National Incident Management System Flashcards
The ICS organizational structure develops in a _____ modular fashion, based on size and complexity.
Top Down
An essential method for ensuring the ability to communicate is by using ____ and _______
Common Terminology
and
Clear Text
Demobilization planning begins upon______
activation of the first personnel and continues until the ICS organization ceases
The planning section can be further staffed with what 4 units?
Resources Unit
Situation
Documentation
Demobilization
** you can add technical specialist
What are the 3 primary reasons to designate a Deputy Incident commander?
To perform a specific task
Take over for the IC in a relief capacity
Represent a Relief agency that may share jurisdiction or have jurisdiction in the future.
The info and intelligence function may be organized in one of the following ways.
Within the Command staff
(little need for info)
As a separate General staff
(heavy influenced by intelligence/terrorism
As a branch in Ops section
(when law enforcement is a member)
As a unit with Planning
(no law enforcement)
What are the 6 steps of the Incident action planning process?
Understand Policy
Assess situation
Establish Objectives
Select Strategy
Perform Tactical Direction
Follow up
(U always Expect some people to Forget)
Branches are identified by?
Roman numerals
or
Functional name
All resources within the designated staging areas are under the direct control of the Operations Section Chief and should be located at an incident where resources can be placed while on a ____ minute available basis.
3 minute
_____ is how you value your job.
Duty
Duty begins with everything required of you by law and policy.
ICS resources can be factored into 2 categories?
tactical resources
support resources
A _______ is the location where resources may be kept to support incident operations if a base is not assessable to all resources.
A camp
What is the 1st duty of ICS leadership?
The safety of all personnel
_________ are used to divide an incident geographically.
Divisions
_________ are used when the number of divisions or groups exceeds the span of control and can be either geographical or functional.
Branches
Groups are used to describe functional areas of operation. The person in charge of each group is a _______
Supervisor
Groups are normally labeled by job.
The person in charge of each division is designated as a __________
Supervisor
While span of control is a common reason to establish branches, additional considerations may also indicate the need to use branches including________
Multi discipline Incidents
Multijurisdictional Incidents
Very large Incidents
______ are a combination of mixed resources with common communications operating under the direct supervision of a leader.
Task force
Initial Incident Briefing should include?
- *Situation
- *Your job
- *Your coworkers
- *where you are going to work
- *Eating/sleeping arrangements
- *How to obtain supplies
- *Your work schedule
A ____ is the location from which primary logistics and administrative functions are coordinated. The only one that is always considered out of service.
Base
established and managed by logistics
There are ___ major management functions, what are they?
5 major functions
Finance
Logistics
Operations
Planning
IC
The Deputy Incident Commander must be as qualified as the IC and may be assigned at the ____,____,____ levels?
IC
Section
Branch
ICS consists of procedures for controlling?
Personnel
Equipment
Facilities
Communication
ICS is a proven management system based on
Successful Business Practices
The ICS is not just a standardized organizational chart, but an _________
entire management system
“Best Practices”
What’s the difference between an Assisting agency and a Cooperating agency?
An assisting agency has direct responsibility
A cooperating agency is simply offering assistance
A _______ is an agency supply assistance other than direct operational or support functions or resources.
Cooperating agency
In addition to having overall responsibility for managing the entire incident, the IC is specifically responsible for
___________
___________
___________
Incident Safety
Providing info to internal and external stake holders
Being a liaison with other agencies
The general staff is made up of four sections;
Finance
Logistics
Operations
Planning
The person in charge of each section is designated as ___________
Chief
Finance Chief
Logistics Chief
Ops Chief
Planning Chief
What 4 elements must all Incident Action Plans have/
what do we want to do?
Who does it?
How do we communicate?
What is the procedure if someone is hurt?
Conducts all check in activities and maintains the status of all incident resources. This unit plays a significant role in preparing the written Incident Action Plan?
Resources Unit
What are the major activities of the Planning Section?
Collecting and evaluating info
Preparing and documenting the Incident Action Plans
Long range planning
Incident documentation
Tracking resources assigned
Plans for demobilization
This unit provides duplication services including;
the written Incident action plan
maintains and archives all incident related documentation.
Documentation
How may Basic ICS facilities are there?
ICP Staging Base Camp Helibase Helispot
The Base is established and managed by?
Logistics section
_____ is the key to effective and efficient incident management.
Span of Control
In ICS, considerable emphasis is placed on ________
Developing effective Incident Action Plans
what section can be added as a fifth General staff section or can be made part of the command staff?
Info and Intelligence section
_______ are used to describe functional areas of Operation.
Groups
Divisions and groups can be used together on an incident. Divisions and groups are at an ____ level in the organization.
equal
The most common way to identify Divisions is by using ____ for areas around the structure or in a wild land incident.
