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Incident Management System Flashcards

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True or false, The IMS can be used for all of the following scenarios: Wildfires, medical emergencies, pandemics, war invasion.

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All except war.

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What are the four defining principles of the IMS?

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  • Efficacious
  • Flexible
  • Consistent structure
  • Scalable
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What is the difference between a simple and complex incident?

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A simple incident requires only one Incident Commander and is usually in a small area and lasts for a short amount of time. A complex incident requires a Unified Command of multiple agencies, over a large area and a long time.

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What four governmental positions may declare an emergency?

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  • Premiere
  • Municipal Head of Council
  • Lieutenant Governor in Council
  • Reservation Chief
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What are the five incident management functions at any incident?

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  • Command
  • Operations
  • Planning
  • Logistics
  • Finance/Administration
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True or false, at large incidents, the IC must take on more management functions.

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False, as incidents grow larger they stretch the management abilities of the IC, so they must deligate responsibiities as the incident grows larger.

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For what was the ICS first adopted in Canada to combat?

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Forest fires

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What is the difference between the ICS and the IMS?

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The ICS was developed by the US military and was adopted by Canada as a means of dileaneating day to day responsibilities and overall organizational structure for incidents.

The IMS was developed by Canada as a means of facilitating multiple juristictions working together on a complex incident. It incorporates the philosophy of the ICS, but has particular emphasis on preparedness (Standardized training, mutual aid, information, and resource management).

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What are the seven responsibilities of the Incident Commander at an incident?

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  • Declare the themselves as the IC
  • Establish communications and ensure safety of everyone
  • Determine objectives, strategies, tactics and priorities
  • Make and Incident Action Plan
  • Coordinate all activites
  • Authorizing release of information
  • Authorizing demobilization
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What is an Incident Action Plan?

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Objectives, strategies and tactics, and the directions for achieving them.

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What is a strike team?

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A team assembled under Operations to accomplish a specific task.

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What is the incident command post?

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Where the IC overseens the incident. There is only one ICP and it can be moved as the incident grows larger.

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True or false, every member of an incident must check-in with the incident command post when leaving and arriving at the incident every day.

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True

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True or false, if more than one organization is involved in an incident it is required that the command goes from being a single command to a unified command.

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False, as long as all the organizations agree to follow this model.

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What is a staging area?

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It is where personnel and equipment that are not being used on the incident are kept to avoid people freelancing.

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When can the possition of Incident Commander be transfered to another person?

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If a more qualified person arrives on the incident, if the IC is approacing the maximum work time, or if the scale of the incident has shrunk and can be handled by a less qualified person.

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What is an Emergency Control Group?

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They direct the overall strategic responce of the community. Every municpality has an ECG. They opperate out of the Emergency Operations Center

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What is an Emergency Operations Center and what does it require to be equipt with?

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A location such as an arena, hospital, etc that is equipt with electricity, phone lines and high speed internet.

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What is unity of command?

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Ensures that everyone has only one person to which they report.

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What is an Operational Period?

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The time frame that the IAP objectives are set for.

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What is the PEOC?

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Provincial Emergency Operations Center. They monitor incidents in Ontario and notify high ranking official about emergencies.

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What are the responsibilities of the Operations Section Chief?

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  • Develop and manage the operations section to achieve the objectives of Command.
  • Organize, assign, and supervise all resources at an incident
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What is Span of Control?

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The amount of people that one person can be in comman of to maintain an effective operation. The maximum is 7 and the minimun is 3. the optimal is 5.

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What seven elements are included in a briefing?

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  • Status of the incident
  • Latest IAC
  • Progress towards objectives
  • Resources committed
  • Resources requested
  • Forcasts
  • Recommendations
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What is the difference between a task force and a strike team?

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Strike Team: A Strike Team is a specified combination of the same kind and type of resources with common communications and a Leader. Task Force: A Task Force is a combination of single resources assembled for a particular tactical need with common communications and a Leader

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What is a group?

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A group of people in the Operations Section organized by function under a supervisor.

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Who are the command staff?

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Emergency Information officer, safety officer, liason officer.

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What is an emergency information officer?

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They are responsible for the release of information concerning the incident and informing the incident commanders about any information gathered by the media about the incident.

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What is a safety officer?

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They oversee to the overall health and safety of personnel at every point on the incident.

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What is a Liaison Officer?

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They are responsible for the contact between organizations on complex incidents

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What is a Base at an incident?

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The location where administration and logistics are done, can include food storage, sleeping unites and repair facilities.

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True or false, there can only be one Base per incident?

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True

33
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Who are the general staff?

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  • Operations Chief
  • Planning Chief
  • Logistics Chief
  • Finance/Administration Chief
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What are the duties of a planning section chief?

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They are in charge of the development of the IAP and ensuring that it is destributed to all of those it concerns.
Some other responsibilities include: Collecting, analyzing, evaluating and sharing information regarding the incident.

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What are the responsibilities of the Logistics Section Chief?

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They are responsible for facilities, transportation, supplies, fuel, maintainance equipment, food, communications, and medical services.

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What are the duties of the Finance/Administration Section Chief?

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-Tracking timesheets, contract negotiations and monitoring, reimbursments, cost estimates, tracking spending.

37
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Who is included in the Operational Briefing?

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The General Staff

38
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What is a Ministry Action Group?

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Every ministry has a Ministry action group that has their own EOC. They are required to take command of very large incidents that most directly involve them.

39
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What is the purpose of Internal Information Management?

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  • Enable incident personnel to to share a commom operating picture
  • Ensure that personnel have access to accurate information for good decision making.

