Ch.3

Question 1

Organizations need to work within an IMS for many reasons, but the most important is that it provides ___________________

Answer 1

flexibility and gives responsibility to select individuals for tasks and assignments, thereby creating better accountability and improving overall safety.

Question 2

The art of directing and controlling the personnel and equipment resources assigned to, or requested to assist in , the control of an incident:

Answer 2

Command or Incident Management

Question 3

Span of control involves supervising anywhere from _______ to ______ people:

Answer 3

• 3 to 7 people

- 5 optimal

Question 4

An IMS must be used on all incidents that involve ____________

Answer 4

More than a single unit

Question 5

NFPA 1561:

Answer 5

Incident Management System

Question 6

NFPA 1561 provides an outline for:

Answer 6

the minimum requirements of an IMS to be used by all fire departments

Question 7

The purpose of any command system is to provide ________, _________, and ________, which in turn increases safety.

Answer 7

• provide structure
• coordination
• integration of risk management

Question 8

Any resource that varies in capability because of size or power, must be clearly identified or ______ as to capability.

Answer 8

typed

Question 9

The IMS organizational structure develops in a modular fashion and will build from the _______

Answer 9

top down

Question 10

The Fireground Command system became popular in the late _____ and was widely utilized.

Answer 10

1970’s

Question 11

Fireground Command System:

Answer 11

• 1970’s
• developed in Phoenix, Arizona
• gained national attention from Fire Command by Chief Alan Brunacini

Question 12

The Fireground Command System was ver effective for nearly all day-to-day incidents, but was difficult to _____________

Answer 12

expand for large, unusual, multi-agency responses

Question 13

Fireground Command utilized 3 basic levels:

Answer 13

• Strategic- Role of IC
• Tactical- Sector officer assigned operational areas
• Task- Company level

Question 14

The Fireground Command System used the term ______ to identify and define locations or activities using plain language.

Answer 14

Sector

Question 15

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.

Answer 15

National Interagency Incident Management System (NIIMS)

Question 16

NIIMS consisted of ____ major subsystems that collectively provided a total systems approach to incident management.

Answer 16

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Incident Command System
Training
Qualifications and Certification system
Publications Management
Support Technologies

Question 17

The basic organizational structure of the IMS was based on:

Answer 17

experiences from large wildland fires

Question 18

NIMS has been phased in at federal, state, and local levels and applies to ___________________

Answer 18

all public and private, emergency, and non-emergency entities that may have a role in an incident

Question 19

______ continues to be a requirement for jurisdictions seeking federal grant money, and those organizations will have to demonstrate NIMS compliance.

Answer 19

NIMS

Question 20

In Homeland Security Presidential Directive-5, President George W. Bush called on _______________ to develop a national IMS

Answer 20

Secretary of Homeland Security

Question 21

The DHS released NIMS in __________

Answer 21

March 2004

Question 22

The benefits of NIMS are:

Answer 22

• ***Personnel qualification standards
• Interoperable communications processes
• Publication Management

Question 23

The NIMS Integration Center was established by the ________________ to provide strategic direction for NIMS.

Answer 23

Secretary of Homeland Security

Question 24

The NIMS Integration Center is:

Answer 24

• 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.

Question 25

NIMS breaks down incident management into ____ manageable functions that are essential foe emergency response operations.

Answer 25

5

• command
• operations
• planning
• logistics
• finance and administration

Question 26

NIMS recognizes _________________ as a model for course curricula and materials applicable to NIMS.

Answer 26

National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG)

Question 27

NIMS classifications:
ICS-100:
ICS-200:
ICS-300:
ICS-400:

Answer 27

ICS-100: Introduction to ICS
ICS-200: Basic ICS
ICS-300: Intermediate ICS
ICS-400: Advanced ICS

Question 28

Both __________ and ________ follow the ICS model in their curricula.

Answer 28

• United States Fire Administration’s- National Fire Academy

- Emergency Medical Institute

Question 29

NIMS was designed for and mandates a ______________

Answer 29

Unified Command

Question 30

__________ 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.

Answer 30

Section

Question 31

The ________ section is responsible for many areas, beginning with the development of action plans.

Answer 31

Planning

*Also collects and evaluates tactical information

Question 32

_________ is responsible for all nonoperational support needs and activities, including facilities, transportation, supplies, equipment, apparatus, food.

Answer 32

Logistics

Question 33

A _______ is established when the manageable span of control on the number of divisions and/or groups is exceeded.

Answer 33

Branch

Question 34

A ______ is established and named by geographic areas.

Answer 34

Division

Question 35

_______ are established and named by a specific function that they are to accomplish.

Answer 35

Groups

Question 36

A ______ could also be implemented when there are at least 2 specific and distinct operations that need to take place at the same time.

Answer 36

Branch

Question 37

A _______ is a combination of unlike resources, typically totaling 5 resources.

Answer 37

Task Force

Question 38

A ______ is a combination of 5 like resources.

Answer 38

Strike Team

Question 39

Both a task force and a strike team will be assigned a _________

Answer 39

leader

Question 40

The use of a unified command structure makes the integration of _______ possible.

Answer 40

outside agencies

Question 41

________ are the foundation of an IMS

Answer 41

SOG/SOP

Question 42

The IMS’s organizational structure develops in modular fashion and is based on the _____ and ______ of an incident.

Answer 42

• type

- size of incident

Question 43

The structure used to manage an incident involving multiple jurisdictions or multiple response agencies that have responsibility for control of the incident:

Answer 43

Unified Command