Chapter 22 Establishing and Transferring Command

Question 1

A supervisory level established in either the operations or logistics function to provide a span of control.

Answer 1

Branch

Question 2

A person in a supervisory level position in either the operations or logistics function to provide a span of control.

Answer 2

Branch director

Question 3

A rank structure, spanning the fire fighter through the fire chief, for managing a fire department and fire-ground operations.

Answer 3

Chain of command

Question 4

The act of directing and/or controlling resources by virtue of explicit legal, agency, or delegated authority.

Answer 4

Command

Question 5

The _______ _____ consists of the public information officer, safety officer, and liaison officer, all of whom report directly to the incident commander and are responsible for functions in the incident management system that are not a part of the function of the line organization.

Answer 5

Command staff

Question 6

The individual responsible for command of a company, a designation not specific to any particular fire department rank (can be a fire fighter, lieutenant, captain, or chief officer, if responsible for command of a single company.

Answer 6

Company officer

Question 7

A team of two or more fire fighters.

Answer 7

Crew

Question 8

A program focused on improved situational awareness, sound critical decision making, effective communication, proper task allocation, and successful teamwork and leadership.

Answer 8

Crew resource management (CRM)

Question 9

That organizational level having responsibility for operations within a defined geographic location.

Answer 9

Division

Question 10

A person in a supervisory level position responsible for a specific geographic area of operations at an incident.

Answer 10

Division supervisor

Question 11

Section responsible for all costs and financial actions of the incident or planned event, including the time unit, procurement unit, compensation/claims unit, and the cost unit.

Answer 11

Finance/administration section chief

Question 12

A person, at the first level of progression as defined in Chapter 4 of NFPA 1001, who has demonstrated the knowledge and skills to function as an integral member of a firefighting team under direct supervision in hazardous conditions.

Answer 12

Fire fighter I

Question 13

A person, at the second level of progression as defined in Chapter 5 on NFPA 1001, who has demonstrated the skills and depth of knowledge to function under general supervision.

Answer 13

Fire fighter II

Question 14

An incident management system developed in the 1970’s for day-to-day fire department incidents (generally handled with fewer than 25 units or companies).

Answer 14

Fire-ground command (FGC)

Question 15

Fire Resources of California Organized for Potential Emergencies; an organization of agencies established in the early 1970s to develop a standardized system for managing fire resources at large-scale incidents such as wildland fires.

Answer 15

FIRESCOPE

Question 16

Individuals or crews operating independently of the established ICS structure.

Answer 16

Freelancing

Question 17

A group of incident management personnel organized according to function and reporting to the incident commander, normally consisting of the operations section chief, planning section chief, logistics section chief, and finance/administration section chief.

Answer 17

General staff

Question 18

Established to divide the incident management structure into functional assignments of operation.

Answer 18

Group

Question 19

A person in a supervisory level position responsible for a functional area of operation.

Answer 19

Group supervisor

Question 20

A verbal or written plan containing incident objectives reflecting the overall strategy and specific control actions where appropriate for managing an incident or planned event.

Answer 20

Incident action plan (IAP)

Question 21

The individual responsible for all incident activities, including the development of strategies and tactics and the ordering and release of resources.

Answer 21

Incident commander (IC)

Question 22

The field location at which the primary tactical-level, on-scene incident command functions are performed.

Answer 22

Incident command post (ICP)

Question 23

The combination of facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures, and communications operating within a common organizational structure that has responsibility for the management of assigned resources to effectively accomplish stated objectives pertaining to an incident or training exercise.

Answer 23

Incident command system (ICS)

Question 24

A document prepared by fire department personnel on a particular incident.

Answer 24

Incident report

Question 25

A member of the command staff responsible for monitoring and assessing safety hazards and unsafe situations and for developing measures for ensuring personnel safety.

Answer 25

Incident safety officer

Question 26

The individual responsible for command of a task force, strike team, or functional unit.

Answer 26

Leader

Question 27

A member of the command staff responsible for coordinating with representatives from cooperating and assisting agencies.

Answer 27

Liaison officer

Question 28

Section responsible for providing facilities, services, and materials for the incident or planned event, including the communications unit, medical unit, and food unit within the service branch and the supply unit, and ground support unit within the support branch.

