ICS

Question 1

An _____ is an occurrence, either caused by humans or natural phenomena, that requires response actions to prevent or minimize loss of life or damage to property and/or the environment.

Answer 1

Incident

Question 2

The Incident Command System (ICS) was developed in the _____ following a series of catastrophic fires in California’s urban interface.

Answer 2

1970s

Question 3

Surprisingly, studies found that response problems were far more likely to result from _____ _____ than any other single reason.

Answer 3

Inadequate Management

Question 4

Weakness in incident management were often due to:

Answer 4

1.) Lack of accountability, including unclear chains of command and supervision.
2.) Poor communication due to both inefficient uses of available communications systems and conflicting codes and terminology.
3.) Lack of an orderly, systematic planning process.
4.) No common, flexibly, predesigned management structure that enables commanders to delegate responsibilities and manage workloads efficiently.
5.) No predefined methods to integrate interagency requirements into management structure and planning process effectively.

Question 5

A _____ managed incident response can be _____ to our economy and our health and safety.

Answer 5

Poor
Devastating

Question 6

In response to attacks on September 11, President George W. Bush issued _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ (_____) in February 2003.

Answer 6

Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5 (HSPD 5)

Question 7

HSPD-5 called for a _____ _____ _____ _____ (_____) and identified steps for improved coordination of Federal, State, Local, and private industry response to incidents and described the way these agencies will prepare for such a response.

Answer 7

National Incident Management System (NIMS)

Question 8

The Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security announced the establishment of NIMS in _____ _____. One of the key features of NIMS is the Incident Command System.

Answer 8

March 2004

Question 9

ICS is:

Answer 9

1.) A proven management system based on successful business practices.
2.) The result of decades of lessons learned in the organization and management of emergency incidents.

Question 10

Designers of the system recognized early that ICS mistakes be interdisciplinary and organizationally flexible to meet the following management challenges:

Answer 10

1.) Meet the needs of incidents of any kind or size.
2.) Allow personnel from a variety of agencies to meld rapidly into a common management structure.
3.) Provide logistical and administrative support to operational staff.
4.) Be cost effective by avoiding duplication of efforts.

Question 11

ICS consists of procedures for controlling _____, _____, _____, and _____.

Answer 11

Personnel
Facilities
Equipment
Communications

Question 12

Applications for the use of ICS include:

Answer 12

1.) Fire, both structural and wildland.
2.) Natural disasters, such as tornadoes, floods, ice storms, or earthquakes.
3.) Search and rescue missions.
4.) Hazardous materials incidents.
5.) Criminal acts and crime scene investigations.
6.) Terrorist incidents, including the use of weapons of mass destruction.
7.) Planned events, such as parades or demonstrations.

Question 13

ICS may be used for _____ or _____ events. It can grow or shrink to meet the changing needs of the incident or event.

Answer 13

Small
Large

Question 14

ICS is based on proven management principles, which contribute to the _____ and _____ of the overall system.

Answer 14

Strength
Efficiency

Question 15

ICS emphasizes effective planning, including management by objectives and reliance on an _____ _____ _____.

Answer 15

Incident Action Plan

Question 16

ICS helps ensure full utilization of all incident resources by:

Answer 16

1.) Maintain a manageable span of control.
2.) Establishing a predesignated incident locations and facilities.
3.) Implementing resource management practices.
4.) Ensuring integrated communications.

Question 17

The ICS features related to command structure include _____ of command and _____ of command as well as, _____ command and _____ of command. Formal transfer of command occurs whenever leadership changes.

Answer 17

Chain
Unity
Unified
Transfer

Question 18

Through _____ and _____, ICS helps ensures that resources are on hand and ready.

Answer 18

Accountability
Mobilization

Question 19

Finally, ICS supports responders and decision makers by providing the data they need through _____ information and _____ management.

Answer 19

Effective
Intelligence

Question 20

The ability to communicate within ICS is absolutely critical. An essential method for ensuring the ability to communicate is by using common _____ and _____ text.

Answer 20

Terminology
Clear

Question 21

ICS establishes common terminology allowing diverse incident management and support entities to work together. Common terminology helps to define:

Answer 21

1.) Organizational Functions
2.) Resource Descriptions
3.) Incident Facilities
4.) Position Titles

Question 22

Management by objective is an approach used to communicate functional actions throughout the entire ICS organization. It can be accomplished through the incident action planning process, which includes the following steps:

Answer 22

Step 1: Understand agency policy and direction.
Step 2: Assess incident situation.
Step 3: Establish incident objectives.
Step 4: Select appropriate strategy or strategies to achieve objectives.
Step 5: Perform tactical direction (applying tactics appropriate to the strategy, assigning the right resources, and monitoring their performance).
Step 6: Provide necessary follow-up (changing strategy or tactics, adding or subtracting resources)

Question 23

In ICS, considerable emphasis is placed on developing effective _____ _____ _____.

