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The Incident Command System (ICS) is? - correct answer ✅Standardized, on-scene, all-risk, incident management concept. ICS is the result of decades of lessons learned in the organization and management of emergency incidents. Designers of the system recognized early that ICS must be interdisciplinary and organizationally flexible to meet the following management challenges - correct answer ✅1. Meet the needs of the incidents of any kind or size
- Be usable for routine events or complex emergencies incidents
- allow personnel from a variety of agencies to meld rapidly into a common management structure.
- provided logistical and administrative support to ensure that operational staff can meet incident objectives.
- Be cost effective by avoiding duplication of efforts Poorly managed incident response can be devastating to our? - correct answer ✅Economy, to our food supply and to our health and safety.
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ICS is built around five major functions that may be applied on any incident whether it is large or small. The five major management functions are - correct answer ✅1. Incident Command IC
- Operations Section
- Planning Section
- Logistics Section
- Finance/Administration Section Incident Commander - correct answer ✅The individual responsible for overall management of the incident Command Staff - correct answer ✅The command staff consists of the PIO, Safety officer and liaison officer. They report directly to the incident command. They may have an assistant or assistants as needed. Officer - correct answer ✅Officer is the ICS title for the personnel responsible for the Command Staff positions of Safety, Liaison and Public information.
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Director - correct answer ✅The ICS title for individual responsible for supervision of a branch Division/Group - correct answer ✅Division are used to divide an incident geographically. Groups are used to divide an incident functionally. Supervisor - correct answer ✅The ICS title for individuals responsible for a Division or group A Specified combination of the same kind of type or resources with common communications and a leader is a _______________ - correct answer ✅Strike team The Organizational element having functional responsibility for a specific incident planning, logistics or finance/administration activities - correct answer ✅Unit
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Leader - correct answer ✅The ICS title for an individual responsible for a task force, Strike team, or functional unit Resources - correct answer ✅Personnel and equipment available, or potentially available, for assignment to incidents. Resources are described by kind of type and may be used in tactical, support or overhead capacities at an incident. ISC established lines of ______________ authority and ___________ reporting relationships - correct answer ✅Supervisory/Formal Within ICS, there is complete _________ of __________, meaning that each position and each person within the system has only one designated supervisor. - correct answer ✅Unity/Command ___________ of _________ means that there is an orderly line of authority and reporting relationships within the ranks of the
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A Basic ICS operating guideline is that the person at the top of the organization is responsible for a task until that responsibility is _______________ to a subordinate position. - correct answer ✅delegated The ICS organizational chart is a graphic representation of the incident, including: what five things? - correct answer ✅1. Position and functional activated
- Chain of command
- Reporting relationships
- Responsibilities delegated
- Information flow The incident commanders responsibility is the overall ___________ of the incident - correct answer ✅management IC may have one or more ________________. - correct answer ✅Deputies
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Deputies must be equally capable of assuming the ________ role - correct answer ✅primary Deputy Incident Commander must be able to assume the ____________ _____________ role. - correct answer ✅Incident commander's IC's overall responsibilities List the overall responsibilities there are 15 of them. - correct answer ✅1. Assess situation and or obtain a briefing from the pervious IC
- Receive delegation of authority form agency administrator
- Establish immediate priorities
- Determine incident objectives and strategies
- Establish an ICP
- Establish and monitor incident organization
- Ensure adequate safety measures are in place
- Schedule planning meetings as required
- Approve and authorize incident action plan implementation
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When considering how to stabilize the incident situation the incident commander must: (3 things) - correct answer ✅1. ensure life safety
- ensure continuity of command
- manage resources efficiently and cost effectively The four step approach to determining incident objectives and strategy are? - correct answer ✅Step 1 Know Agency Policy Step 2 Establish incident objectives Step 3 Develop appropriate strategy Step 4 Execute Tactical Direction Characteristics of an effective incident Commander are - correct answer ✅1. Command Presence
- Understands ICS
- Proven Manager
- Proactive and Decisive
- Calm and Objective
