Chapter 22 - Managing Incidents

Question 1

Branch

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Branch Director

Answer 2

A supervisory position in charge of a number of divisions and/or groups. This position reports to a section chief or the incident commander

Question 3

Command Staff

Answer 3

Positions that are established to assume responsibility for key activities in the incident management system that are not a part of the line organization; these include safety officer, PIO, and liaison officer

Question 4

Division

Answer 4

A supervisory level established to divide an incident into geographical areas of operations

Question 5

Division Supervisor

Answer 5

A supervisory position in charge of a geographical operation at the tactical level

Question 6

Finance/Admin Section

Answer 6

A section of the IMS that is responsible for the accounting and financial aspects of an incident, as well as any legal issues that may arise

Question 7

Group

Answer 7

A supervisory level established to divide the incident into functional areas of operation

Question 8

Group Supervisor

Answer 8

A supervisory position in charge of a functional operation at the tactical level

Question 9

ICS General Staff

Answer 9

Group of incident managers composed of the operations section chief, planning section chief, logistics section chief, and finance/admin section chief

Question 10

Incident Action Plan (IAP)

Answer 10

The objectives reflecting the overall incident strategy, tactics, risk management, and member safety that are developed by the incident commander

Question 11

Incident Command System (ICS)

Answer 11

A system that defines the roles and responsibilities to be assumed by personnel and the operating procedures to be used in the management and direction of emergency operations

Question 12

Incident Commander

Answer 12

The person who is responsible for all decisions relating to the management of the incident and is in charge of the incident site

Question 13

Liaison Officer

Answer 13

The IC’s representative to outside agencies

Question 14

Logistics Section

Answer 14

Responsible for providing facilities, services, and materials for the incident

Question 15

Logistics Section Chief

Answer 15

A supervisory position that is responsible for providing supplies, services, facilities, and materials during the incident

Question 16

National Incident Management System (NIMS)

Answer 16

Provides a consistent nationwide template to enable federal, state, tribal, and local governments, the private sector, and non-governmental organizations to work together

Question 17

National Response Framework (NRF)

Answer 17

A comprehensive, national, all-hazards approach to domestic incident response that describes specific authorities and best practices for managing incidents

Question 18

Operations Section

Answer 18

Responsible for all tactical operations at the incident. Operations section can be as large as 5 branches, 25 divisions/groups, or 125 single resources, task forces, or strike teams

Question 19

Planning Section

Answer 19

Responsible for the collection, evaluation, dissemination, and use of information about the development of the incident and the status of resources

Question 20

PIO

Answer 20

A command staff position that is responsible for gathering and releasing incident information to the news media and other appropriate agencies

Question 21

Safety Officer

Answer 21

Person responsible for monitoring and assessing safety hazards and unsafe conditions

Question 22

Staging

Answer 22

A specific function in which resources are assembled in an area at or near the incident scene to await instructions or assignments

Question 23

Strategic Level

Answer 23

Command level that entails the overall direction and goals of the incident

Question 24

Strike Team

Answer 24

A specific combination of the same kind and type of resources, with common communications and a leader

Question 25

Tactical Level

Answer 25

Command level in which objectives must be achieved to meet the strategic goals

Question 26

Tactical Worksheet

Answer 26

A form that allows the incident commander to ensure all tactical issues are addressed and to diagram an incident with the location of resources on the diagram

Question 27

Task Force

Answer 27

Any combination of single resources assembled for a particular tactical need, with common communications and a leader

Question 28

Task Level

Answer 28

Command level in which specific tasks are assigned to companies

Question 29

Two in/Two out Rule

Answer 29

A guideline created which requires a two-person team to operate within an environment that is immediately dangerous to life and health and a minimum of a two-person team to be available outside the IDLH atmosphere to remain capable of rapid rescue of the interior team

Question 30

Unit

Answer 30

Either a geographical or a functional assignment

Question 31

9 Functions of command

Answer 31

Determining Strategy
Selecting incident tactics
Setting the action plan
Developing the ICS organization
Managing resources
Coordinating resource activities
Providing for scene safety
Releasing information about the incident
Coordinating with outside agencies