ICS 300 Flashcards
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Surprisingly, studies found that response problems were far more likely to result from _______ _______ than from any other single reason.
Inadequate management
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ICS is normally structured to facilitate activities in what 5 major functional areas?
Command, operations, planning, logistics, and finance and administration
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Within ICS, the span of control of any individual with incident management supervisory responsibility should range from ___________ subordinates.
Three to seven
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_____________ refers to the orderly line of authority within the ranks of the incident management organization.
Chain of command
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__________ means that every individual has a designated supervisor to whom he or she reports at the scene of the incident.
Unity of command
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__________ allows agencies with different legal, geographic, and functional authorities and responsibilities to work together effectively without affecting individual agency authority, responsibility, or accountability.
Unified Command
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Effective ________ at all jurisdictional levels and within individual functional areas during incident operations is essential.
accountability
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The _______ _______ is technically not a part of either the General or Command Staff.
Incident Commander
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Within the ICS organization, critical information must _____ ______.
Flow freely
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ICS Expansion and Contraction: Only functions/positions that are ______ are filled.
Necessary
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ICS Expansion and Contraction: Each _______ ______ must have a person in charge.
11.activated element
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ICS Expansion and Contraction: An effective ______ _ ______ must be maintained.
Span of control
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ICS Expansion and Contraction: Optimally, span of control does not exceed ___ subordinates.
5
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What is the term for the organizational level having functional or geographical responsibility for major aspects of incident operations?
Branch
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What is the term for the organizational level having responsibility for operations within a defined geographic area?
Division
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What is the term for an organizational subdivision established to divide the incident management structure into functional areas of operation?
Group
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Who controls tactical resources?
Operations Section Chief
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Initial decisions and objectives are established based on the following priorities, what are they?
1 Life Safety; #2 Incident Stabilization; #3 Property Conservation
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Situational awareness is the perception of: What the ________ is doing.
Incident
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Situational awareness is the perception of: What are you doing in relation to the ______ and your _______.
Incident; Objectives
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Situational awareness involves the ability to predict: _______ in the incident.
Changes
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Situational awareness involves the ability to predict: Your ______ actions.
Future
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What are strategies?
Establish the general plan or direction for accomplishing the incident objectives
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What are tactics?
Specify how the strategies will be executed
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What is the acronym to aid in writing objectives?
SMART - Specific, Measurable, Action Oriented, Realistic, Time Sensitive
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When changing incident objectives, when should critical changes be made?
Immediately, rather than allowing the existing plan to proceed
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Failure or unexpected success of tactical efforts would necessitate what in regards to Incident Objectives?
A change in incident objectives
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After a change in incident objectives, implement appropriate ______ ______ for all changes.
Safety procedures
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When an incident continues into the next operational period or it is a Hazmat incident, what should be considered?
Having a written Incident Action Plan
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What is the term for the designated time period in which tactical objectives are to be accomplished and reevaluated?
An Operational Period
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The nature of the incident and the complexity is taken into consideration when determining the ______ of an Operational Period.
Length
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The leg of the planning ÒPÓ describes the ______ ______ period.
Initial response
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What three things must be done when executing tactical direction?
Establish Tactics; Assign Resources; Monitor Performance
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Which ICS form would you find the incident objectives?
ICS 202
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When is the operations briefing conducted?
At the beginning of each operational period
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If the management process is followed, and the principles of ICS maintained, personnel _______ can be maintained at all times.
Accountability
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ICS has a built-in process that allows resource managers at all levels to constantly assess ______ and ______ of the current action plan.
Performance; adequacy
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If necessary, strategies and actions used to achieve objectives can and must be modified __ ___ ____.
At any time
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What is the term for an objective evaluation of a personÕs qualifications to meet nationally accepted minimum standards?
Credentialing
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Who approves all resource orders?
The Incident Commander
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Who is authorized to place resource orders?
Incident Commander, Logistics Section Chief, and Supply Unit Leader
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In ____ -_____ ordering, the burden of finding requested resources is placed on the responsible ordering point and not on the incident organization.
Single-point
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Incoming resources can be assigned to what three areas?
Assigned directly to a supervisor; assigned to staging area; assigned to base or camp
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The _____ _______ position will remained staffed until the absolute conclusion of the incident and the Òclosing outÓ.
Incident Commander
