Chapter 12- Fire Management

Question 1

What are examples of events that NIIMS can be used for?

Answer 1

Wildfires

Hurricanes

Riots

Question 2

What is the term that refers to the condition where all agencies that have jurisdictional responsibility for the incident share in the decision making?

Answer 2

Unified command

Question 3

The ideal span of command is what?

Answer 3

1 to 5

Question 4

What is the name of the location from which the Incident Commander (IC) oversees all incident operations?

Answer 4

Incident Command Post

Question 5

Where may helicopters be fueled?

Answer 5

Helibase

Question 6

A group of resources consisting of the same type and kind of equipment is called what?

Answer 6

Strike team

Question 7

What are valid status conditions?

Answer 7

Available

Out of service

Assigned

Question 8

Whom will the approval of an FFS request for an Incident Management Team (IMT) be coordinated through?

Answer 8

The Forest Protection Bureau

Question 9

When did the FFS formally adopt the National Interagency Incident Management System (NIIMS)?

Answer 9

1982