Chapter 3 Flashcards
NFPA ___ : Standard on Fire Department Incident Management System(IMS).
NFPA 1561
___ helps maintain awareness of location and function of personnel.
Accountability
Resource elements : Any resource element that varies in capability because of size or power must be ___.
Typed
In IMS, the first management assignments, by the IC, will normally be one or more ___ to manage the major functional areas.
Section Chiefs
If the section chief sees the need, ___ may be established within the section.
Functional units
IAP : Written plan should be used when..
Resources from multiple agencies
Several jurisdictions are used
Incident requires shift changes
The fire ground command system became popular in the late ___ and was widely utilized. It was developed in ___ and gained national attention after the publication of the book Fire Command by Alan Brunacini.
1970’s
Phoenix, AZ
In 1980, federal officials transitioned IMS’s into a national program called the NIIMS. This became the basis of a response management system for ___.
All federal agencies with wildfire management responsibilities.
NIIMS consisted of ___ major subsystems.
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___ continues to be a requirement for jurisdictions seeking Federal grant money, and this organizations will have to demonstrate compliance.
NIMS
NIMS is the first standardized approach at the ___ level to incident management and response.
National
In Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5 (HSPD-5), President George W. Bush called on the ___ to develop a national NIMS.
Secretary of Homeland Security
DHS released NIMS in ___.
March 2004
The ___ was established by the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide strategic direction and oversight of NMS.
NIMS Integration Center
NIMS breaks down incident management into ___ functions. They are:
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Command Operations Planning Logistics Finance/Administration
ICS-100 - ___
ICS-200 - ___
ICS-300 - ___
ICS-400 - ___
Introduction to ICS
Basic ICS
Intermediate ICS
Advanced ICS
NIMS was designed for and mandates a ___.
Unified command
___ is the IMS designation for the organizational level that has primary responsibility for one of the general staff or command staff functions.
Section
Each ___ reports directly to the IC.
Section Chief
___ is the position responsible for the management of all tactical objectives and activities. Needs to have direct involvement in the development of action plans.
Operations
___ is responsible for many areas, beginning with the development of action plans and also collects and evaluates tactical info.
Planning
___ is responsible for all non-operational support needs and activities. Including facilities transportation, supplies, equipment, apparatus, communications, medical services for incident responders and food for all involved in the incident.
Logistics
On a very large or long duration incident, it may be necessary to implement the last section of the system, the ___ section.
Finance/Administration
Support divisions for the main sections are ___, ___, and ___.
Branches, Divisions, and Groups
___ would generally be established when the number of divisions or groups has exceeded the manageable span of control.
Branch
___ is established and named by geographic areas.
Division
___ are established and named by a specific function that they are to accomplish.
Groups
___ is a combo of unlike resources, typically 5 resources.
Task Force
___ is a combo of 5 like resources.
Strike Team
___, which spell out the standard course of action that should be taken and expected on every incident, are the foundation of an IMS.
SOG’s
