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A comprehensive overview of the national incident management system (nims), a standardized approach to incident management and emergency response. It covers key nims components, including command and coordination structures, resource management, communications and information management, and guiding principles. The document delves into the various nims management characteristics, such as incident action planning, modular organization, manageable span of control, and information and intelligence management. It also explores the roles and functions of emergency operations centers (eocs), multi-agency coordination (mac) groups, and joint information systems (jis). The document emphasizes the importance of interoperability, scalability, and resilience in effective incident management. By understanding the concepts and principles outlined in this document, students and professionals can enhance their knowledge and skills in emergency preparedness, response, and recovery efforts.
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which nims management characteristic includes documents that record and communicate incident objectives, tactics, and assignments for operations and support - Precise Answer ✔✔incident action planning Which ICS structure enables different jurisdictions to jointly manage and direct incident activities with a single incident action plan? - Precise Answer ✔✔unified command which nims management characteristic follows established processes for gathering, analyzing, assessing, sharing, and managing data - Precise Answer ✔✔information and intelligence management which nims management characteristic involves using standardized names and definitions for major organizational functions and units - Precise Answer ✔✔modular organization which resource management task enable resource coordination throughout the incident - Precise Answer ✔✔track and report Incident information is used across ICS, EOCs, MAC Groups, and JIS to aid in planning, determine incident costs, and identify safety issues. - Precise Answer ✔✔true
Each ICS General Staff is led by a(n) ____________ who reports directly to the Incident Commander or Unified Command. - Precise Answer ✔✔section chief emergency management assistance compact (EMAC) is a state-to-state system for sharing resources during an emergency or disaster - Precise Answer ✔✔true use of communications and information systems that are familiar to users is a part of which key principles - Precise Answer ✔✔interoperability the three NIMS guiding principles are: - Precise Answer ✔✔Planning, response, recovery. using social media to support activities such as producing maps and incident visualizations is an example of which communications standard
which nims management characteristic refers to the number of subordinates that directly report to a supervisor - Precise Answer ✔✔manageable span of control Ensuring the uninterrupted flow of information' describes which key communications and information systems principle? - Precise Answer ✔✔resilience and redundancy which organizations should be involved in communications planning - Precise Answer ✔✔planning section which nims command and coordination structures are offsite locations where staff from multiple agencies come together - Precise Answer ✔✔emergency operations centers incident reports, such as situation reports and status reports enhance situational awareness and ensure that personnel can access needed information - Precise Answer ✔✔true the incident action plan is prepared by general staff from which section - Precise Answer ✔✔planning the jurisdiction receiving mutual aid can ----- resources if they do not meet its needs - Precise Answer ✔✔decline
When an incident occurs or threatens, local emergency personnel manage response using NIMS principles and ICS. If the incident is or becomes large or complex, ________________. - Precise Answer ✔✔a unified command is established which resource management activity identifies and verifies that personnel are qualified for a particular position - Precise Answer ✔✔credentialing the need for ----- can complicate information sharing among emergency personnel - Precise Answer ✔✔confidentiality Which type of ICS facility is used to temporarily position and account for personnel, supplies, and equipment awaiting assignment? - Precise Answer ✔✔staging area in NIMS, resource inventorying refers to preparedness activities conducted outside of incident response - Precise Answer ✔✔true Which major NIMS Component describes recommended organizational structures for incident management at the operational and incident support levels? - Precise Answer ✔✔command and coordination which resource management activity establishes common definitions for capabilities of personnel, equipment, teams, supplies, and facilities - Precise Answer ✔✔qualifying, certifying, and credentialing personnel
the --- is a central location that houses joint information system operations and where public information staff perform public affairs functions - Precise Answer ✔✔joint information center the MAC group does not replace the primary functions of EOCs or other dispatch organizations - Precise Answer ✔✔true When only certain EOC team members or organizations are activated to monitor a credible threat, which Activation Level has been implemented? - Precise Answer ✔✔level 2- enhanced steady-state the 'capacity for emergency management and response personnel to interact and work well together' describes which of the key communications and information systems principles - Precise Answer ✔✔interoperability NIMS Components are adaptable to planned events such as sporting events - Precise Answer ✔✔true EOCs can be fixed locations, temporary facilities, or virtual structures with staff participating remotely. - Precise Answer ✔✔true which NIMS management characteristic includes documents that record and communicate incident objectives, tactics, and assignments for operations and support - Precise Answer ✔✔incident action planning
