NIMS Resource Management Flashcards
Resource Management Preparedness involves what four (4) key activities?
- Identifying and typing resources.
- Qualifying, certifying, and credentialing personnel.
- Planning for resources.
- Acquiring, storing, and inventorying resources.
What does typing resources mean?
Defining and categorizing incident resources by capability.
What does resource typing establish?
Common definitions for capabilities of personnel, equipment, teams, supplies, and facilities.
Typing definitions include what information?
- Capability
- Category
- Kind
- Type
Detail:
- Capability - The resource capability to perform its function in one or more of the five mission areas:
- Prevention
- protection
- Mitigation
- response
- Recovery
- Category - The function for which a resource would be most useful (e.g. firefighting, law enforcement, health and medical).
- Kind - A broad characterization, such as personnel, equipment, teams, and facilities.
- Type - A resource’s level of capability to perform its function based on size, power, capacity (for equipment), or experience and qualifications; Type 1 has greater capacity that Type 2, Type 3, or Type 4.
What is AHJ (Authority Having Jurisdiction)?
Entity having the authority and responsibility for developing, implementing, and maintaining and overseeing the qualification process within its organization or jurisdiction.
What are the essential steps to help ensure that personnel deploying under mutual aid agreements can perform their assigned roles?
- Qualifying
- Certification
- Credentialing
Detail:
- Qualifying. Personnel must meet the minimum standards (including training, experience, physical and medical fitness) to fill specific positions.
- Certification. Recognition from an Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) or a third party that an individual has completed qualification for a position.
- Credentialing. Documentation (typically an identification card or badge) that identifies personelle and verifies their qualifications for a particular position.
Coordinated Planning provides what?
A foundation for interoperability and compatibility of resources.
Jurisdictions and organizations work together before incidents to do what?
Develop plans that identify, manage, estimate, allocate, order, deploy and demobilize resources.
What resource management strategies should planners consider?
- Stockpiling resources.
- Establishing mutual aid agreements to obtain resources to obtain resources from neighboring jurisdictions.
- Determining how and where to reassign resources performing non-essential tasks.
- Developing contracts to acquire resources from vendors.
Accurate resource inventories do what?
- Enable organization to resource incidents promptly when needed.
- Support day-to-day resource management.
In NIMS, resource inventorying refers to what?
Preparedness activities conducted outside of incident response; resource tracking occurs during an incident.
What are the six (6) resource management tasks performed in an incident?
- Identify requirements.
- Order and acquire.
- Mobilize.
- Track and support.
- Demobilize.
- Reimburse and restock.
What does the Identify Requirements process identify?
- Type and quantity of resources needed.
- Location where resources should be sent.
- Who will receive and use the resources.
Both Incident Command and Emergency Operation Center (EOC) staffs make initial and ongoing assessments of resource requirements based on incident priorities and objectives. True or False?
True
An external jurisdiction or organization that is requested to provide resources must consent to the request. True or False?
True
What is designed for use in ordering resources to ensure the resource meets the mission needs?
NIMS Resource Typing
When do personnel and other resource begin Mobilization?
When notified through established channels.
In Mobilization, deploying personnel receive what information?
- Date, time, and place of departure.
- Mode of transportation to the incident.
- Estimated date and time of arrival.
- Reporting location and assigned supervisor.
- Anticipated incident assignment.
- Anticipated duration of deployment
- Resource order number.
- Incident number.
- Applicable cost and funding codes.
The mobilization of fixed facility resources is called what?
Activation (rather than deployment).
During incidents, responders sometimes arrive at the incident site without being requested. This can interfere with incident management how?
- Creating additional supervisory, logistical, and safety needs.
- Depleting available resources.
- Complicating resource tracking and accountability.
- Interfering with access to the site by formally requested resources.
The Track and Report process does what?
- Track the location of resources.
- Helps staff to prepare to receive and use resources.
- Protects the safety and security of personnel, equipment, teams, and facilities.
- Enables resource coordination and movement.
When do managers begin preparing for demobilization?
At the same time they begin mobilizing resources.
When should those responsible for resources in an incident either reassign or demobilize resources?
As soon as they are no longer needed.
What is the goal of demobilization?
The orderly, safe, and efficient return of a resource to its original location and status.