Answer 23

Incident Action Plans

Question 24

Every incident must have a ____ or _____ Incident Action Plan.

Answer 24

Verbal
Written

Question 25

The purpose of this plan is to provide all incident _____ _____ with direction for actions to be implemented during the operational period identified in the plan.

Answer 25

Supervisory Personnel

Question 26

Incident Action Plans include the measurable strategic operations to be achieved and are prepared around a timeframe called an _____ _____.

Answer 26

Operational Period

Question 27

Incident Action Plans provide a coherent means of communicating the overall incident objectives in the context of both _____ and _____ activities.

Answer 27

Operational
Support

Question 28

At the simplest level, all Incident Action Plans (oral or written) must have four elements:

Answer 28

1.) What do we want to do?
2.) Who is responsible for doing it?
3.) How do we communicate with each other?
4.) What is the procedure is someone is injured?

Question 29

_____ of _____ pertains to the number of individuals or resources that one supervisor can manage effectively during emergency response incidents or special events. Maintaining an effective span of control is particularly important on incidents where _____ and _____ are a top priority.

Answer 29

Span of Control
Safety and Accountability

Question 30

Span of control is the key to _____ and _____ incident management.

Answer 30

Effective
Efficient

Question 31

Effective span of control on incidents may vary from three (3) to seven (7), and a ratio of _____() supervisor to _____() reporting elements is recommended.

Answer 31

One (1)
Five (5)

Question 32

The _____ _____ _____ is the location from which the Incident Commander oversees all incident operations.

Answer 32

Incident Command Post

Question 33

The ICP will positioned outside of the _____ and _____ hazard zone but close enough to the incident to maintain command.

Answer 33

Present
Potential

Question 34

_____ _____ are temporary locations at an incident where personnel and equipment are kept while waiting from tactical assignments. The resources in the _____ _____ are always in available status. _____ _____ should be located close enough to the incident for a timely response, but far enough away to be out of the immediate impact zone. There may be more that one _____ _____ at an incident.

Answer 34

Staging Areas

Question 35

A _____ is the location from which primary logistics and administrative functions are coordinated and administered. The _____ may be collocated with the Incident Command Post. There is only one _____ per incident, and it is designated by the incident name. The _____ is established and managed by the Logistics Section.

Answer 35

Base

Question 36

A _____ is the location where resources may be kept to support incident operations if a _____ is not accessible to all resources. _____ are temporary locations within the general incident area, which are equipped and staffed to provide food, water, sleeping areas, and sanitary services. _____ are designated by geographic location or number. Multiple _____ may be used, but not all incidents will have _____.

Answer 36

Camp
Base
Camp
Camp
Camp
Camp

Question 37

A _____ is the location from which helicopter-centered air operations are conducted. _____ are generally used on a more long-term basis and include services as fueling and maintenance.

Answer 37

He’ll base

Question 38

_____ are more temporary locations at the incident, where helicopters can safely land and take off. Multiple _____ may be used.

Answer 38

Helispots

Question 39

ICS resources can be factored into two categories:

Answer 39

Tactical Resources: Personnel and major items of equipment that are available or potentially available to the Operations functions on assignment to incidents are called tactical resources.

Support Resources: All other resources required to support the incident. Food, communications equipment, tents, supplies, and fleet vehicles are examples of support resources.

Question 40

Tactical resources are always classified as one of the following:

Answer 40

1.) Assigned: Assigned resources are working on an assignment under the direction of a Supervisor.

2.) Available: Available resources are assembled, have been issued their equipment, and are ready for immediate assignment.

3.) Out-Of-Service: Out-of-service resources are not ready for available or assigned status.

Question 41

Maintaining an accurate and up-to-date picture of resource utilization is a _____ _____ of resource management.

Answer 41

Critical Component

Question 42

Resource management includes processes for:

Answer 42

1.) Categorizing resources
2.) Ordering resources
3.) Dispatching resources
4.) Tracking resources
5.) Recovering resources

Question 43

Effective ICS communications include three elements:

Answer 43

1.) Modes: The “hardware” systems that transfer information.
2.) Planning: Planning for the use of all available communications resources.
3.) Networks: The procedures and processes for transferring information internally and externally.

Question 44

In the incident command system, there are two types of commands:

Answer 44

Chain of Command: means that there is an orderly line of authority within the ranks of the organization, with lower levels subordinate to, and connected to, higher levels.

Unity of Command: means that every individual is accountable to only one designated supervisor to whom they report at the scene of the incident.

Question 45

The command function may be carried out in two ways:

Answer 45

As a Single Command in which the Incident Commander will have complete responsibility for incident management. A Single Command may be simple, involving an Incident Commander and single resources, or it may be a complex organizational structure with an Incident Management Team.