- Quick thinking
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- Effective communicator
- Adaptable and flexible
- Realistic about personal limitations
- Politically astute Command Staff is made up of - correct answer ✅Public Information officer Safety Officer Liaison Officer Information and Intelligence Officer Which officers my have assistants - correct answer ✅Public Information officer Safety Officer Liaison Officer Traditionally, Information and intelligence functions are located in the _______________ Section - correct answer ✅Planning
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Only one __________ officer will be assigned for each incident. - correct answer ✅Safety Safety officer works through the chain of command but may exercise emergency authority to ____________ ___________ unsafe acts. - correct answer ✅Directly Stop Safety officer many assign _____________ safety Officers as needed. - correct answer ✅Assistant Incidents that are multi-jurisdictional, or have several agencies involved may require the establishment of the __________ Officer - correct answer ✅Liaison An agency that is assisting on an incident is directly contributing ___________ resource to the agency or jurisdiction that is responsible for the incident is called _________ __________________ - correct answer ✅Tactical/Assisting Agency
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An agency which supports the incident or supplies assistance other than _______________ resources would be considered a ______________________ agency - correct answer ✅Tactical/ cooperating The other four management functions in General Staff are? - correct answer ✅Operations Section Planning Section Logistics Section Finance/Administration Section Each General Staff members may also have one or more _______________. - correct answer ✅Deputies The operations section Chief is responsible for managing all ________________ operations at an incident - correct answer ✅tactical
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Another organizational option for the operations section is the establishment of an __________ and ____________ - correct answer ✅Information/Intelligence The use of aircraft whether tactical or logistical are assigned to the ___________________ Section - correct answer ✅Operations Staging area managers report to _____________ section cheif or to the ________ __________ if the _________ section chief positions has not been filled - correct answer ✅Operations/Incident Commander/Operations Divisions have ________ responsibility and groups have __________ responsibility - correct answer ✅geographic/functional A branch is the organizational level having ________ or __________ responsibility for major parts of the Operations section or logistics section - correct answer ✅Geographic/functional
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In the operation section, __________ are establish when the number of Divisions or groups exceed the span of control - correct answer ✅Branches Directors are in charge of ___________ Mangers are in charge of __________ Supervisors are in charge of ________ or ________ - correct answer ✅Branches Staging areas Divisions/Groups Branch directors and staging managers report to the ____________ section Cheif - correct answer ✅Operations Divisions and groups are an equal level in the organization and the the supervisors report to ______________ Directors or the _______________ Section Chief - correct answer ✅Branch/Operations
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organization to exchange information among and between personnel
- Orders, directives, resources request , status changes must follow the chain of command, unless otherwise directed The ICS organizational framework is open for individual to freely supply and exchange information three examples would be - correct answer ✅1. The food unit leader may directly contact the planning sections resources unit to determine the number of persons requiring feeding
- The Cost unit leader may directly discuss and share financial information on alternative strategies with the planning section chief.
- Division A supervisor may contact the Situation Unit to share information on an unusual environmental hazard in the division. Orders and directive within the ICS organization must follow the chain of command, unless otherwise directed. Three examples illustrating the flow of orders are - correct answer ✅1. Division B supervisor request fuel for resource
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within the Division. This request will be passed through the branch or operations section chief to ensure that fuel request can be consolidated before going to logistics.
- In an organization using branches and divisions, the operations section chief will pass directives to change the resource assignments within a particular division through the appropriate branch director. This ensures that the branch director is aware of any changes.
- The situation unit leader will request additional personnel to work in the unit through the planning section chief. This ensures that personnel already assigned to the planning section will be used if available. Basic principles of resource management are - correct answer ✅1. Planning
- Organizing
- Supervising ___________ is the process of direction and controlling the efforts of resources toward the attainment of specified incident objectives