Answer 28

Logistics section

Question 29

The general staff position responsible for directing the logistics function. It is generally assigned on complex, resource-intensive, or long-duration incidents.

Answer 29

Logistics section chief

Question 30

The standard, national reporting system used by U.S. fire departments to report fires and other incidents to departments to report fires and other incidents to which they respond and to maintain records of these incidents in a uniform manner.

Answer 30

National Fire Incident Reporting Systems (NFIRS)

Question 31

A system mandated by Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5 (HSPD-5) that provides a systematic, proactive approach guiding government agencies at all levels, the private sector, and nongovernmental organizations to work seamlessly to prepare for, prevent, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of incidents, regardless of cause, size, location, or complexity, so as to reduce the loss of life or property and harm to the environment.

Answer 31

National Incident Management System (NIMS)

Question 32

Section responsible for all tactical operations at the incident or planned event, including up to 5 branches, 25 divisions/groups, and 125 single resources, tasks forces, or strike teams.

Answer 32

Operations section

Question 33

The general staff position responsible for managing all operations activities. It is usually assigned when complex incidents involve more than 20 single resources or when command staff cannot be involved in all details of the tactical operation.

Answer 33

Operations section chief

Question 34

Section responsible for the collection, evaluation, dissemination, and use of information related to the incident situations, resource status, and incident forecast.

Answer 34

Planning section

Question 35

The general staff position responsible for planning functions and for tracking and logging resources. It is assigned when command staff members need assistance in managing information.

Answer 35

Planning section chief

Question 36

A document developed by gathering general and detailed data that is used by responding personnel in effectively managing emergencies for the protection of occupants, responding personnel, property, and the environment.

Answer 36

Preincident plan

Question 37

A member of the command staff responsible for interfacing with the public and media or with other agencies with incident-related information requirements.

Answer 37

Public information officer (PIO)

Question 38

An acronym developed for use by the incident commander for accomplishing tactical priorities on the fire ground, stands for rescue, exposure protection, confinement, extinguishment, overhaul, ventilation, and salvage.

Answer 38

RECEO-VS

Question 39

Under the NIMS, includes mutual-aid agreements; the use of special federal, state, local, and tribal teams; and resource mobilization protocols.

Answer 39

Resource management

Question 40

An assessment of the risk to rescuers versus the benefits that can be derived from their intended actions.

Answer 40

Risk/benefit analysis

Question 41

A command structure in which a single individual is responsible for all of the strategic objectives of the incident. It is typically used when an incident is within a single jurisdiction and is managed by a single discipline.

Answer 41

Single command

Question 42

An individual, a piece of equipment and its personnel, or a crew or team of individuals with an identified supervisor that can be used on an incident or planned event.

Answer 42

Single resource

Question 43

The process of gathering and analyzing information to help fire officers make decisions regarding the deployment of resources and the implementation of tactics.

Answer 43

Size-up

Question 44

An acronym intended to be used by the first arriving company officer to accomplish important strategic goals on the fire ground.

Answer 44

S.L.I.C.E.-R.S.

Question 45

The maximum number of personnel or activities that can be effectively controlled by one individual (usually three to seven).

Answer 45

Span of control

Question 46

Location established where resource can be placed while they await a tactical assignment.

Answer 46

Staging area

Question 47

Specified combination of the same kind and type of resources, with common communications and a leader.

Answer 47

Strike team

Question 48

An assessment that weighs the risks likely to be taken versus the benefits of those risks, of the viability and survivability of potential fire victims under the current conditions in the structure.

Answer 48

Survivability profiling

Question 49

A group of resources with common communications and a leader that can be pre-established and sent to an incident or planned event or formed at an incident of planned event.

Answer 49

Task force

Question 50

The formal procedure for transferring the duties of an incident commander at an incident scene.

Answer 50

Transfer of command

Question 51

A team effort that allows all agencies jurisdictional responsibility for an incident or planned event, either geographic or functional, to manage the incident or planned event by establishing a common set of incident objectives and strategies.

Answer 51

Unified command

Question 52

The organizational element having functional responsibility for a specific incident operations, planning, logistics, or finance/administration activity.

Answer 52

Unit

Question 53

The concept by which each person within an organization reports to one, and only one, designated person.

Answer 53

Unity of command