ICS 400 study guide

Question 1

What type of structure is established over several individual incidents?

Answer 1

Incident Complex

Question 2

In the context of incident management, complex incidents generally:

Answer 2

involve multijurisdictional efforts of more than one agency.

Question 3

_______is an organization that oversees the management of multiple incidents

Answer 3

Area Command

Question 4

How does the use of Area Command facilitate the job of the incident Commander and agency officials?

Answer 4

Area command communicates agency policies, priorities, constraints, and guidance to the Incident Commanders implementation across incidents.

Question 5

What is an advantage of activating an Area Command

Answer 5

Resolves the resource competition between incidents

Question 6

When should an Area Command be established?

Answer 6

When incidents are using similar and limited critical resources.

Question 7

Which responsibility outlines an Area Commands Primary function?

Answer 7

Develop broad objectives for the affected areas.

Question 8

Assessing incidents and allocating resources are two of the three most critical responsibilities of the Area Commander. What is third?

Answer 8

Establishing resource priorities.

Question 9

What is the delegated authority that directs the use of agency resources?

Answer 9

Command

Question 10

What term is a NIMS guiding principle that states everyone in incident management reports to and takes direction from only one person?

Answer 10

Unity of Command

Question 11

MAC Groups are frequently defined ________, especially when an emergency crosses jurisdictional boundaries

Answer 11

geographically

Question 12

Mac groups may be established by a/an ________ as part of its emergency operations center function.

Answer 12

single jurisdiction

Question 13

The command and coordination component of NIMS included four NIMS functional Groups: Incident Command System, Emergency Operations Centers, and Joint Information Systems. What is the fourth

Answer 13

MAC Groups

Question 14

What NIMS functional group integrates incident information and public affairs into a cohesive organization to provide coordinated and complete information before, during and after incidents?

Answer 14

Joint Information Systems

Question 15

Of the agencies listed, what decision making agency may provide multi agency coordination?

• Department of Ops Center
• National Operations Center
• Dispatch Centers
• Crisis action teams

Answer 15

Crisis action teams

Question 16

From the list below, what location is responsible for collecting, analyzing, and sharing incident information?

• Joint Field Office
• Joint Information Center
• Joint Operations Center
• Emergency Operations Center

Answer 16

Emergency Operations Center

Question 17

Emergency operations Centers (EOC’s) provide coordinated support to on-scene personnel, other EOC’s and _______.

Answer 17

Incident Command

Question 18

Why are MAC Groups established and organized?

Answer 18

To make policy-level decisions during incidents.

Question 19

What are complex incidents?

Answer 19

incidents that involve multijurisdictional and/or multidisciplinary efforts of more than one agency and/or political jurisdiction. Incidents that draw national media attention, span multiple operational periods, include widespread damage to property, environment and economy

Question 20

What is an incident complex?

Answer 20

an organizational structure that exists when two or more individual incidents located in the same general area are assigned to a single IC or UC. (JUST A STRUCTURE)

Question 21

Area Command Definition.

Answer 21

An area command is activated to address competition for resources among multiple ICP’s based on the complexity of the incident and incident management span of control considerations.

Question 22

Area command primary functions

Answer 22

• Develop broad objectives, Coordinate development of incident objectives and strategies for each incident
• Allocate or reallocate resources as priorities change.
• Ensure effective comms and data coordination.

Question 23

Benefits of area command

Answer 23

• Allows the incident commanders to focus their attention on their incident objectives strategies and tactics.
• can assist in maintaining shared situational awareness between incidents, supporting EOC’s and the Mac Group.

Question 24

four components of NIMS and MAC-S

Answer 24

ICS, EOC’s, MAC groups and Join info systems (JIS)

Question 25

Mac G is for….

Answer 25

resource allocation priorites

Question 26

EOC’s are for….

Answer 26

Facility Support and Multi Agency Coordination.

Question 27

JIS consists of….

Answer 27

consists of the processes, procedures and tools to enable communication to the public, incident personnel, the media and other stakeholders.