Chapter24-Interagency/Intergovernmental

Question 1

What type of aid is reciprocal between two or more fire and emergency services organizations?

Answer 1

Mutual aid

Question 2

Which type of aid is a formal,written agreement between jurisdictions that share a common boundary

Answer 2

Automatic aid

Question 3

Which type of aid is similar to mutual aid except that payment rather than reciprocal aid is made by one agency to the other

Answer 3

Outside aid

Question 4

Which internal department provides in Inert materials for controlling liquid spills

Answer 4

The street department

Question 5

Which internal department provides heavy equipment for collapse or trench rescue operations

Answer 5

Public works

Question 6

Which internal department provides traffic or crowd control

Answer 6

Law enforcement

Question 7

How often should agreements to be evaluated for effectiveness?

Answer 7

Annually and after each use

Question 8

What must take place once the agreements have been adopted by the participating agencies in an intergovernmental relationship

Answer 8

Training

Question 9

What occurs when multiple levels of government are involved in an incident

Answer 9

Vertical jurisdiction

Question 10

What is an incident that covers multiple jurisdictions such as a wildland fire that crosses county or state borders?

Answer 10

An example of horizontal jurisdiction

Question 11

What established the programs and processes for the US federal government to provide disaster an emergency assistance to states?

Answer 11

The Stafford act

Question 12

At what step does the process begin again when it is decided that a revision needs to be made to the agreement

Answer 12

Planning

Question 13

What should be used to assist in the a valuation of the effectiveness of the agreement between local and governmental bodies

Answer 13

Incident reports

Question 14

How is outside aid generally paid for

Answer 14

Annual fee

Question 15

The local emergency management plan should include what?

Answer 15

Contact info, types of resources, and response protocol

Question 16

What system standardizes inter-agency and intergovernmental ops at emergency incidents

Answer 16

Nims

Question 17

What are the two models of jurisdiction?

Answer 17

Vertical and horizontal

Question 18

What are the two situations in which the president may declare a major disaster or emergency

Answer 18

If an event is beyond the combined response capabilities of the state and local government or if the findings of the joint state local preliminary damage assessment determine enough severity or magnitude toward assistance

Question 19

If a company officer is involved in the planning process they should be familiar with what

Answer 19

The current assets of the organization and needs of the community

Question 20

Inter-agency and intergovernmental agreements should be written and what to complete the contract

Answer 20

Signed

Question 21

One of the most valuable parts to the training phase is what

Answer 21

Post-incident debriefing or critique

Question 22

If during the evaluating stage members feel an agreement should be revised, it starts over at what stage

Answer 22

Planning

Question 23

What is the general six step process to inter-agency and intergovernmental contracts/agreements

Answer 23

Planning, training, implementing, monitoring, evaluating, and revising