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grants ics 200ICS (Incident Command System) - answerStandardized management tool small or
large, emergency or nonemergency situations. Represents "best practices", key feature
of NIMS (National Incident Mgt System)
HSPD-5 - answerEstablished National Response Framework (NRF) and NIMS. DHS
(Department of Homeland Security) coordinate w/ other Federal, state, local gov.\
PPD-8 National Preparedness - answerNations approach that involves the whole
community
NIMS overview - answerConsistent framework for incident mgt at all jurisdictional levels,
builds upon ICS. Requires ICS be institutionalized.
Policy and Organizational/Operational - answerActions to institutionalize the use of ICS
take place at two levels _____ and _____.
Policy Level - answerGov officials adopt ICS through executive order, direct incident
managers to train, exercise and use ICS in their response.
Organizational/Operational - answerICS being integrated into policies and plans. ICS
training is going on. Multiple jurisdictions exercise
5 NIMS Components - answerCommand and Management, Preparedness, Resource
Management, Communications and Information Management, Ongoing Management
and Maintenance.
Common Terminology - answerhelps define organizational functions
Modular Organization - answerorganized in a top-down modular fashion
Management by Objectives - answerEstablishing objectives, directing efforts to attain
the established objectives
Reliance on the IAP - answercommunicates the overall incident objectives both
operational and support activities
Chain of Command and Unity of Command - answerOrderly line of authority/ unity of
command means every individual has a designated supervisor
, Unified Command - answermultiple jurisdictions working together, common set of
objectives
Manageable Span of Control - answer3-7 people, span of control is key to effective and
efficient incident management
Transfer of Command - answerMust include a briefing
Formal Communication - answerFollows the lines of Authority
Informal Communication - answerUsed to exchange incident or event information.
First duty of ICS leadership - answerThe safety of all personnel involved in an incident
or planned event
Briefing Elements - answerTask (What is to be done), purpose (Why it is to be done),
End State (How it should look when done)
5 ICS major functional areas - answerCommand, Operations, Planning, Logistics, and
finance and Admin
Operations Section - answerresponsible for all tactical operations at the incidents
Branch - answerfunctional, jurisdictional responsibility for major parts of the incident
operations
Division - answerDefined geographic area.
Group - answerestablished to divide the incident into functional areas of operations.
Unit - answerFunctional responsibility for a specific incident planning
Task Force - answerGroup of Mixed resources with common communications and a
leader (Narcs or Viper task force)
Strike Team - answerSame kind and type of resources with common communications
and a leader
Establishing and Implementing Objectives - answer1. understand agency policy and
direction.
2. assess incident situation
3. Establish incident objectives
4. select appropriate strategies a to achieve objectives
5. Perform tactical direction
6. follow-up
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