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OG 1.1 Incident Command System Flashcards

1
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At every incident there is a need for management activities if the incident is to be what

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Effectively controlled

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Portland Fire & Rescue has adopted what system as outlined in the model procedures guide for structural firefighting

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ICS
Incident command system

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This guide is also based on what other system

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NIMS national incident management system

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What system is used successfully in managing available resources at emergency operations

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ICS

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What act requires organizations responding to hazardous material incidences to operate within an ICS

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 super fund amendment and re-authorization act 1986 SARAH

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Who states that the incident command system shall be established by those employers, for theincident that will be under their control, and shall be interfaced with other organizations or agencies, who may respond to such an incident

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OSHA

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Define OSHA

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Occupational safety and health administration

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OSHA interprets this regulation to include what three agencies

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Fire, law enforcement, and, depending on their response role, public works agencies

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Define NFPA

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National fire protection Association

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The national fire protection Association, standard on fire department, occupational safety, and health program requires what five things

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  1. all departments to establish written procedures for an ICS.
  2. All members of the department to be trained in and familiar with the system.
  3. The system to outline the responsibility for safety at all supervisory levels.
  4. The system to outline safety requirements.
  5. The system to provide sufficient supervisory personnel to control the position and function of all members operating at the scene.
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NFPA, 1561 standard on fire department, emergency management systems provides specific guidelines for elements that should be included in an incident management system as directed by who

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Homeland, security, presidential directive 5

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Design requirements for ICS can provide for the following kinds of operations

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  1. Single jurisdiction, single agency involvement.
  2. Single jurisdiction, with multi agency involvement.
  3. Multi jurisdiction, multi agency involvement.
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ICS should Provide what? Which can be adapted to any emergency or incident

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Organizational structure

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ICS should be readily adaptable to what

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New technology

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ICS must have basic common elements in what three things

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Organization, terminology and procedures

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Common elements in organization, terminology and procedures allows for the maximum application and use of already developed qualifications and standards and ensures continuation of what

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A Total mobility concept

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ICS must be effective and fulfilling all of the above requirements, and yet be simple enough to ensure what

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Low operational maintenance cost

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The ICS has a number of components the following components provide the basis for an effective ICS concept of operation

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  1. common terminology
  2. Modular organization.
  3. Integrated communications.
  4. Single or unified command structure.
  5. incident action plan IAP
  6. Manageable span of control.
  7. Designated incident facilities.
  8. Comprehensive resource management.
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Major organizational functions and units are predesignated and titled and the systems terminology is what

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Standard and consistent

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To prevent confusion when multiple incidences occur within the same jurisdiction each one should be what

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Named for example, this is Main Street command

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ICS organizational structure develops in what type of fashion

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Modular fashion from the top down at any incident

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There are five functional areas which are established as the need develops. They are.

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Command Operations,
Planning,
Logistics
Finance

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Integrated communications involve managing the communications network at the scene by using a what

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A common communications plan. It is important that messages are received, and acknowledged properly.

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The command function within ICS may be conducted in two general ways

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Single command
Unified command

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Single command is what

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Only one agency has legal responsibility

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Unified command is what

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A unified command structure exist, when more than one agency is responsible for decision-making within a single or multi jurisdiction

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Every incident needs some sort of what

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IAP
Incident action plan

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At smaller incidents, the IAP IS GENERALLY

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Informal and unwritten

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When is a written IAP usually required

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When resources from multiple agencies are used, when several jurisdictions are involved, or when changes in shifts of personnel or equipment are required

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30
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Definition: number of personnel, one supervisor can manage effectively

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Span of control

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31
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What is the desirable and optimum range of personnel per supervisor

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Desirable range is 3 to 7
Optimum number is five per supervisor

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Areas or locations that have been established by the incident commander (IC)

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Designated incident facilities

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33
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The location from which all incident operations are directed

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Command post

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34
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How many command post are required per incident

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One

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35
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Where are primary logistic functions coordinated, and administered

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Incident base

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Resource management may be accomplished using three different methods, depending on the needs of the incident

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  1. Single resources.
  2. Task force.
  3. Strike team.
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37
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Give an example of a single resource

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Engine, truck, rescue, ambulance

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A group of any type, or kind of resource, with common communications and a leader

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Task force
Example 2 trucks three engines

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A specified combination of the same kind and type of resources, with common communications and a leader

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Strike team
Example 5 engines

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To manage an emergency operation what may be critical in organization

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To move rapidly from a non-incident to an incident organization

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41
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What must be in place that allows reaction out of habit

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Standard procedure

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42
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Usually the ICS organization at routine incidents is what

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Simple

43
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Generally the two functional areas in ICS organization are

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Command and operations

44
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What function will be established at every incident? That is a multiple unit response

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Command function

45
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It is the responsibility of who to establish command of the scene

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First arriving fire officer

46
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Who has the responsibility for the overall management of the incident?