As a Unified Command in which responding agencies and/or jurisdictions with responsibility for the incident share incident management.

Question 46

A Unified Command may be needed for incidents involving:

Answer 46

1.) Multiple jurisdictions
2.) A single jurisdiction with multiple agencies sharing responsibility.
3.) Multiple jurisdictions with multi-agency involvement.

Question 47

The process of moving the responsibility for incident command from one Incident Commander to another is called _____ of _____.

Answer 47

Transfer of Command

Question 48

Transfer of command may take place when:

Answer 48

1.) A more qualified person assumes command.

2.) The incident situation changes over time, resulting in a legal requirement to change command.

3.) Changing command makes good sense, e.g., an Incident Management Team takes command of an incident from a local jurisdictional unit due to increased incident complexity.

4.) There is normal turnover of personnel on long or extended incidents, i.e., to accommodate work/rest requirements.

5.) The incident response is concluded and incident responsibility is transferred back to the home agency.

Question 49

Effective accountability during incident operations is essential at all jurisdictional levels and within individual functional areas. Individuals must abide by their agency policies and guidelines and any applicable local, tribal, State, or Federal rules and regulations. The following guidelines must be adhered to:

Answer 49

1.) Check-In: All responders, regardless of agency affiliation, must report in to receive an assignment in accordance with the procedures established by the Incident Commander.

2.) Incident Action Plan: Response operations must be directed and coordinated as outlined in the IAP.

3.) Unity of Command: Each individual involved in incident operations will be assigned to only one supervisor.

4.) Span of Control: Supervisors must be able to adequately supervise and control their subordinates, as well as communicate with and mage all resources under their supervision.

5.) Resource Tracking: Supervisors must record and report resource status changes as they occur.

Question 50

The incident management organization must establish a process for _____, _____, and _____ incident-related information and intelligence.

Answer 50

Gathering
Sharing
Managing

Question 51

Check-in officially logs you in at the incident. The check-in process and information helps to:

Answer 51

1.) Ensure personnel accountability
2.) Track resources
3.) Prepare personnel for assignments and reassignments.
4.) Locate personnel in case of an emergency.
5.) Establish personnel time records and payroll documentation
6.) Organize the demobilization process.

Question 52

Important considerations related to communications include:

Answer 52

1.) Observing strict radio/telephone procedures.

2.) Using plain English in all communications. Codes should not be used in radio transmissions. Limit the use of discipline-specific jargon, especially on interdisciplinary incidents.

3.) Limiting radio and telephone traffic to essential information only. Plan what you are going to say.

4.) Following procedures for secure communications as required.

Question 53

The ICS Organization: Part 1 lesson introduces you to the:

Answer 53

1.) Organizational structure of ICS.

2.) Five major management functions.

3.) Use of position titles.

4.) Roles and Responsibilities of the Incident Commander and Command Staff.

5.) Selection and transfer of the Incident Commanders.

Question 54

Five Major Management Functions are:

Answer 54

1.) Incident Command: Sets the incident objectives, strategies, and priorities and has overall responsibility at the incident or event.

2.) Operations: Conducts tactical operations to carry out the plan. Develops the tactical objectives and organization, and directs all tactical resources.

3.) Planning: Prepares and documents the Incident Action Plan to accomplish the objectives, collects and evaluates for incidents records.

4.) Logistics: Provides support, resources, and all other services needed to meet the operational objectives.

5.) Finance/Administration: Monitors costs related to the incident. Provides accounting, procurement, time recording, and costs analysis.

Question 55

The Incident Commander has overall responsibility for managing the incident by _____, _____ _____, and _____ _____.

Answer 55

Objectives
Planning Strategies
Implementing Tactics

Question 56

In addition to having overall responsibility for managing the entire incident, the Incident Commander is specifically responsible for:

Answer 56

1.) Ensuring incident safety.

2.) Providing information services to internal and external stakeholders.

3.) Establishing and maintain liaison with other agencies participating in the incident.

Question 57

Rank, grade, and seniority are not factors used to select the Incident Commander. The Incident Commander is always a highly _____ individual trained to lead the incident response.

Answer 57

Qualified

Question 58

In ICS, these personnel make up the Command Staff and consist of the:

Answer 58

1.) Public Information Officer: who serves as the conduit for information to the internal and external stakeholders, including the media or other organizations seeking information directly from the incident or event.

2.) Safety Officer: who monitors safety conditions and develops measures for assuring the safety of all assigned personnel.

3.) Liaison Officer: who serves as the primary contact for supporting agencies assisting at an incident.

Question 59

The people who perform the other four management functions are designated as the _____ _____.

