Incident Command System Flashcards
When did the President direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop and administer NIMS?
February 28, 2003
What are the the Principles that govern NIMS?
Flexibility and Standardization
What are the five major components of NIMS?
Preparedness
Resource Management
Ongoing Management and Maintenance
Communications and Information Management
Command and Management
What is achieved and maintained through a continuous cycle of planning, organizing, training, equipping, exercising, evaluating, and taking corrective action?
Preparedness
What are the 5 components of Preparedness?
Planning
Procedures and Protocols
Training and Exercises
Personnel Qualifications and Certification
Equipment Certification
What are the principle goals of the Communications and Information Management component of NIMS?
Establishing and maintaining a common operating picture and ensuring accessibility and interoperability
Which component of NIMS should be flexible and scalable in order to support any incident and be adaptable to changes?
Resource Management
What are the 3 parts of Command and Management component of NIMS?
ICS
MACS
Public Information Systems
What provides a flexible core mechanism for coordinated and collaborative incident management?
ICS
What process allows all levels of government and all disciplines to work together more efficiently and effectively?
Multiagency Coordination Systems (MACS)
What occurs across the different disciplines involved in incident management, across jurisdictional lines, or across levels of government?
Multiagency Coordination Systems (MACS)
What is a system, NOT a facility?
Multiagency Coordination Systems (MACS)
What consists of the process, procedures, and systems to communicate timely, accurate, and accessible information on the incident’s cause, size and current situation to the public, responders, and additional stakeholders?
Public Information Systems
The Ongoing Management and Maintenance Component of NIMS contains what two subsections?
National Integration Center (NIC)
Supporting Technologies
What are the five major functional areas of ICS
Command and General Staff
Operations
Planning
Logistics
Finance/Administration
What is an incident command organization made up of the Command and General Staff members and other appropriate personnel that can be deployed or activated as needed?
Incident Management Team (IMT)
What are two or more individual incidents located in the same general proximity that are assigned to a single Incident Commander or Unified Command to facilitate management?
Complex incidents
What is used to oversee the management of multiple incidents that are being handled by an ICS or a very large incident that has multiple management teams assigned to it?
Area Command
What is a physical location at which the coordination of information and resources to support incident management activities normally take place?
EOC
The EOC is:
Organized by discipline
Typically staffed by people from each discipline
Used for higher level of coordination
May be housed in permanent or temporary facilities
What is a smaller organization representing a single discipline?
Department Operations Center (DOC)
If necessary, what is activated to provide and increased level of support and to facilitate coordination among organizations, senior leaders and elected officials and jurisdictions?
Center Management System (CMS)
Who is a key command staff member supporting the incident command structure?
Public Information Officer (PIO)
Who handles inquiries from the media, public, elected officials and disseminates accurate and timely information?
PIO
What is an organized, integrated, and coordinated mechanism to ensure delivery of understandable, timely, accurate, and consistent information to the public in a crisis?
Joint Information System (JIS)
What includes the plans, protocols, and structures used to provide information to the public during incident operations?
Joint Information System (JIS)
Where can PIOs co-locate to perform critical emergency information, crisis communications, and public affairs functions?
Joint Information Center
Incident Commander responsibilities include:
Overall management of the incident
Assessment of the incident priorities
Assess resource needs and orders
Who monitors incident operations and advises the IC/UC on all matters relating to operational safety?
Safety Officer (SO)
Who is the POC for representatives of other governmental agencies, and/or private entities?
LNO
Who activates and supervises elements in accordance with the Incident Action Plan (IAP)?
Operations Section Chief (OSC)
Which section is responsible for collecting, evaluating, disseminating, and using information about the incident and status of resources?
Planning Section
Which section is responsible for providing facilities, services, and materials in support of the incident response?
Logistics Section
Which section is responsible for all financial and cost analysis aspects of the incident?
Finance/Administration Section
Which section is typically part of the Planning Section but can be it’s own depending on the situation?
Intelligence and Investigation Section
NIMS is organized into what 3 components?
Resource Management
Command and Coordination
Communications and Information Management
What is a comprehensive, nationwide, systematic approach to incident management, including the command and coordination of incidents, resource management, and information management?
NIMS
What is a set of concepts and principles for all threats, hazards, and events across all mission areas (Prevention, Protection, Mitigation, Response, Recovery)
NIMS
What is scalable, flexible, and adaptable; used for all incidents, from day-to-day to large-scale?
NIMS
What is a standard resource management procedures that enable coordination among different jurisdictions or organizations?
NIMS
What is essential principles for communications and information management?
NIMS
What are the 3 principles of NIMS?
Flexibility
Standardization
Unity of Effort
What system was developed in the 1970s and precludes NIMS?
FIRESCOPE
FIRESCOPE included
ICS and MACS
What can be established when very complex or multiple concurrent incidents require the establishment of multiple ICS organizations?
Area Command
What entity can create processes to qualify, certify, and credential personnel for incident-related positions?
Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ)
What is it called when more than one agency has incident jurisdiction or when incidents cross political jurisdictions?
Unified Command
