TPO 10.4: Introduction to ICS

Question 1

What does NIMS stand for?

Answer 1

National Incident Management System

Question 2

What does NIMS represent and promulgate?

Answer 2

NIMS represents a core set of doctrines, concepts, principles, terminology, and organizational processes that enables effective, efficient, and collaborative incident management, and it also promulgates the use of and defines core Incident Command System (ICS) concepts

Question 3

The concept of ICS was developed more than thirty years ago in the aftermath of a devastating ___ in California.

Answer 3

wildfire

Question 4

What are the 4 points of Coast Guard involvement in Joint ICS?

Answer 4

1.) National Disaster Response
2.) Major pollution events
3.) Large scale law enforcement
4.) Planned marine events

Question 5

All communications between organizational elements during an incident should be in ___ language to ensure that information dissemination is clear and understood by all intended recipients

Answer 5

plain

Question 6

What are the 2 types of command positions?

Answer 6

1.) Incident Commander/Unified Commander
2.) Section Chiefs (Operations, Planning, Logistics, Finance, and Administration)
* All positions may have a Deputy

Question 7

What is the difference between an Incident Commander and a Unified Commander?

Answer 7

Incident Commander: Single jurisdiction/small scale event
Unified Command: Multi-Jurisdictional/many stakeholders

Question 8

Who is the Operations Section Chief responsible to and for?

Answer 8

They are responsible to the Incident Command for the direct management of all incident-related tactical activities and they will establish tactics for the assigned operational period

Question 9

What is the resolsibility of the Planning Section Chief?

Answer 9

They collect, evaluate, and disseminate incident situation information and intelligence to the IC/UC and incident management personnel