IFSTA: Interagency Cooperation (Ch 24)

Question 1

Types of internal aid

Answer 1

Responses from

• Street dept
• Public works
• Law enforcement
• Fire dept
• EMS

Question 2

Types of external aid

Answer 2

• Automatic
• Mutual
• Outside

Question 3

Federal Disaster Guidelines

Answer 3

• Event beyond the combined response capabilities of the state and affected local governments, and
• If based on findings of a joint federal-state-local Preliminary Damage Assessment (PDA), the damages are of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant assistance the Act.

Question 4

National Response Plan (NRP): benefits

Answer 4

• Establish common set of goals
• Reduce turf wars
• Create a forum to critique the team’s performance in incident management
• Create controlled environment for discussion of operational issues
• Encourage sharing of resources
• Build relationships
• Increase interagency understanding and respect

Question 5

National Respone Plan: provides

Answer 5

• Federal support to state and local authorities
• Implementation of direct federal incident managment authorities and responsibilities under the law
• Full coordination of resources among federal depts. and agencies.