Ch.3 Flashcards
Organizations need to work within an IMS for many reasons, but the most important is that it provides ___________________
flexibility and gives responsibility to select individuals for tasks and assignments, thereby creating better accountability and improving overall safety.
The art of directing and controlling the personnel and equipment resources assigned to, or requested to assist in , the control of an incident:
Command or Incident Management
Span of control involves supervising anywhere from _______ to ______ people:
- 3 to 7 people
- 5 optimal
An IMS must be used on all incidents that involve ____________
More than a single unit
NFPA 1561:
Incident Management System
NFPA 1561 provides an outline for:
the minimum requirements of an IMS to be used by all fire departments
The purpose of any command system is to provide ________, _________, and ________, which in turn increases safety.
- provide structure
- coordination
- integration of risk management
Any resource that varies in capability because of size or power, must be clearly identified or ______ as to capability.
typed
The IMS organizational structure develops in a modular fashion and will build from the _______
top down
The Fireground Command system became popular in the late _____ and was widely utilized.
1970’s
Fireground Command System:
- 1970’s
- developed in Phoenix, Arizona
- gained national attention from Fire Command by Chief Alan Brunacini
The Fireground Command System was ver effective for nearly all day-to-day incidents, but was difficult to _____________
expand for large, unusual, multi-agency responses
Fireground Command utilized 3 basic levels:
- Strategic- Role of IC
- Tactical- Sector officer assigned operational areas
- Task- Company level
The Fireground Command System used the term ______ to identify and define locations or activities using plain language.
Sector
In 1980, federal officials transitioned IMS into a national program called ________________, which became the basis of a response management system for all federal agencies with wildfire management responsibilities.
National Interagency Incident Management System (NIIMS)
NIIMS consisted of ____ major subsystems that collectively provided a total systems approach to incident management.
-5 Incident Command System Training Qualifications and Certification system Publications Management Support Technologies
The basic organizational structure of the IMS was based on:
experiences from large wildland fires
NIMS has been phased in at federal, state, and local levels and applies to ___________________
all public and private, emergency, and non-emergency entities that may have a role in an incident
______ continues to be a requirement for jurisdictions seeking federal grant money, and those organizations will have to demonstrate NIMS compliance.
NIMS
In Homeland Security Presidential Directive-5, President George W. Bush called on _______________ to develop a national IMS
Secretary of Homeland Security
The DHS released NIMS in __________
March 2004
The benefits of NIMS are:
- ***Personnel qualification standards
- Interoperable communications processes
- Publication Management
The NIMS Integration Center was established by the ________________ to provide strategic direction for NIMS.
Secretary of Homeland Security
The NIMS Integration Center is:
- multijurisdictional, multidisciplinary entity of public and private agencies
- Helps maintains, and distribute national standards, guidelines, and protocols
- Defines system training and certification requirements
- Promotes compatibility of NIMS with those developed at local levels.
NIMS breaks down incident management into ____ manageable functions that are essential foe emergency response operations.
5
- command
- operations
- planning
- logistics
- finance and administration
NIMS recognizes _________________ as a model for course curricula and materials applicable to NIMS.
National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG)
NIMS classifications: ICS-100: ICS-200: ICS-300: ICS-400:
ICS-100: Introduction to ICS
ICS-200: Basic ICS
ICS-300: Intermediate ICS
ICS-400: Advanced ICS
Both __________ and ________ follow the ICS model in their curricula.
- United States Fire Administration’s- National Fire Academy
- Emergency Medical Institute
NIMS was designed for and mandates a ______________
Unified Command
__________ is the IMS designation for the organizational level that has primary responsibility for one of the general staff functions of one of the command staff functions.
Section
The ________ section is responsible for many areas, beginning with the development of action plans.
Planning
*Also collects and evaluates tactical information
_________ is responsible for all nonoperational support needs and activities, including facilities, transportation, supplies, equipment, apparatus, food.
Logistics
A _______ is established when the manageable span of control on the number of divisions and/or groups is exceeded.
Branch
A ______ is established and named by geographic areas.
Division
_______ are established and named by a specific function that they are to accomplish.
Groups
A ______ could also be implemented when there are at least 2 specific and distinct operations that need to take place at the same time.
Branch
A _______ is a combination of unlike resources, typically totaling 5 resources.
Task Force
A ______ is a combination of 5 like resources.
Strike Team
Both a task force and a strike team will be assigned a _________
leader
The use of a unified command structure makes the integration of _______ possible.
outside agencies
________ are the foundation of an IMS
SOG/SOP
The IMS’s organizational structure develops in modular fashion and is based on the _____ and ______ of an incident.
- type
- size of incident
The structure used to manage an incident involving multiple jurisdictions or multiple response agencies that have responsibility for control of the incident:
Unified Command
