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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-

jurisdictional,or multidisciplinary coordination. Allows NIMS to be scalable and therefore applicable for incidents that vary widely in terms of hazard, geography, demographics, climate, cultural, and organizational authorities. 13.Standardization - ANSWER Essential to interoperability among multiple organizations in incident response. Defines standard organizational structures that improve integration and connectivity among jurisdictions and organizations. Defines standard practices that allow incident personnel to work together effectively and foster cohesion among the various organizations involved. Also includes common terminology, which enables effective communication 14.Unity of effort - ANSWER Means coordinating activities among various organizations to achieve common objectives. Enables organizations with specific jurisdictional responsibilities to support each other while maintaining their own authority. 15.FIRESCOPE - ANSWER Fire Resources of California Organized for Potential Emergencies. The start of NIMS which began in 1970s with

local, state, and federal agencies collaborating to create this system. It included ICS and the multiagency coordination system (MACS) 16.NIMS in 1982 - ANSWER The agencies that developed FIRESCOPE and the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) created tNIMS. In part to make ICS and MACS guidance applicable to all types of incidents and all hazards. 17.National Response Plan - ANSWER (NRP) created after the 2001 terrorist attacks due to the need for an integrated nationwide incident management system with structures, terminology, processes, and resources. Implemented by Homeland Security Presedential Directive- 5 (HSPD-5), which directed the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop and implement NIMS to enhance the ability of the US to manage domestic incidents, regardless of the cause, size, location, or complexity. Issued by President George W Bush on February 28, 200 and was issued in December 2004. Later replaced by National Response Framework in January 2008.

18.Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5 - ANSWER Directed the secretary of homeland security to develop and administer a NIMS and develop the NRP which became the NRF in January 2008 19.NIMS mandate - ANSWER HSPD-5 requires all federal departments and agencies to adopt and use NIMS in incident management programs and activities. Make the adoption of NIMS a condition for federal preparedness assistance (through grants, contracts and other agencies). 20.Changes to NIMS - ANSWER Federal emergency management agency (FEMA) published the first NIMS document in 2004 and revisited it in

2008. The 2017 version reflects progress since 2008, based on lessons learned, best practices, and changes in national policy, including updates to the National Preparedness System. 21.2017 version of NIMS - ANSWER Reiterates concepts and principles of earlier versions of NIMS; provides additional guidance for EOCs; and describes how NIMS command and coordination mechanisms fit together

22.The National Response Framework - ANSWER First issued by the Department of Homeland Security in January 2008. A guide that provides the structure and principles for national response to all types of disasters and emergencies, including those that are natural, accidental, or terrorist related. NRF replaces the previous plan, the National Response plan which was issued in December 2004. 23.Incident management priorities - ANSWER Saving lives, stabilizing the incident, and protecting property and the environment. 24.NIMS resource management - ANSWER Describes standard mechanisms to systematically manage resources, including personnel, equipment, supplies, teams, and facilities, both before and during incidents in order to allow organizations to more effectively share resources when needed. 25.Effective resource management includes - ANSWER Leveraging each jurisdictions resources, engaging private sector resources, involving volunteer organizations, and encouraging further development of mutual aid agreements.

26.Resource management preparedness - ANSWER Involves identifying and typing resources; qualifying, certifying, and credentialing personnel; planning for resources; and acquiring, storing, and inventory resources. 27.Identifying and typing sesources - ANSWER FEMA leads the development and maintenance of resource typing definitions for resources shared on a local, interstate, regional, or national scale. Jurisdictions can use these definitions to categorize local assets. When identifying resources to type at the national level, FEMA selects resources that are widely used and shareable; an be shared/deployed across jurisdictional boundaries through mutual aid agreements or compacts; and can be identified by the following characteristics: capability, category, kind, type. 28.Capability - ANSWER The core capability for which the resources is most useful. 29.Category - ANSWER The function for which a resource would most likely be used, such as firefighting, law enforcement, health, and medical.

