Chapter 3

Question 1

NFPA ___ : Standard on Fire Department Incident Management System(IMS).

Answer 1

NFPA 1561

Question 2

___ helps maintain awareness of location and function of personnel.

Answer 2

Accountability

Question 3

Resource elements : Any resource element that varies in capability because of size or power must be ___.

Answer 3

Typed

Question 4

In IMS, the first management assignments, by the IC, will normally be one or more ___ to manage the major functional areas.

Answer 4

Section Chiefs

Question 5

If the section chief sees the need, ___ may be established within the section.

Answer 5

Functional units

Question 6

IAP : Written plan should be used when..

Answer 6

Resources from multiple agencies
Several jurisdictions are used
Incident requires shift changes

Question 7

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.

Answer 7

1970’s

Phoenix, AZ

Question 8

In 1980, federal officials transitioned IMS’s into a national program called the NIIMS. This became the basis of a response management system for ___.

Answer 8

All federal agencies with wildfire management responsibilities.

Question 9

NIIMS consisted of ___ major subsystems.

Answer 9

5

Question 10

___ continues to be a requirement for jurisdictions seeking Federal grant money, and this organizations will have to demonstrate compliance.

Answer 10

NIMS

Question 11

NIMS is the first standardized approach at the ___ level to incident management and response.

Answer 11

National

Question 12

In Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5 (HSPD-5), President George W. Bush called on the ___ to develop a national NIMS.

Answer 12

Secretary of Homeland Security

Question 13

DHS released NIMS in ___.

Answer 13

March 2004

Question 14

The ___ was established by the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide strategic direction and oversight of NMS.

Answer 14

NIMS Integration Center

Question 15

NIMS breaks down incident management into ___ functions. They are:

Answer 15

5

Command
Operations
Planning
Logistics
Finance/Administration

Question 16

ICS-100 - ___
ICS-200 - ___
ICS-300 - ___
ICS-400 - ___

Answer 16

Introduction to ICS
Basic ICS
Intermediate ICS
Advanced ICS

Question 17

NIMS was designed for and mandates a ___.

Answer 17

Unified command

Question 18

___ is the IMS designation for the organizational level that has primary responsibility for one of the general staff or command staff functions.

Answer 18

Section

Question 19

Each ___ reports directly to the IC.

Answer 19

Section Chief

Question 20

___ is the position responsible for the management of all tactical objectives and activities. Needs to have direct involvement in the development of action plans.

Answer 20

Operations

Question 21

___ is responsible for many areas, beginning with the development of action plans and also collects and evaluates tactical info.

Answer 21

Planning

Question 22

___ 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.

Answer 22

Logistics

Question 23

On a very large or long duration incident, it may be necessary to implement the last section of the system, the ___ section.

Answer 23

Finance/Administration

Question 24

Support divisions for the main sections are ___, ___, and ___.

Answer 24

Branches, Divisions, and Groups

Question 25

___ would generally be established when the number of divisions or groups has exceeded the manageable span of control.

Answer 25

Branch

Question 26

___ is established and named by geographic areas.

Answer 26

Division

Question 27

___ are established and named by a specific function that they are to accomplish.

Answer 27

Groups

Question 28

___ is a combo of unlike resources, typically 5 resources.

Answer 28

Task Force

Question 29

___ is a combo of 5 like resources.

Answer 29

Strike Team

Question 30

___, which spell out the standard course of action that should be taken and expected on every incident, are the foundation of an IMS.

Answer 30

SOG’s