Task 2: Know Principles of Incident Command Systems Flashcards
What does AFIMS stand for?
Air Force Incident Management System
What is the objective of AFIMS?
The objective is to implement a single incident management system for command and control of emergency response forces at Air Force installations and headquarters worldwide
What is AFIMS used for?
to organize and direct emergency response forces during incident management activities while also conducting peacetime and wartime operations
What are the Phases of Icident Management?
Prevention
Protection
Response
Recovery
Mitigation
What does the Prevention phase of icident management entail?
broad categories of activities such as intelligence collection and analysis, active defense, proliferation prevention, fire prevention, disease prevention, and contamination prevention.
What does the protection phase of incidnet management entail?
actions necessary to secure installations and personnel against acts of terrorism and manmade or natural disasters
What does the Response Phase of incident management entail?
actions taken during an incident which could include deploying the Disaster Response Force, implementing response plans and checklists, and initiating the installation notification and warning system
What does the Recovery Phase of incident management entail?
includes operations such as implementing casualty treatment, rendering unexploded ordnance safe, personnel and resource decontamination, airfield damage, repair and facility restoration. Recovery planning and actions begin as soon as possible to ensure sustainment of crucial missions and restoration of normal operations
What does the Mitigation phase of incident management entail?
ongoing process and is considered, to some degree, a part of every phase of incident management. In a global sense, mitigation includes all activities designed to reduce or eliminate risks to persons or property or to lessen the actual or potential effects of an incident
How many Emergency Resonse support functions are there?
15
What is ESF 1?
Transportation Responsbilities
ESF 2
Communication Responsibilities
ESF 3
Public Works and Engineering
ESF 4
Firefighting
ESF 5
Emegency Management