Answer 59

General Staff

Question 60

The General Staff is made of up four sections:

Answer 60

1.) Operations
2.) Planning
3.) Logistics
4.) Finance/Administration

Question 61

The Operations Section Chief will _____ and ____ the operations section to accomplish the incident objectives set by the Incident Commander. The Operations Section Chief is normally the person with the greatest _____ and _____ expertise in dealing with the problem at hand.

Answer 61

Develop and Manage
Technical and Tactical

Question 62

Under the Operations Section, the following supervisory levels can be added to help manage span of control:

Answer 62

1.) Divisions: are used to divide an incident geographically.

2.) Groups: are used to describe functional areas of operation.

3.) Branches: are used when the number of Divisions or Groups exceeds the span of control and can be either geographical or functional.

Question 63

While span of control is a common reason to establish Branches, additional considerations may also be indicated the need to use these Branches, including:

Answer 63

1.) Multidiscipline Incidents

2.) Multi jurisdiction Incidents

3.) Very Large Incidents

Question 64

The Operations Section usually develops from the _____ _____.

Answer 64

Bottom up

Question 65

_____ _____ are a combination of mixed resources with common communications operating under the direction supervision of a Leader.

Answer 65

Tasks force

Question 66

_____ _____ are a set of number of resources of the same kind and type with common communications operating under the direction supervision of a _____ _____ leader.

Answer 66

Strike Teams

Question 67

_____ _____ may be individuals, a piece of equipment and its personnel complement, or a crew or tram of individuals with an identified supervisor that can be used at an incident.

Answer 67

Single resources

Question 68

The major activities of the Planning Section may include:

Answer 68

1.) Collecting, evaluating, and displaying incident intelligence and information.

2.) Preparing and documenting Incident Action Plans.

3.) Conducting long-range and/or contingency planning.

4.) Developing plans for demobilization.

5.) Maintain incident documentation.

6.) Tracking resources assigned to the incident.

Question 69

What are the four (4) units that make up the Planning Section?

Answer 69

1.) Resource Unit: Conducts all check-in activities and maintains the status of all incident resources. The resources unit plays a significant role in preparing the written Incident Action Plan.

2.) Situation Unit: Collects and analyzes information on the current situation, prepares situation displays and situation summaries, and develops maps and projections.

3.) Documentation Unit: Provides duplication services, including the written Incident Action Plan. Maintains and archives all incident-related documentation.

4.) Demobilization Unit: Assists in ensuring that resources are released from the incident in an orderly, safe, and cost-effective manner.

Question 70

The Logistics Section is responsible for all of the services and support needs, including:

Answer 70

1.) Ordering, obtaining, maintaining, and accounting for essential personnel, equipment, and supplies.

2.) Providing communication planning and resources.

3.) Setting up food services.

4.) Setting up and maintains incident facilities.

5.) Providing support transportation.

6.) Providing medical services to incident personnel.

Question 71

The Logistics Section can be further staffed by two branches and six units:

Answer 71

Service Branch

1.) Communication Unit: Prepares and implements the Incident Communication Plan (ICS-205), distributes and maintains communications equipment, supervises the Incident Communications Center, and established adequate communications over the incident.

2.) Medical Unit: Develops the Medical Plan (ICS-206), provides first aid and light medical treatment for personnel assigned to the incident, and prepares procedures for a major medical emergency.

3.) Food Unit: Responsible for providing meals and drinking water for incident personnel and obtains the necessary equipment and supples to operate food service facilities at Bases and Camps.

Support Branch

4.) Supply Unit: Determines the type and amount of supplies needed to support the incident. The Unit orders, receives stores, and distributes supplies, and services nonexpendable equipment. All resource orders are placed through the supply unit. The unit maintains inventory and accountability of supplies and equipment.

5) Facilities Unit: Sets up and maintains incident facilities. Provides managers four the Incident Base and Camps. Also responsible for facility security and facility maintenance services: sanitation, lighting cleanup.

6.) Ground Support Unit: Prepares the transportation plan. Arranges for, activates, and documents the fueling and maintenance of assigned ground transportation. Arranges for the transportation of personnel, supplies, food and equipment.

Question 72

The finance/administration section is set up for any incident that requires incident-specific financial management. The Finance/Administration Section is responsible for:

Answer 72

1.) Contract negotiation and monitoring

2.) Timekeeping

3.) Cost analysis

4.) Compensation for injury or damage to property

Question 73

What are the four (4) units that make up the Finance/Administration Section?

Answer 73

1.) Procurement Unit: Responsible for administering all financial matters pertaining to vendor contracts, leases, and fiscal agreements.

2.) Time Unit: Responsible for incident personnel time recording.

3.) Cost Unit: Collects all cost data, performs cost effectiveness analysis, provides cost estimates, and cost savings recommendations.

4.) Compensation/Claims Unit: Responsible for overall management and direction of all administrative matters pertaining to compensation for injury and claims related activities kept for the incident.