Chapter 14 Me Flashcards
Established by the federal government in March 2008
NRF
National Response Framework
Rules the collection and allocation of federal and federal contractor resources to support NIMS
NRF
National Response Framework
Stafford Act 1974
How federal government deploys resources after an incident occurs
Covers all hazard events
-Terrorist
-Natural disasters
Command staff are?
SLIP
Safety Officer
Liaison Officer
IC aid
Public Information Officer
Who are the ICS general staff?
FLOP
Finance/Administration
Logistics
Operations
Planning
Responsible for collection, evaluation, dissemination, and use of information relevant to the incident
Planning
Responsible for developing and updating IAP
Planning
Responsible for supplies, services, facilities and materials
Logistics
Responsible for the administrative, accounting, and financial aspects of an incident, as well as any legal issues
Financial/Administration
A supervisory level established in either the operations or logistics function to provide appropriate span of control
Branch
Individual companies (single resources) operate at what level?
Task level
The most frequent location of civilian fire deaths and fire related injuries is?
Single family dwellings
-They are not subject to fire prevention inspections
-Fire spreads rapidly due to open layout
A working fire within a high rise structure requires
- More fire fighters
- An expanded ICS
- Planning, operations, and logistics section
- Command staff
An area where the primary logistics function are coordinated and administered
A base
Group of fire fighters that move equipment and water supply hose lines up and down the stairwells of high rise building
Stairwell support group
A comprehensive, national, all-hazards approach to domestic incident response that described specific authorities and best practices for managing incidents
The national response framework
The administrative regulation that describes federal government disaster and emergency assistance to state and local governments, tribal nations, eligible private nonprofit organizations, and individuals affected by a declared natural disaster or emergency
Stafford Act
Command staff under NIMS requires a minimum of?
An incident commander and safety officer
____, ____, and _____ are where the strategy specified in the IAP is converted into action
Division
Groups
Units
______, _____, and ______ are tactical level management elements that are used to assemble companies and resources for a common purpose
Division
Groups
Units
Composed of the resources responsible for operations with a defined geographical area.
Division
Organizing resources by function rather than location. Composed of resources assigned to a specific function such as, vent, search and rescue or water supply
Groups
An organizational element with functional responsibility for a specific incident activity, such as planning it logistics, or a specific geographical assignment
Units
_____ and _____ are groups of single resources that have been assigned to work together for a specific purpose or for a period of time
Task forces and strike teams
2 to 5 single resources that are assembled to accomplish a specific task
Task force
Operates under the supervision of a task force leader
In many cases the task force leader is one of the company officers
5 units of the same type with an assigned leader
A strike team
Operates under a strike team leader
In most cases the strike team leader is a command officer
The logistics section can be divided into 2 branches
Support branch and service branch
Service branch: communication and firefighter rehab
Support branch: supplies, personnel and equipment
The support branch director is located?
In the base
The first priority of the support branch is?
Spare SCBA
Firefighters that move equipment and water supply up and down stairwells
Stairwell support group
Reports to support branch director
