When will the department provide personnel and equipment for major incident and all hazard plans?
- Natural and man-made disasters
- Civil disturbances
- Any other complex incident or emergency that will require a major commitment of city, county, state, or federal resources for an extended period of time.
What is the National Incident Management System (NIMS)?
NIMS was developed so responders from different jurisdictions and disciplines can work together.
- Better respond to:
- Natural disasters
- emergencies, including acts of terrorism
What is the Incident Command System?
ICS is used as a standard tool used for command, control, response coordination, and overall management for complex incidents, pre-planned events, and/or emergencies.
(Major Incident/All Hazard Plan) Command and control within ICS starts from the top down, and is based on the needs of the incident. Who will establish command on an incident?
The most qualified officer
-regardless of rank
Should a more qualified officer arrive on scene a transfer of command will be considered
(Major Incident/All Hazard Plan) Though anyone of any rank can be an incident commander, who should not assume the position unless absolutely necessary?
Shift watch commanders
-to allow for continued oversight of the remainder of the jurisdiction
Whenever transfer of command occurs during an ICS incident it will be communicated to __________ over the radio.
Dispatch
When an incident command post is established, what will occur?
- It will be given a unique name
- It will be communicated to dispatch
(Major Incident/All Hazard Plan) Regardless of the size or type of incident, event and/or emergency the top three priorities of the incident commander will use to establish incident objectives will be:
- Life safety
- Incident stabilization
- Property preservation
All commissioned officers must complete what levels of ICS within the first year of employment? (Major Incident/All Hazard Plan)
ICS 100, 200, and 700
Sergeants must complete ICS ________ upon promotion.
ICS 300
(Major Incident/All Hazard Plan)
Area command personnel who routinely work together can be assigned more effectively as ________ or ____________ to fulfill a specific need when responding to an ICS incident.
Groups or “strike teams”
(Major incident/all hazard plan)
An organized and structured response allows the primary/initial responding officers, supervisors, or watch commander the ability better allocate the responding resources by ______ __________.
Area command
During and ICS situation, units from neighboring area command MAY or MAY NOT self-dispatch to the event?
May not
- unless the incident occurs within close proximity to the boarder, and units are in close proximity to the incident
- units from neighboring area commands will respond if dispatched by communications
(Major incident/all hazard plan)
The first arriving officer on s major incident will
- ensure officer and public safety
- conduct a situation assessment and update communications
- ensure a supervisor has been notified and is en-route
- begin to establish command as resources arrive
(Major incident/all hazard plan)
On less complex incidents, the sergeant may choose th leave the ______________ in command and mentor him through the process for ___________ _____________.
- patrol officer
- educational purposes
-the sergeant will ensure that the decisions made by the officer in the position of IC are sound and within the guidelines of department policy before allowing them to be implemented.
