USCG 2014 IMH-GLOSSARY (STAGING AREA - WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION)

Question 0

STAKEHOLDERS

Answer 0

Any person, group, or organization affected by and having a vested interest in the incident and/or the response Operation.

Question 1

STAGING AREA

Answer 1

That location where incident personnel and equipment are assigned awaiting tactical assignment. Staging Areas are managed by the Operations Section Chief.

Question 2

STRATEGIC GOALS

Answer 2

Strategic goals are broad, general statements of intent.

Question 3

STRATEGIC PLAN

Answer 3

Is a plan that addresses long-term issues such as impact of weather forecasts, time-phased resource requirements, and problems such as permanent housing for displaced disaster victims, environmental pollution, and infrastructure restoration.

Question 4

STRATEGY

Answer 4

The general plan or direction selected to accomplish incident objectives.

Question 5

STRIKE TEAM

Answer 5

Are specified combinations of the same kind and type of resources with common communications and a leader.

Question 6

SUPERVISOR

Answer 6

Incident Command Systemtitle for individuals responsible for command of a Division or Group.

Question 7

SUPERVISOR OF SALVAGE AND DIVING

Answer 7

A salvage, search, and recovery operation established by the Department of Navy with experience to support response activities, including specialized salvage, firefighting, and petroleum, oil, and lubricants offloading.

Question 8

SUPPORT ZONE

Answer 8

In a hazardous substance response, the clean area outside of the Contamination Control Line is a support zone. Equipment and personnel are not expected to become contaminated in this area. Special protective clothing is not required. This is the area where esources are assembled to support the hazardous substances/materials release operation.

Question 9

TACTICAL DIRECTION

Answer 9

Directions given by the Operations Section Chief that includes: the tactics appropriate for the selected strategy, the selection and assignment of resources, tactics implementation, and performance monitoring for each operational period.

Question 10

TACTICS

Answer 10

Deploying and directing resources during an incident to accomplish the objectives designated by strategy.

Question 11

TASK FORCE

Answer 11

A group of resources with common communications and a leader assembled for a specific mission.

Question 12

TASKING

Answer 12

Identification, prioritization of Incident Command Critical Information Requirements and assigning assets to collect the information.

Question 13

T-CARD

Answer 13

Cards filled out with essential information for each resource they represent. The cards are color-coded to represent different types of resources.

Question 14

TECHNICAL SPECIALISTS

Answer 14

Personnel with special skills who can be used anywhere within the Incident Command System organization.

Question 15

TEMPORARY FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS

Answer 15

Temporary Flight Restrictions are established by the Federal Aviation Administration to ensure aircraft safety in the vicinity of the incident which restricts the operation of non-essential aircraft in the airspace around that incident.

Question 16

TERRORISM

Answer 16

Any activity that: (1) involves an act that (a) is dangerous to human life or potentially destructive of critical infrastructure or key resources and (b) is a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State or other subdivision of the United States; and (2) appears to be intended (a) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, (b) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion, or (c) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping.

Question 17

UNACCEPTABLE RISK

Answer 17

Level of risk as determined by the risk management process which cannot be mitigated to an acceptable safe level.

Question 18

UNIFIED AREA COMMAND

Answer 18

A Unified Area Command is established when incidents under an Area Command are multi-jurisdictional.

Question 19

UNIFIED COMMAND

Answer 19

An application of Incident Command System used when there is more than one agency with incident jurisdiction or when incidents cross political jurisdictions. Agencies work together through the designated members of the Unified Command to establish heir designated Incident Commanders at a single Incident Command Post and to establish a common set of objectives and strategies and a single Incident Action Plan. This is accomplished without losing or abdicating authority, responsibility, or accountability.

Question 20

UNIT

Answer 20

That organizational element having functional responsibility for a specific incident planning, logistics, or finance/administration activity.

Question 21

VESSEL OWNER

Answer 21

Vessel Owneris the owner/operator of the vessel or source which precipitated the incident.

Question 22

VOLUNTEER

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Any individual accepted to perform services by an agency that has authority to accept volunteer services when the individual performs services without promise, expectation, or receipt of compensation for services performed.

Question 23

WATERFRONT FACILITY

Answer 23

All piers, wharves, docks, or similar structures to which vessels may be secured; areas of land, water, or land and water under and in immediate proximity to these structures; buildings on or contiguous to these structures; and the equipment and materials on or in these structures. The term does not include facilities directly operated by the Department of Defense.

Question 24

WATERSHED REHABILITATION

Answer 24

Is also known as “rehab”; restoration of watershed to as-near-as-possible its pre-incident condition, or to a condition where it can recover on its own.

Question 25

WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION

Answer 25

As defined in Title 18, U.S.C. § 2332a: (1) any explosive, incendiary, or poison gas, bomb, grenade, rocket having a propellant charge of more than 4 ounces, or missile having an explosive or incendiary charge of more than one-quarter ounce, or mine or similar device; (2) any weapon that is designed or intended to cause death or serious bodily injury through the release, dissemination, or impact of toxic or poisonous chemicals or their precursors; (3) any weapon involving a disease organism; or (4) any weapon that is designed to release radiation or radioactivity at a level dangerous to human life.