Emergency Operations Flashcards
What is one of the most important support functions in an emergency?
Transportation – first responders can’t respond, supplies can’t be delivered, victims can’t be evacuated, businesses can’t operate.
What does FEMA stand for?
Federal Emergency Management Agency
How does FEMA define an Incident Command System?
Provides a standard template that provides consistency to how team members and agencies function in an emergency. Fosters efficiency by eliminating the need to “reinvent the wheel” for each new emergency.
What is JEPP? What is its function?
Joint Emergency Preparedness Program – help ensure all levels of government across Canada are equally prepared to respond to emergencies.
What should emergency planning for the private sector take into account?
- If an emergency impacts the physical location of the organization
- If an emergency impacts a group of drivers in a particular geographic region away from the physical location of the fleet organization
- If an emergency occurs at a supplier thus disrupting service to the fleet organization
What are the essential elements that need to be considered for a mutual aid agreement?
Mutual aid agreement is comprised of 2 people or organizations that agree to help each other as needed for some common purpose.
- Defined purpose
- Voluntary
- Reciprocal
- Spatial Dispersion
- Shared Operations Plan
- Indemnification
What are the important points to keep in mind when developing an Emergency Response Plan?
- Develop response plans for most likely events
- Keep the plan flexible
- Use 3 principles to guide the plan: survivability, adaptability and sustainability
- Write an emergency plan
- Train staff
- Develop staffing plans for 24/7 operations
- Safeguard your lines of supply
- Conduct security planning
What are the three principles that guide an Emergency Response Plan?
Survivability – can continue at some level during the disaster.
Adaptability – the need for your plan to be flexible and adapt to your given emergency.
Sustainability – recognizes that your fleet must be able to function for long periods of time.
How much fuel should your fleet have stored for an emergency?
Storage tank capacity enough for 72 hours
What are important maintenance activity issues during an emergency?
Preventative maintenance is important to maximize your vehicle uptime.
Plan to store essential tools, parts and supplies in backup location.
What is one of the first actions that need to be taken during an emergency?
Establish lines of communication with emergency operations.
Have alternate means to establish lines of communications.
Why is a steady, sustained response more effective than an overabundance of resources?
More effective in the long run than unorganized abundance of personnel, equipment and supplies in the initial stage of the disaster.
Why is it important to have an event debrief?
Brings parties who participated in response efforts in order to analyze the response and recovery.
Important to discuss and identify what happened, strengths and weaknesses of the response, areas of improvement and follow up.
What is the main thing an After Action Report (AAR) will identify?
Summarizes the items discussed during the event debriefing.
Strengths and weaknesses of the response, areas of improvement and follow up actions.
What post-event activities should follow an emergency event?
Modification of plans and procedures based on feedback.
Additional training, drills and exercises.
