Section VI - Chapter 1

Question 1

Agencies using Unified Command must speak the ________ _____________ to function effectively.

Answer 1

same language

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Question 2

The _______ provides an organized, intergrated, and coordinating mechanism to ensure the delivery of understandable, timely, accurate, and consistent information to the public in a crisis.

Answer 2

JIS (Joint Information System)

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Question 3

A ________ is a physical location where public affairs professionals from organizations involved in incident management activities can collect to perform critical emergency information, crisis communications and public-affairs functions.

Answer 3

JIC (Joint Information Center)

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Question 4

____________ ____________ teams are designed to manage large-scale incidents and can operate for an extended period of time.

Answer 4

Incident Management

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Question 5

_______ ____ IMTs are established, highly trained and experienced. They are mostly used for wildland fires, but can also be deployed for natural disasters or terrorist incidents.

Answer 5

Type I

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Question 6

What type of incidents are the most complex, requiring national resources to safely and effectively manage and operate?

Answer 6

Type I

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Question 7

Type I Incidents

* Operations personnel often exceed ______ per operational period and total personnel will usually exceed _______.

Answer 7

500 / 1000

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Question 8

_______ _____ teams are current teams that are certified for both state and federal level incidents.

Answer 8

Type II

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Question 9

In Type II incidents, operations personnel normally do not exceed ______ per operational period and total incident personnel do not exceed _______.

Answer 9

200 / 500

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Question 10

________ _____ teams are to be developed under the new federal recommendations.

Answer 10

Type III

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Question 11

________ _____ teams can be developed at the municipal, county, or district level and would work well for multi-agency or multi-jurisdictional use.

Answer 11

Type IV

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Question 12

________ _____ teams could be jurisdictional specific or developed through mutual aid agreements. These teams would work well for areas served by departments or jurisdictions with limited resources.

Answer 12

Type V

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Question 13

A vehicle fire, an injured person, or a police traffic stop are examples of what type of incident?

Answer 13

Type V

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Question 14

Unified Command should be implemented for the following situations:

• More than one agency has _____________ jurisdiction
• An incident poses a threat to two or more _____________
• A significant event requiring joint preplanning and operations such as a major _________ event, large ____________ celebration or parades, etc.

Answer 14

• statutory
• jurisdictions
• sporting / holiday

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Question 15

The Golden Rules of Unified Command:

• No agency’s ___________ is compromised or neglected
• One ________ is developed for the entire incident
• Participants in Unified Command must have authority to speak for their ________.
• Unified Command participants must speak with a _________ ________.

Answer 15

• authority
• IAP
• agency
• single voice

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Question 16

Those organizations that participate in Unified Command should have __________ or _____________ responsibility for some portion of the incident or event.

Answer 16

statutory or jurisdictional

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Question 17

Assisting and cooperating agencies that contribute resources to the incident with no statutory responsibility should not function at the __________ ___________ level, but should assign agency representatives to effectively represent their resources through the ___________ ___________.

Answer 17

Unified Command / Liaison Officer

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Question 18

In multi-agency / multi-jurisdictional incidents, many jurisdictions, organizations, or agencies lack the ability to communicate with one another due to ?

Answer 18

incompatible radio systems

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Question 19

It is important at all times for the JIC to have the most current and accurate information regarding __________ _____________ activities.

Answer 19

incident management

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Question 20

• This type of incident extends beyond the capabilities for local control and is expected to go into multiple operational periods ?

Answer 20

Type II incidents

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Question 21

• All Command and General Staff positions are activated for this type of incident ?

Answer 21

Type I

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Question 22

• Most or all of the Command and General Staff positions are filled for this type of incident ?

Answer 22

Type II

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Question 23

These teams are developed and certified under federal guidelines ?

Answer 23

Type I

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Question 24

These teams can be developed and used at the state level, in a major region of a state, or an area with multi-agency or multi-jurisdictional use ?

Answer 24

Type III

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Question 25

In these incidents some or all of the Command and General Staff positions may be activated, as well as Division/Group Supervisors and/or Unit Leader level positions ?

Answer 25

Type III

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Question 26

During this type of incident Command and General Staff functions are activated only if needed ?

Answer 26

Type IV incidents

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Question 27

Type IV incidents are usually limited to one ___________ period in the control phase.

Answer 27

operational

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Question 28

During these incidents Command and General Staff positions (other than the IC) are not activated ?

Answer 28

Type V

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