Emergency Operations Manual

Question 1

What does CENS stand for?

Answer 1

Community emergency notification system

Question 2

Who activates CENS?

Answer 2

IC and DOC

Question 3

What is CENS used for?

Answer 3

Evacuations
disasters
Life or property threat
Emergency or public safety info such as active shooter or sex offenders

Question 4

What does SEMS stand for?

Answer 4

Standardized emergency management system

Question 5

What are the levels of SEMS?

Answer 5

Field response-command area
Local government- cities, counties, special districts
Operational area- county and all political subdivisions
Regional- operational areas and the state level mutual aid
State- regional level and state level mutual aid

Question 6

Who is the LE operational area coordinator for mutual aid in SD?

Answer 6

Sheriff

Question 7

What level or when does the EOC get notified by the DOC?

Answer 7

Level 2 or 1

Question 8

What levels are vacations and days off cancelled?

Answer 8

1 and 2

Question 9

DOC stands for?

Answer 9

Department operations center

Question 10

Who approves the incident action plan

Answer 10

IC

Question 11

What is unified command?

Answer 11

LE, Fire and EMS- extensive LE involvement, coordinated response by all and shared information.

Question 12

Of the LEICS flow chart, what position is optional?

Answer 12

Scribe

Question 13

Are disaster and accident scenes closed to the public, including media?

Answer 13

No. Media is exempt.

Question 14

What does LEICS stand for?

Answer 14

Law enforcement incident command system

Question 15

In civil disorder/riots the tactical objectives shall be….?

Answer 15

Containment
Isolation
Dispersal

Question 16

What is a LTs duties during a critical incident?

Answer 16

Evaluation of incident
Preliminary command post
Incident command post

Question 17

Level 3 activation

Answer 17

Minor emergency or preplanned event
50% on duty personnel, detectives, CST
Handled by affected command
CC notifies station commander
Priority calls only
Extended shift OT possible
Representative from EPD may respond

Question 18

Level 2 activation

Answer 18

Moderate emergency
Potential to request aid from other agencies
Call back or off duty personnel
Vacations and days off cancelled
DOC activated
Professional staff may be called in
Can request DSB and CSB to send personnel as well

Question 19

Level 1 activation

Answer 19

Major incident
Regional incident multi agencies and resources
Mutual aid requested through region 6
Full DOC activation
Days off/vacation cancelled
Under Annex C, requesting agency responsible for feeding, billing, fuel and other

Question 20

Is public information officer part of the command staff?

Answer 20

Yes

Question 21

Positions who report to IC

Answer 21

PIO
Scribe
Safety Officer
Liaison Officer

Question 22

Four ICS officer positions

Answer 22

Finance
Logistics
Operations
Planning/Intel

Question 23

What should incident action plan cover?

Answer 23

What do we want to do?
Who is responsible for doing it?
How do we communicate with each other?
What is the procedure if someone is injured?

Question 24

Unity of command defined.

Answer 24

Every individual is accountable to only one designated supervisor to whom they report at the scene of the incident.