Section II - Appendix A - Pre-Incident Planning Flashcards
In order to use ICS effectively, _____-_________ planning must occur.
pre-incident
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Eight ICS requirements
1. __________ ___________. All organizations must use __________ ___________ in order to understand the situation and act accordingly
2. __________ ____________. ICS has the ability to increase or decrease in size as the incident changes.
- Common Terminology / common terminology
- Modular organization
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3. __________ communications. In many areas, law enforcement, fire and medical are on different frequencies and in some cases have different dispatch centers.
4. _________ Command. “Turf battles” tend to crop up at the most inconvenient times. While many organizations may be part of _________ Command, only ______ __________ runs the show.
- Integrated communications
- Unified Command / Unified / one person
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5. _____________ ______ of __________. The optimum number of subordinates under any position is ______. The span of control could be _____ to ________ depending on the complexity of the operations.
- Manageable span of control
five / two to seven
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6. _______________ ________ plans.
7. _____________ _________ facilities. Base, Staging and the Command Post are ____________ _________ facilities.
- Consolidated action plan
- Designated incident facilities.
designated incident
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8. _______________ __________ management. Once the “full assignment” arrives many players have no roles and begin to freelance. Do not call for additional resources when it is possible to use resources on scene.
- Comprehensive resource management
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___________ must be scheduled and differences of __________ worked out prior to exercising the ICS.
Meetings / opinion
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