Incident Command System

Question 1

When did the President direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop and administer NIMS?

Answer 1

February 28, 2003

Question 2

What are the the Principles that govern NIMS?

Answer 2

Flexibility and Standardization

Question 3

What are the five major components of NIMS?

Answer 3

Preparedness

Resource Management

Ongoing Management and Maintenance

Communications and Information Management

Command and Management

Question 4

What is achieved and maintained through a continuous cycle of planning, organizing, training, equipping, exercising, evaluating, and taking corrective action?

Answer 4

Preparedness

Question 5

What are the 5 components of Preparedness?

Answer 5

Planning

Procedures and Protocols

Training and Exercises

Personnel Qualifications and Certification

Equipment Certification

Question 6

What are the principle goals of the Communications and Information Management component of NIMS?

Answer 6

Establishing and maintaining a common operating picture and ensuring accessibility and interoperability

Question 7

Which component of NIMS should be flexible and scalable in order to support any incident and be adaptable to changes?

Answer 7

Resource Management

Question 8

What are the 3 parts of Command and Management component of NIMS?

Answer 8

ICS

MACS

Public Information Systems

Question 9

What provides a flexible core mechanism for coordinated and collaborative incident management?

Answer 9

ICS

Question 10

What process allows all levels of government and all disciplines to work together more efficiently and effectively?

Answer 10

Multiagency Coordination Systems (MACS)

Question 11

What occurs across the different disciplines involved in incident management, across jurisdictional lines, or across levels of government?

Answer 11

Multiagency Coordination Systems (MACS)

Question 12

What is a system, NOT a facility?

Answer 12

Multiagency Coordination Systems (MACS)

Question 13

What consists of the process, procedures, and systems to communicate timely, accurate, and accessible information on the incident’s cause, size and current situation to the public, responders, and additional stakeholders?

Answer 13

Public Information Systems

Question 14

The Ongoing Management and Maintenance Component of NIMS contains what two subsections?

Answer 14

National Integration Center (NIC)

Supporting Technologies

Question 15

What are the five major functional areas of ICS

Answer 15

Command and General Staff

Operations

Planning

Logistics

Finance/Administration

Question 16

What is an incident command organization made up of the Command and General Staff members and other appropriate personnel that can be deployed or activated as needed?

Answer 16

Incident Management Team (IMT)

Question 17

What are two or more individual incidents located in the same general proximity that are assigned to a single Incident Commander or Unified Command to facilitate management?

Answer 17

Complex incidents

Question 18

What is used to oversee the management of multiple incidents that are being handled by an ICS or a very large incident that has multiple management teams assigned to it?

Answer 18

Area Command

Question 19

What is a physical location at which the coordination of information and resources to support incident management activities normally take place?

Answer 19

EOC

Question 20

The EOC is:

Answer 20

Organized by discipline

Typically staffed by people from each discipline

Used for higher level of coordination

May be housed in permanent or temporary facilities

Question 21

What is a smaller organization representing a single discipline?

Answer 21

Department Operations Center (DOC)

Question 22

If necessary, what is activated to provide and increased level of support and to facilitate coordination among organizations, senior leaders and elected officials and jurisdictions?

Answer 22

Center Management System (CMS)

Question 23

Who is a key command staff member supporting the incident command structure?

Answer 23

Public Information Officer (PIO)

Question 24

Who handles inquiries from the media, public, elected officials and disseminates accurate and timely information?

Answer 24

PIO

Question 25

What is an organized, integrated, and coordinated mechanism to ensure delivery of understandable, timely, accurate, and consistent information to the public in a crisis?

Answer 25

Joint Information System (JIS)

Question 26

What includes the plans, protocols, and structures used to provide information to the public during incident operations?

Answer 26

Joint Information System (JIS)

Question 27

Where can PIOs co-locate to perform critical emergency information, crisis communications, and public affairs functions?

Answer 27

Joint Information Center

Question 28

Incident Commander responsibilities include:

Answer 28

Overall management of the incident Assessment of the incident priorities Assess resource needs and orders

Question 29

Who monitors incident operations and advises the IC/UC on all matters relating to operational safety?

Answer 29

Safety Officer (SO)

Question 30

Who is the POC for representatives of other governmental agencies, and/or private entities?

Answer 30

LNO

Question 31

Who activates and supervises elements in accordance with the Incident Action Plan (IAP)?

Answer 31

Operations Section Chief (OSC)

Question 32

Which section is responsible for collecting, evaluating, disseminating, and using information about the incident and status of resources?

Answer 32

Planning Section

Question 33

Which section is responsible for providing facilities, services, and materials in support of the incident response?

Answer 33

Logistics Section

Question 34

Which section is responsible for all financial and cost analysis aspects of the incident?

Answer 34

Finance/Administration Section

Question 35

Which section is typically part of the Planning Section but can be it's own depending on the situation?

Answer 35

Intelligence and Investigation Section

Question 36

NIMS is organized into what 3 components?

Answer 36

Resource Management Command and Coordination Communications and Information Management

Question 37

What is a comprehensive, nationwide, systematic approach to incident management, including the command and coordination of incidents, resource management, and information management?

Answer 37

NIMS

Question 38

What is a set of concepts and principles for all threats, hazards, and events across all mission areas (Prevention, Protection, Mitigation, Response, Recovery)

Answer 38

NIMS

Question 39

What is scalable, flexible, and adaptable; used for all incidents, from day-to-day to large-scale?

Answer 39

NIMS

Question 40

What is a standard resource management procedures that enable coordination among different jurisdictions or organizations?

Answer 40

NIMS

Question 41

What is essential principles for communications and information management?

Answer 41

NIMS

Question 42

What are the 3 principles of NIMS?

Answer 42

Flexibility Standardization Unity of Effort

Question 43

What system was developed in the 1970s and precludes NIMS?

Answer 43

FIRESCOPE

Question 44

FIRESCOPE included

Answer 44

ICS and MACS

Question 45

What can be established when very complex or multiple concurrent incidents require the establishment of multiple ICS organizations?

Answer 45

Area Command

Question 46

What entity can create processes to qualify, certify, and credential personnel for incident-related positions?

Answer 46

Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ)

Question 47

What is it called when more than one agency has incident jurisdiction or when incidents cross political jurisdictions?

Answer 47

Unified Command