Lesson 6 - Emergency Response Coordination

Question 1

What are the steps involved in RESOURCE MANAGEMENT?

Answer 1

1. Identify resource requirements.
2. Order and acquire resources.
3. Mobilize resources.
4. Track and report resources.
5. Demobilize resources.
6. Reimburse and restock resources.

Question 2

Where can resource information for emergency management be found?

Answer 2

In the RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ANNEX of the EOP.

Question 3

What are some options for obtaining resources?

Answer 3

1. Mutual aid agreements.
2. Memorandums of understanding.
3. Pre-emergency purchase and storage.
4. Standby contracts.
5. Private-sector organizations.
6. Local military installations.
7. State government.
8. Federal government.
9. Donations.

Question 4

What is RESOURCE CREDENTIALING?

Answer 4

The credentialing process provides object evaluation and documentation of:
1. Individual’s current certification, license, or degree.
2. Training and experience.
3. Competency or proficiency to meet national standards.
4. Ability to provide particular functions.
5. Perform specific tasks under specific conditions.

Question 5

What is RESOURCE TYPING?

Answer 5

1. Categorizing resource capability.
2. Categorizing resource performance levels.

Question 6

What is ICS?

Answer 6

1. Incident Command System.
2. An emergency management model for command, management, and coordination of a response operation.
3. Based on features and principles that have been successful in managing a wide range of emergencies.
4. Used for planned events, natural disasters, and acts of terrorism.
5. A common organizational structure that enables effective, efficient incident management.
6. Usually described in the DIRECTION AND CONTROL ANNEX of the EOP.

Question 7

What are the objectives of ICS?

Answer 7

1. Safety of responders and public.
2. Achievement of tactical objectives.
3. Efficient usage of resources.

Question 8

What are the 14 basic features and principles of ICS?

Answer 8

1. Common terminology.
2. Chain of Command, and Unity of Command.
3. Unified command.
4. Modular organization.
5. Management by objectives.
6. Incident Action Planning.
7. Span of control.
8. Incident locations and facilities.
9. Resource Management.
10. Information and Intelligence management.
11. Integrated Communications.
12. Establishment and transfer of command.
13. Accountability.
14. Dispatch and Deployment.

Question 9

What does COMMON TERMINOLOGY help to define?

Answer 9

1. Organizational functions.
2. Incident facilities.
3. Resource Descriptions.
4. Position Titles.

Question 10

How does MODULAR ORGANIZATION contribute to ICS?

Answer 10

1. Incident Command develops in a top-down, modular fashion, that is based on incident size and complexity.
2. Only the positions necessary for a particular incident are filled, based on incident objectives and resource requirements.
3. It expands and contracts in a flexible manner.
4. It requires that each element have a person in charge.

Question 11

Describe MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVES.

Answer 11

1. Management by objectives, ensures that everyone within the ICS structure has a clear understanding of what needs to be accomplished.
2. It is based on the priorities of 1. Life safety, 2. Incident stabilization, 3. Property and environment conservation.

Question 12

What are the features of the INCIDENT ACTION PLAN?

Answer 12

1. Specify the incident objectives.
2. State the activities to be completed.
3. It covers a specific timeframe, called an operational period.
4. May be written or oral. However, hazmat incidents require a written IAP.

Question 13

What are the ICS COMMAND FEATURES?

Answer 13

1. Establishment and transfer of command.
2. Chain of command, and Unity of command.
3. Unified command.

Question 14

Describe ESTABLISHMENT AND TRANSFER OF COMMAND.

Answer 14

1. Incident command must be clearly established at the beginning of operations.
2. There must be a process for effectively transferring command.

Question 15

What are the reasons for Transferring Command?

Answer 15

1. A more qualified person assumes command.
2. The incident situation changes over time, resulting in a legal requirement to change command.
3. Turnover of personnel based on time.
4. Incident response has concluded and responsibility is transferred to home agency.

Question 16

What is CHAIN OF COMMAND?

Answer 16

An orderly line of authority within the ranks of the incident management system.

Question 17

What is UNITY OF COMMAND?

Answer 17

Personnel report to only one ICS supervisor.

Question 18

What is UNIFIED COMMAND?

Answer 18

1. It enables all responsible agencies to manage an incident together.
2. Allows incident commanders to make joint decisions by establishing a single command structure.
3. Maintains unity of command.

Question 19

What are the features of SPAN OF CONTROL?

Answer 19

1. It should range from 3 to 7 subordinates.
2. Optimally, it does not exceed 5 subordinates.

Question 20

What is a list of INCIDENT FACILITIES AND LOCATIONS?

Answer 20

1. Incident command post.
2. Base.
3. Staging Area.
4. Camp.

Question 21

What is a list of sources for INFORMATION AND INTELLIGENCE MANAGEMENT?

Answer 21

1. Risk assessments.
2. Medical intelligence.
3. Weather information.
4. Geospatial data.
5. Structural designs.
6. Toxic contaminant levels.
7. Utilities and public works data.

Question 22

What is a MULTIAGENCY COORDINATION SYSTEM?

Answer 22

1. Provides support, coordination, and assistance with policy-level decision to the ICS.
2. MACS should be flexible and scalable.
3. MACS defines business practices, standard operating procedures, processes, and protocols for participating agencies to coordinate their interactions.

Question 23

What are the key functions of MACS?

Answer 23

1. Situation assessment.
2. Incident priority determination.
3. Critical resource planning, acquisition, allocation, and coordination.
4. Interagency activities.
5. Coordination.

Question 24

What is an Emergency Operations Center?

Answer 24

A central location where agency representatives can coordinate and make decisions when managing an emergency response.

Question 25

What are the EOC Organizational Structures?

Answer 25

1. Emergency Support Functions Structure. Organized by operations management, planning, logistics, and finance and administration functions.
2. Major Management Activities Structure. Organized by functional groups of policy, resource, operations, and coordination.
3. Incident Command System. Organized by the functional groups of EOC Command, Operations, Planning, Logistics, and Finance and Administration.
4. MAC Group. Organized by representatives authorized to commit agency resources and funds. It includes a Coordinator, Situation Assessment Unit, Resource Status Information Unit, and Joint Information Center.

Question 26

Where should the EOC be located?

Answer 26

Away from vulnerable, high-risk areas, but accessible to the local officials who use it.

Question 27

What are the advantages of a single EOC location?

Answer 27

1. A single, recognizable focal point for emergency management.
2. Efficiency, because calls for assistance can be made to a single location.
3. Centralized priority setting, decision making, and resource coordination.
4. Simplified long-term operation.
5. Increased continuity.
6. Better access to all available information.
7. Easier verification of information.
8. Easier identification and deployment of available resources.

Question 28

What information does the EOC logistics staff need before trying to fulfill resource needs?

Answer 28

1. What is needed.
2. How will it be used.
3. How much is needed.
4. Who needs it.
5. Where is it needed.
6. When is it needed.

Question 29

What is important to know about HazMat incidents and ICS?

Answer 29

Regulations REQUIRE that all incidents involving a hazardous material must be managed using ICS.

Question 30

What are the important HazMat regulations?

Answer 30

1. DOT 49 CFR. Transportation and storage of hazardous materials, including placarding. AND Cleanup and disposal of hazardous materials.
2. OSHA 29 CFR. Hazardous communication under SARA Title III.
3. EPA 40 CFR. Cleanup and disposal of hazardous waste.