which NIMS management characteristic involves using standardized names and definitions for major organizational functions and units - Precise Answer ✔✔common terminology which NIMS management characteristic follows established processes for gathering, analyzing, assessing, sharing, and managing data - Precise Answer ✔✔information and intelligence management which NIMS management characteristic allows units from diverse agencies to connect, share information, and achieve situational awareness - Precise Answer ✔✔integrated communications which of the following statements about NIMS are correct - Precise Answer ✔✔NIMS is scalable, flexible, and adaptable for all incidents, NIMS is a set of concepts and principles for all threats the NIMS guiding principle of ----- facilitates interoperability among organizations in incident response - Precise Answer ✔✔standardization Leadership roles, processes, and recommended organizational structures for incident management at the operational and incident support levels and how these structures interact to manage incidents effectively and efficiently - Precise Answer ✔✔command and coordination Standard mechanisms to identify resource requirements and to order, acquire, mobilize, activate, track and report, demobilize, reimburse for,
and inventory resources such as personnel, equipment, teams, and facilities. - Precise Answer ✔✔resource management Systems to ensure that decision makers, incident managers, and incident personnel have the information needed to make and implement decisions
points-of-distribution, and emergency shelters. - Precise Answer ✔✔incident facilities and locations Which of the following is associated with multijurisdictional or multiagency incident management? - Precise Answer ✔✔unified command Which of the following statements are accurate about an Area Command? Select all that apply - Precise Answer ✔✔area commands are frequently established as Unified area commands and use the same principles as a unified command, an area command organization oversees the management of multiple incidents or a very large or evolving situation, area command is particularly relevant to situations with several incident command posts requesting similar, scarce resources Which Emergency Operations Center (EOC) structure may reflect an organization that focuses efforts on information, planning, and resource support? - Precise Answer ✔✔incident support model Activities that are normal for the EOC when no incident or specific risk or hazard has been identified; routine watch and warning activities - Precise Answer ✔✔normal operations/steady-state Certain EOC team members/organizations are activated to monitor a credible threat, risk, or hazard and/or to support the response to a new and potentially evolving incident - Precise Answer ✔✔enhanced steady- state/partial activation
EOC team is activated, including personnel from all assisting agencies, to support the response to a major incident or credible threat. - Precise Answer ✔✔full activation Which of the following statements are correct about MAC Groups? Select all that apply - Precise Answer ✔✔during incidents, MAC groups make cooperative multiagency decisions, mac groups support resource prioritization and allocation, mac groups act as a policy-level body Which of the following are supporting elements of the JIS? Select all that apply - Precise Answer ✔✔public information officer, joint information center When an incident occurs, local emergency personnel manage response using which of the following? - Precise Answer ✔✔ICS Which of the following statements is accurate about a Joint Information Center (JIC)? - Precise Answer ✔✔manages joint information systems operations to ensure coordination and public messaging is occurring among all levels Can effectively be transported, deployed, and integrated to enable support of incidents across jurisdictions - Precise Answer ✔✔portable
When primary communication methods fail, duplicate systems enable continuity through alternate communication methods. - Precise Answer ✔✔redundant Familiar to users, adaptable to new technology, and dependable in any situation. - Precise Answer ✔✔reliable Systems can withstand and continue to perform after damage or loss of infrastructure. - Precise Answer ✔✔resilient The capacity for emergency management and response personnel to interact and work well together. - Precise Answer ✔✔interoperable Expand to support situations, from small to large scale, and support the rapid increase in the number of system users - Precise Answer ✔✔scalable Access to sensitive or restricted information is controlled - Precise Answer ✔✔secure Which of the following are Strategic Communications? - Precise Answer ✔✔high-level directions, resource priority decisions, roles and responsibilities determinations, and incident management courses of action
When collecting data, personnel should do which of the following? Select all that apply. - Precise Answer ✔✔follow data collection techniques and standards, conduct analysis of data Which of the following statements describes Data Interoperability? - Precise Answer ✔✔common communications protocols enable the dissemination of information among all incident management elements