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ICS 200B Flashcards

1
Q

NIMS provides a ________ framework for incident management at all jurisdiction levels regardless of the cause, size or complexity

A

Consistent

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2
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NIMS requeires _____to be institucionalized

A

ICS

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3
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The five components of NIMS are:

  • Command management
  • Preparedness
  • Resource management
  • Communications and information Management
  • Ongoing management and ________
A

Maintenance

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Command and Management is broken down into 3 organizational systmes, they are:

  • _____ (How operations will be handled)
  • Multiagency cooordination (mutual aid agreements)
  • Public information (Communication to the public)
A

ICS

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___________: Responsable agencies manage and incident together under a Unified command.

A

Unified comand

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6
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Unity of command means?

A

each individual reports to only one supervisor.

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7
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Formal Communication follow the lines of authority. But informaytion about the incident can be passed vertically or horisontally, T/F

A

True

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8
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Command Staff

A
  • PIO
  • Safety
  • Liason
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9
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General staff

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  • Operations section
  • Planning section
  • Logistics section
  • Finance Section
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10
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As a leader you should try to:

  • Take charge within your scope of authority
  • be ready to step out of a tactical role and into leadesrship
  • be proficient at your job
  • Make sound and timely decisions
  • ensure tasks are understood
  • develop your ________.
A

subordinates

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In order to mantain leadership and respect, you should:

  • Know your people and look for their well being. Those who follow you are your greatest resource. Not all will succed equaly but they all deserve respect.
  • Kepp subordinates and supervisor informed. Give intent and reason for the assignments.
  • Build the team. ________________
A

Build the team. Brief and dibrief. consider experience fatigue and limitations.

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12
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  • Operations section
    • Branches
      • Division or groups
        • Strike team
        • Task force
        • Single resource
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13
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ICS span of conrol for any supervisor is 3 and 7 subordinates. Opimally does not exceeed five subordinates per supervisor.

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14
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Approximately 95% of all incidents are small, they include

  • Incident commander and other command staff
  • Single ______
A

resource

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15
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What are the matching support positions?

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16
Q

Steps for establishing objectives:

  • Understand agency policy and direction
  • Assess incident
  • Establish objectives
  • Select the apropiate strategy to achieve objectives
  • perform tactical direction
  • Provide necessary________
A

Provide necessary follow up

17
Q

Initial size-up:

  • Nature and magnitude of the incident
  • Hazzards and safety concerns
    • for responding personnel and public
    • Evacuations and warnings
    • Injuries and casualties
    • secure the area
  • Initial priorities
  • Location of ICP and staging area
  • Ingress and _______
A

egress

18
Q

Overall priorities at an incident:

A
  • Life safety
  • Incident stabilization
  • Property preservation
19
Q

Objectives, Strategies and Tactics are the fundamentals of a succesful responce.

  • Incident objectives- what will be acomplished
    • Strategies to establish the general plan and direction to acomplish the objectives
      • Tactics - how the strategies will be executed
A

how the strategies will be executed

My own note: Strategy is overarching plan or set of goals. Changing strategies is like trying to turn around an aircraft carrier—it can be done but not quickly. Tactics are the specific actions or steps you undertake to accomplish your strategy.

20
Q

the three levels of briefings are:

  • Staff level briefings (none operational and support)
  • Field level briefings (Resourses working on operational task)
  • _____________(meetings for one of the four sections)
A

Section level briefings

21
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To ensure that responders get the right personnel and equipments, ICS resources are categorized by:

  • Kinds of resourses:
  • Types of resources:
A
  • Kinds of resourses: What the resourse is, Ex. Nurse, security, ambulance
  • Types of resources: it describes the size, capability and qualifications of a specific kind of resource
22
Q

Type five incidents are the least complex and type 1 are the most complex. It is used to:

  • Make decisions about resource requirements
  • Order Incident Mnagament Teams (IMT)
    • Made of general staff and _________ memebers.
A

command staff

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