Alphabet Characters
_____ refers to the 5 major activities in the ICS
Function
All resources within the designated staging areas are under the direct control of the OPS section chief and should be located at an incident where resources can be placed while awaiting a tactical assignment on a ____ minute available basis.
3 minute
_______ is an approach used to communicate functional actions throughout the entire ICS org.
Management by Objects
If you are expected to be a supervisor you must ________
Maintain a daily unit log.
Give Briefings
During a Briefing ________
What are the Briefing elements?
What is to be done?
Why is it to be done?
How it should look when done?
As a leader during an incident you must provide?
Motivation
Direction
and
Purpose
The command function may be carried out in 2 ways_______
Single Command
Unified Command
Common terminology helps define?
PIRO
Position titles
Incident facilities
Resource Descriptions
organizational Functions
Type ____ incidents are the most complex and Type _____ are the least complex.
Type 1 most complex
Type 5 least complex
How many incident types are there?
5
How many resource types are there?
4
What type of resource is the most capable?
Type 1 most capable
Type 4 least capable
Incident Typing
National resources are needed.
Operational period personnel often exceed 500
Total will exceed 1,000
Type 1 Incident
Incident Typing
Regional or national resources needed.
200 personnel to 500 personnel
Type 2 Incident
Incident Typing
capabilities exceed initial attack
Type 3 Incident
Incident Typing
Limited to one Operation Period in the control phase
Documented operational briefing required
No written IAP
Command staff and general staff activated
Several single resources
Type 4 incident
Incident Typing
No written Incident plan is needed
Single resources up to 6 personnel
Type 5
What type of incident is a vehicle fire, an injured person or a police traffic stop?
Type 5
Here the Operations chief presents the plan for all elements for the specific Operational Period. This briefing is call _______ and is given ________
Operational Period Briefing (shift Briefing)
Done at the beginning of each shift.
Incidents may be categorized into ____ types based on complexity.
5 incident types
What are the 3 types of Briefings used in the ICS?
Staff level
Field level
Section Level
ICS emphasizes effective planning, including
Management by objectives
and a reliance on an
Incident Action Plan
Incident Action Plans include the measurable Strategic operations to be achieved and are prepared around a timeframe call an_________
Operation Period
The ICS was developed in the 1970’s following
A series of catastrophic fires in California’s urban interface
ICS helps ensure full utilization of all incident resources by__________
Manageable span of control
predesignated incident locations
resource management practices
integrated communications
ICS resources can be factored into what 2 categories?
Tactical Resources
Support Resources
tactical Resources are always classified as _______,_______,_____
Assigned
Out of service
Available
Effective ICS communications include 3 elements?
Modes
Planning
Networks
The “hardware” systems
Modes
Processes for transferring information.
Networks
Planning for use of all available resources
planning
A _____ is the location where resources may be kept to support Incident ops if a base is not accessible.
Camp
There may be more than one staging areas can be collocated with
ICP Bases Camps Helibases Helispots
General Guidelines for incident record keeping
Type all entries when possible
Enter dates month/day/year format 07/17/1977
Date and time on all forms (use local time)
Fill in all blanks. Use N/a
Use military Time
Section Chiefs and above assign record keeper
The IC may appoint one or more Deputies. Deputy Incident Commanders must be as qualified as
The IC
What is the Command staff?
PIO
Liaison Officer
Safety Officer
general staff is a FLOP
In a unified command how many safety officers should be assigned?
ONE
Each Section Chief may have a _____ or more than one if necessary.
Deputy
It is typically one of the first organizations to be assigned to the incident and expands from the bottom up. Has the most resources
Operations Section
This Unit develops maps and projections
Situation Unit
Also collects info on current situation
prepares situation displays
This unit assists in ensuring that resources are released from the incident in an orderly manner.
Demobilization Unit
The radio designation “command” will be used along with the ________
geographical location
The IC is responsible for the completion of the tactical priorities. What are they?
LIP C
Life safety
Incident stabilization
Property Conservation
Continue to provide for the safety and accountability of all personnel.
A _____ can help identify resources requirements and determine if the existing management structure is appropriate.
A complexity Analysis
How many NIMS resource Typing Definitions are there?
120
What color is the Incident Command Post flag?
Green and white square
The incident command post will be designated by
the name of the incident
Every Incident must have a written or verbal_____-
Incident Action plan
Hazzmat IAP’s must be written
In order to maintain leadership and respect you should?
Know your subordinates
Look out for their well being
Keep them informed
Build the team
Assessment is conducted after a major activity in order to allow personnel to discover what happened and why. Assessment methods include?
After action review
Post Incident analysis
Debriefing
Post incident critique
Mitigation plans
Check in only once. Check in locations may be
ICP
Base/camp
Staging
Helibase
Division group
What briefing is delivered to individual resources or crews who are assigned to operational tasks and or work at or near the incident site?
Field level briefing
