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1. Area command - ANSWER Established to oversee the management and prioritize scarce resouces among the incidents. Created when very complex incidents, or mulitple concurrent smaller incidents, require the establishment of mutiple ICS organizations. Frequently established as unified area commands, ...

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NIMS IS-700 b Final Exam Questions

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1. Area command - ANSWER Established to oversee the management and

prioritize scarce resouces among the incidents. Created when very

complex incidents, or mulitple concurrent smaller incidents, require the

establishment of mutiple ICS organizations. Frequently established as

unified area commands, working under the same priciples as a unified

command.




2. Authority having jurisdiction - ANSWER AHJ; an entity that can create

and administer processes to qualify, certify and credential personnel for

incident related positions. Include state, tribal, or federal government

departments and agencies, training commissions, NGO's, or companies,

as well as local organizations such as police, fire, public health, or public

work departments.

,3. Emergency management assistance compact - ANSWER EMAC; a

congressionally ratified mutual aid compact that defines a non-federal,

state-to-state system for sharing resources across state lines during an

emergency or disaster. Signatories include all 50 states, the District of

Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Unique

relationship with states, regions, territories, and federal organizations,

such as FEMA and the National Guard Bureau, enable it to move a wide

variety of resources to meet the jurisdictions needs.




4. Emergency operations center - ANSWER EOC; a facility from which

staff provide information management, resource allocation and tracking,

and/or advanced planning support to personnel on scene or at other EOCs




5. Incident commander - ANSWER The individual responsible for on scene

incident activities, including developing incident objectives and ordering

and releasing resources. Has overall authority and responsibility for

conducting incident operations.




6. Multiagency coordination group - ANSWER MAC groups, sometimes

called policy groups, typically consist of agency administrators or

, executives from organizations or their designees. Provide policy guidance

to incident personnel, support resource prioritization and allocation, and

enable decision making among elected and appointed officials and senior

executives in other organizations as well as those directly responsible for

incident management.




7. Non-governmental organization - ANSWER NGO's, provide services

outside of the government. Some examples of these are the national Red

Cross




8. Unified command - ANSWER When more than one agency has incident

jurisdiction, or when incidents cross political jurisdictions, use of the

unified command enables multiple organizations to National Incident

Management System perform the functions of the incident commander

jointly. Each participating partner maintains authority, responsibility, ad

accountability for its personnel and other resources while jointly

managing and directing incident activities through the establishment of a

common set of incident objectives, strategies, and a single Incident

Action Plan (IAP)

, 9. NIMS is - ANSWER A comprehensive, nationwide, systemic approach to

incident management, including the command and coordination of

incidents, resource management, and information management. A set of

concepts and principles for all threats, hazards, and events across all

mission areas. Scalable, flexible, and adaptable; used for all incidents,

from day to day to large scale. Standard resource management procedures

that enable coordination among different jurisdictions or organizations.

Essential principles for communications and information management.




10.NIMS is not - ANSWER Only the ICS. Only applicable to certain

emergency/incident response personnel. A static system. A response plan.

Used only during large scale incidents. A resource ordering system. A

communications plan.




11.NIMS guiding principles - ANSWER Flexibility, standardization, unity

of effort




12.Flexibility - ANSWER Adaptable to any situation, from planned special

events to routine local incidents to incidents involving interstate mutual

aid or Federal assistance. Some incidents need multiagency, multi-

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