ICS 300 Flashcards
What component of NIMS includes Incident Command System, Emergency Operations Center, Multiagency Coordination Group, and Joint Informations Systems?
Command and Coordination
What describes leadership roles, processes, and recommended organizational structures for incident management at the operational and incident support levels and explains how these structures interact to manage incidents effectively and efficiently?
Command and Coordination
What is used to communicate direction and maintain management control?
Chain of command
Chain of command is used to communicate direction and what?
Maintain management control
Who provides the IC and EOC staff with authority, mission and strategic direction, and policy?
Senior officials/MAC Group
Senior Officials/MAC Group provide the IC and EOC staff with what 3 things?
Authority
Mission and Strategic direction
Policy
What matches the organizational structure with the tasks being performed?
Modular expansion
The complexity of the incident and the type and number of resources managed requires what kind of organizational structure?
Modular Expansion
What kind of command has one set of incident objectives, a single planning process, and an IAP for the entire incident?
Unified Command
What kind of command is used when there are representatives from local, state, and federal agencies that share responsibility for incident management?
Unified Command
Unified Command that has representatives from local, state, and federal agencies will share responsibility for incident management during what type of incident?
Multi-agency/multi-jurisdictional incidents
What kind of planning requires immediate organizing actions that must be taken to ensure effective incident management and control?
Planning for Complex Incidents
What ICS form is used for receiving and delivering a briefing during transfer of command?
ICS Form 201
How is ICS Form 201 used during transfer of command?
Receive briefing
&
Deliver briefing
What factor in Complexity analysis would affect the probability of controlling an incident?
Community and responder safety
Community and responder safety is a factor considered during what? (affects the probability of controlling an incident)
Complexity analysis
What specifies how the strategy will be executed?
Tactic
What is the purpose of a Tactics meeting?
Review the proposed strategy and tactics developed by the Operation Section
When are the proposed strategy and tactics reviewed?
During the Tactics meeting
What ICS form communicates the decisions made during the Tactics Meeting concerning resource assignments to the Resources Unit?
ICS form 215
ICS form 215 communicates the decisions made during the Tactics Meeting concerning resource assignments to who?
The Resource Unit
Other than logistical factors, what factor will determine the strategies and tactical operation?
Cost analysis
What aids the safety officer in completing an operation risk assessment to prioritize hazards, safety and health issues, and to develop appropriate controls?
IAP Safety Analysis (ICS Form 215A)
What is the purpose of the planning meeting?
Review and Validate the Operational Plan and resource assignments
When is the operational plan and resource assignments reviewed and validated?
During the planning meeting
What ICS Form includes incident information, incident objectives, and a brief summary of the command emphasis/priorities?
ICS Form 202
What ICS Form includes the Incident Objectives?
ICS Form 202
When is the IAP presented to supervisors of tactical resources?
Operations Briefing
During the Operation Briefing, the IAP is presented to whom?
Supervisor of tactical resources
What is a rostered group of ICS-qualified personnel, consisting fo an IC, other incident leadership, and personnel qualified for other key ISC positions?
Incident Management Team (IMT)
An Incident Management Team is a rostered group of ICS-qualified personnel, consisting of who?
IC
Incident leadership
Personnel qualified for other ICS positions
When is multipoint ordering used?
During a Hazardous materials situation that may require specialized private-sector cleanup equipment
Multipoint ordering is used during a hazardous materials situation that may require what?
Private-sector cleanup equipment
What kind of evaluation is used during an ongoing basis as par of resource monitoring?
Resource Performance Evaluation
What involves monitoring, evaluating, and adjusting the performance of the organization and its components to ensure that all efforts are directed toward achieving the specified objectives?
Resource Performance Evaluation