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The IC

47
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List the nine responsibilities of the IC at every incident

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  1. Description of the company arriving on scene.
  2. A size up.
  3. Conditions.
  4. Description of actions taken.
  5. Declaration of strategy.
  6. Obvious safety concerns.
  7. Assumption, identification, and location of command.
  8. Designation of the alpha side.
  9. Request or release of resources as required.
48
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Command is transferred to improve what

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The quality of the command organization

49
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How will the officer assuming command will communicate with the person being relieved

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Radio or face-to-face
Face-to-face is preferred

50
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A briefing should occur to include what 6 things when transferring command

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  1. Incident conditions.
  2. transfer of tactical board and pertinent information
  3. Progress in completion of tactical objectives.
  4. Safety considerations.
  5. Assignment of an accounting for resources and personnel.
  6. The need for additional resources.
51
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T/F
Command cannot be transferred to an officer, not yet on scene

A

True,
Command cannot be transferred to an officer, not yet on scene

52
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Passing command to an officer, not on scene, creates a gap and command process and compromises what

A

Incident management and firefighter safety

53
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If due to unusual circumstances, command, decides to go mobile, what must happen

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Command must announce over the radio that command is mobile and should minimize time away from the command post

54
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Why should command only go mobile in unusual circumstances?

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Because it’s inability to effectively tract resources and monitor the MAYDAY channel

55
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What must an IC identify at all incidents?

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Tactical priorities

56
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The three tactical priorities are

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  1. Life safety.
  2. Incident stabilization.
  3. Property conservation.
57
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The ICS structure must match what of the incident

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The complexity, not the size

58
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Who determines the strategy that will minimize the impact that any incident may have on the surrounding area?

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The IC

59
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When is an incident considered successfully managed

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When the goals and objectives have been met while minimizing property and environmental damage

60
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In order to achieve incident control, what must be met

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Strategic goals

61
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A strategic goal often requires completion of what

A

Several tactical objectives

62
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_____ is what will be done_____ is how it will be done

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Strategy
Tactics

63
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To develop an effective strategy, requires three very specific actions or elements

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  1. Information.
  2. Observation.
  3. Prediction.
64
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What is critical to any decision-making process?

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Information

65
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What allows the IC to make sound decisions?

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Accurate and up-to-date information

66
Q

What answers the question of what is currently happening at the incident scene?

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Observation

67
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Looking ahead and anticipating problems facilitates a_______ ________ mode of Operation

A

Pro-active

68
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Conversely, waiting for things to happen, dictates a______ _____ mode of operation

A

Reactive mode

69
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A good rule of thumb is to look how far ahead in the incident

A

Five minutes

70
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And ordered sequence of events over a specified period of time to accomplish specific objectives

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IAP
Incident action plan

71
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On more complex incidents, the IAP Will be a written document developed by a staff, led by who

A

The IC

72
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The orders or directives that are given as part of the IAP should be in the form of what

A

Tactical objectives
They should be clearing concise

73
Q

Remember that the ICS organizational structure is not based on the size of the incident, but rather what

A

The overall complexity

74
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As soon as the IC determines the incident, strategic goals and objectives, one of two actions will occur

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Either the initial action plan will be successful or it will need to be revised

75
Q

If the IC believes that there are just enough resources for the required work, it is time to do what

A

Order additional resources
It is better to have them and not need them to need them and not have them

76
Q

Effective resource management requires that

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Personal safety be given the highest priority

77
Q

Everyone working at an incident must serve as their own

A

Safety officer

78
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The ultimate responsibility for incident scene, safety, rest with who

A

That IC

79
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All goals and objectives should be evaluated against the

A

risk/benefit factor

80
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As the incident escalates, the IC will need to assign one or more what

A

Safety officers with specific safety responsibilities

81
Q

What is essential for effective incident management?

A

Coordination

82
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What is the goal of the IC

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Obtain the maximum productivity from all on-scene resources

83
Q

What will ensure that units are functioning within the IAP?

A

Proper coordination

84
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There are normally three other responsibilities that are sometimes referred to as command staff positions

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  1. Safety officer.
  2. Liaison officer.
  3. public information officer (PIO)
85
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When will command, direct the safety officer position to be staffed

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When the incident complexities increase in the IC must have someone else focus on safety

86
Q

The safety officer is responsible for what

A

Enforcing safety procedures, and practices at the emergency scene

87
Q

T/F
The safety officer has the authority to stop unsafe acts, when time or conditions, prevent using regular lines of authority

A

True

88
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Who is considered the point of contact outside agency representatives

A

Liaison officer

89
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The liaison officer is responsible for the identification, and________ of all outside agencies

A

Coordination

90
Q

When does the PIA physician normally get staffed

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When the IC cannot take the time to talk to the media

91
Q

Where should the PO establish a media area?

A

Away from the command post

92
Q

Who has responsibility for gathering and releasing incident information to the media and other appropriate agencies

A

PIO

93
Q

Dysfunctional position is staffed when command span of control is exceeded or when command due to other concerns, cannot focus totally on tactical operations

A

Operations

94
Q

Give three examples of when an operations section chief would be established

A

Natural disasters
Under a unified command situation
Major hazmat incident

95
Q

The operation section is responsible for the management of all operations that directly apply to what

A

The primary mission

96
Q

What is the Operations Section main function?

A

Direct the tactical operations to meet the strategic goals that are developed by command

97
Q

When operations is staffed, the IC focuses on strategy and the operations chief focuses on

A

Tactics

98
Q

Where a number of jurisdictions or agencies are involved in the decision-making, who is assigned the operations function

A

The agency with the greatest jurisdictional involvement

99
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A division is responsible for

A

Operations within a defined geographic area or location

100
Q

Groups are generally assigned to a

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Specific function, such as ventilation search and rescue water supply, etc.

101
Q

groups are responsible for an entire job wherever it may be required therefore, they

A

Work across division, lines

102
Q

Depending on the size and type of incident, command or operations has the option of breaking the incident into segments, called what

A

Branches, or better management purposes

103
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When can branches be implemented?

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When span of control is exceeded

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