Mostly the responsibility of the planning section

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True or False, a Type 1 resource has more capacity than a type 4 resource.

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True

41
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What are the four units within the Finance and Administration section?

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  • Procurement - Responsible for the financial side of contracts and rental agreements.
  • Time - Ensures accuracy of personnel time
  • Cost - Provides all incident cost analyses
  • Compensation - Processes compensation for injury and other compensation.
42
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What are the two kinds of interoperability?

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  • Technological - Agencies use compatible technologies that assist responders to do their jobs
  • Functional - Standardized terminology, structures, and procedures.
43
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True or false, Standardization is important because it allows for greater interoperability.

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True

44
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True or false, simplicity is important because it allows for all people to understand the IMS.

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False, it is important because it allows the command structure to expaad and contract as positions are needed.

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True or false, Flexibility refers to the ability of the IMS to activate some componants while not activating others.

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True

46
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True or false, management by objectives means that the only thing that matters is achieving the objective.

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False, it means that the first priority is determining what the objective is and them focusing on accomplishing it. Then we evaluate the results of our actions, find out what our next objective is and try to accomplish that. We do this until the incident is over.

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True or False, the Applicability of the IMS refers to its ability to be applied to any and all incidents.

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False, it refers to its ability to be applied by many kinds of organizations, not just governmental ones.

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True or false, in the IMS, sustainability is described as the ability to use sustainable products to be environmentaly conscious.

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False, it means that resources and personel cannot be used up too quickly lest the incident commander have no more resources to combat the incident.

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Is an individual allowed to occupy two different IMS management functions at the same incident?

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Yes

50
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Is a single person allowed to occupy the same IMS management function at two different incidents occuring simultaneously?

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IDK but I would think not.

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True or false, the safety officer is required to assist in writting both the incident action plan and the Medical Incident Plan.

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False, they have to help write the Medical Incident Plan but they only need to help review the IAP for safety concerns.

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Whose job is it to brief representatives of other ministries who are not present at the command meeting?

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Liaison Officer

53
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Is the Operations Section in charge of aviation and the resources at the staging area?

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Yes they are in charge of all resources assigned to an incident.

54
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List the seven optional components of the Operations Section.

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  • Single resource
  • Strike team
  • Task force
  • Sector
  • Division
  • Branch
  • Group
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True or false, A division is only a geographic area.

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True

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True or false, a Branch is only a functional section of the organizational structure.

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False, it can also include several divisions

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True or false, a Sector is larger than a division

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False a division is made up of several sectors.

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True or false, a sector can only be a geographical area.

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False, it can also be a functional organizational section

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True or false, a group is smaller than a Branch

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True, it contains either, strike teams, task forces, or single resources.

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Can you have a strike team within a task force?

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No, if a strike team and task force work together they are a part of a group.

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List the five optional units that can fall under the Planning Section if required

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  • Resource Unit - Maintains the status of all assigned resources at the incident
  • Situation Unit - Collects, processes and organizes information about the incident and can project the future of the incident
  • Demobilization Unit - In charge of executing the demob plan
  • Documentation Unit - Maintains accurate and up to date incident files
  • Technical specialist
62
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Which section is responsible for providing food for the incident?

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Logistics

63
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Which section is responsible for providing medical support?

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Logistics

64
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What are the two possible branches under the Logistics Section?

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  • Service Branch

- Support Branch

65
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What three Units can be found under the Service Branch in the Logistics Section?

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  • Telecommunications Unit - Plans, installs, operates and demobilizes telecommunication equipment.
  • Medical Unit- Provide medical assistance to responders not public, write Incident Medical Plan.
  • Food Unit - Supply food for all personnel on the incident.
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What three Units can be found under the Support Branch in the Logistics Section?

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  • Supply Unit - Order, receive, process and store all incident related resources.
  • Facilities Unit - Responsible for set up, maintainance, demobilization and security of all incident facilities but staging area.
  • Ground Support Unit - Maintainance, service, fueling of all incident related equipment except aviation.
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List the four potential Units under the Finance/Administration Section

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  • Procurement Unit - responsible for all financial matters pertaining to vendor contracts, leases, and fiscal agreements.
  • Time Unit - responsible for ensuring the accurate recording of daily personnel time
  • Cost Unit - responsible for providing all incident cost analyses
  • Compensation/Claims Unit - Responsible for compensation for injury
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What is an unnofficial sixth Section in the IMS?

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The Intelligence Section, which deals with sensitive information and is not always required. It is usually incorporated into Command, Planning, Operations or an indipendent section.

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Who is a part of the Incident Management Team?

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Command and general staff

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Who does the IC of an incident report to?

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Usually the local Emergency Operations Center, but for large incidents, it could be the Provincial Emergency Operations Center.

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If you are the IC of an incident, is it better to overestimate or underestimate the resources you will require?

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Overestimate, because it is often difficult for smaller municipalities to attain resources on a short notice. If they are given time they can aquire them. It is also easy to demobilize resources that are not required.

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After Command is established at an incident, what is the next step?

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Create a verbal or written IAP with objectives, strategies and tactics.

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What are the five broad steps to creating an IAP?

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  • Assess the Situation - What is wrong?
  • Establish incident objectives and strategy - Objective should not be too specific less it prevent flexibility of strategies
  • Develop the Plan - Determine tactics, Organize the command structure, develop incident medical plan and incident telecommunications plan.
  • Implement the Plan - GIve orders and directions and make sure they understand the plan
  • Evaluate - debriefing to determine what went wrong and what went right.

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