Section VI - Chapter 3

Question 1

The _______ should not be involved in the management of specific incidents, and the ________ role is strictly a support function.

Answer 1

EOC / EOC’s

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Question 2

The benefit of an EOC is that elected and appointed leaders of the community do what?

Answer 2

assemble at a facility equipped to carry out the function of government during emergencies

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Question 3

Experience has shown that an EOC should not be ____-___________ with an Area/Incident Command Post.

Answer 3

co-located

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Question 4

EOP stands for ?

Answer 4

Emergency Operations Plan

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Question 5

Each community should develop “___________ ___________” for activation of its EOC whether for an unplanned or planned event, for example:

• Number of _____________ committed to the emergency
• Support requirements for the ICS at the scene, for example:
  
  • ____________ advise (hazmat, fire behavior, medical)
  • Additional resources from outside normal ____________ (heavy equipment, military, air craft)
• Projected time required to control situation that impacts ____________ needs such as (food, lodging)

Answer 5

” trigger criteria “

• resources
• technical advice
• channels
• logistics

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Question 6

EOC Participation:

Before the actual event, each community must determine the agencies that need to be?

Answer 6

represented at the EOC and who should represent the agency

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Question 7

EOC Policy Development Functions:

It is important to identify the difference between __________ and __________ decisions.

Answer 7

policy and incident

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Question 8

Some agencies have elected to establish a _______ to manage the individual agency’s resources and to maintain coverage within their jurisdiction.

Answer 8

DOC - Department Operations Center

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Question 9

Multi-agency coordination system is a __________ and not a __________.

Answer 9

system / facility

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Question 10

A MACS operates as a support function and does not communicate on a direct basis with ___________ ______________.

Answer 10

Incident Commanders

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Question 11

________-_________ _______________ centers / ________ provide central locations for operational information sharing and resource coordination in support of ongoing scene efforts.

Answer 11

Multi-agency coordination / EOCs

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Question 12

The management system used to direct all operations at the incident scene is?

Answer 12

Incident Management System

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Question 13

An application of the Incident Command System used when there is more than one agency or jurisdiction with incident jurisdiction is ?

Answer 13

Unified Command

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Question 14

This establishes as necessary to provide command authority and coordination for two or more incidents often in proximity or for a large expanded incident ?

Answer 14

Area Command ( Unified Area Command )

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Question 15

An active or formal system used to coordinate resources and support between agencies or jurisdictions at the regional level is ?

Answer 15

Multi-Agency Coordination Systems (MACS)

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Question 16

A _______ can be established to manage the individual agency’s resources and coverage with in the jurisdiction.

Answer 16

DOC - Department Operations Center

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Question 17

In NIMS-ICS what does EOC stand for in large scale incidents?

Answer 17

Emergency Operations Center

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