30.Kind - ANSWER A broad classification, such as personnel, teams, facilities, equipment, and supplies. 31.Type - ANSWER A resources level of minimum capability to perform its function; based on size, power, capacity (for equipment) or experience and qualifications (for personnel or teams) 32.Resource Typing Library Tool - ANSWER RTLT; an online category of NIMS resource typing definitions and job titles/position qualifications available through the FEMA website. 33.Qualifying, certifying, and credentialing personnel - ANSWER Essential steps, led by the Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) to ensure that deploying personnel can perform their assigned role. 34.Qualification - ANSWER The process through which personnel meet the minimum established criteria; training, experience, physical and medical fitness, and capability; to fill specific positions

35.Certification/recertification - ANSWER The recognition from the AHJ or a third party, recognizing an individuals ability to meet established criteria and is qualified for a specific position 36.Credentialing - ANSWER Occurs when an AHJ or third party, provides documentation; typically through an identification card or badge; identifying the individual and verifying their qualifications for a particular position. 37.NIMS qualification, certification, and credentialing process - ANSWER Uses performance based approach. Supports sharing of personnel resources for mutual aid. Nationally standardized criteria and minimum qualifications for positions provide a consistent baseline for qualifying and credentialing the incident workforce. A decentralized process that relies of AHJ. Each jurisdictional authority develops, implements, maintains and oversees qualification, certification, and credentialing process within its organization or jurisdiction. 38.Planning for resources - ANSWER Jurisdictions and organizations work together before incidents occur to develop plans for identifying,

managing, estimating, allocating, ordering, deploying, and demobilizing resources. Resource management personnel should consider resources necessary to support all mission areas. 39.Resource management strategies that planners should consider - ANSWER Stockpiling resources; establishing mutual aid agreements to obtain resources from neighboring jurisdictions; determining how and where to reassign existing resources form non-essential tasks; developing contracts to acquire resources from vendors rapidly when needed. 40.Acquiring, storing, and inventorying resources - ANSWER Organizations acquire, store, and inventory resources for day to day operations and additional resources that the organization has stockpiled for incidents. Effective resource management involves establishing a resource inventory and maintaining the currency and accuracy of the information. Resource inventories also account for the potential for double-counting of personnel and equipment. 41.Resource management during an incident - ANSWER Includes standard methods to identify, order, mobiliz, and track resources. In larger more

complex incidents, the IC relies on the resource management process and personnel in the ICS and EOS organizations to identify and meet resource needs. 42.Six primary tasks of resource management during an incident - ANSWER Identifying requirements; ordering and acquiring; mobilizing; tracking and reporting; demobilizing; reimbursing and restocking. 43.Identifying the requirements - ANSWER During an incident, personnel continually identify, validate, and refine resource needs. This process involves identifying the type and quantity of resources needed, the location where resources should be sent, and who will receive and use the resources. 44.Ordering and acquiring - ANSWER Both incident and EOC staff make initial and ongoing assessments of resource requirements and either activate or request those resources. Incident and EOC personnel request resources bases on incident priorities and objectives.

45.Mobilizing - ANSWER Personnel and other resources being mobilizing when notified by the requesting jurisdiction or by an intermediary acting on its behalf, such as the state Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) coordinator. 46.Tracking and reporting - ANSWER Incident managers use established procedures to track resources from mobilization through demobilization. Resource tracking occurs prior to, during, and after an incident. 47.Demobilizing - ANSWER The goal is the orderly, safe, and efficient return of a resource to its original location and status. 48.Reimbursing and restocking - ANSWER Reimbursement includes the payment of expenses incurred by resource providers for specific activities. Reimbursement processes are important for establishing and maintaining resource readiness and establishing the means to pay providers in a timely manner. 49.Mutual aid - ANSWER Involves sharing resources and services between jurisdictions or organizations. Occurs routinely to meet the resource

needs identified by the requesting organization. This assistance can include the daily dispatch of law enforcement, EMS, and fire service resources between local communities, as well as the movement of resources within a state or across state lines when larger-scale incidents occur. 50.Mutual aid agreements and compacts - ANSWER Mutual aid agreements establish a legal basis for two or more entities to share resources; exist in various forms among and between all levels of government. Agreements support effective and efficient resource management. May authorize mutual aid between two or more neighboring communities, among all jurisdictions within a state, between states, between federal agencies, or internationally. Also exists through the formal and informal arrangements developed by tribal governments, NGOs, and in various forms within the private sector. 51.Mutual aid process - ANSWER Upon receipt of a request for mutual aid, the providing jurisdiction evaluates the request against its capacity to accommodate the temporary loss of the resources. If the providing jurisdiction determines it can accommodate the requested deployment of resources, it identifies specific resources and arranges their deployment in

accordance with the term of the mutual aid agreement. The receiving jurisdiction can decline resources if they do not meet its needs. 52.Incident command and coordination characteristics - ANSWER Common terminology; modular organization; management by objectives; incident action planning; manageable span of control; incident facilities and locations; comprehensive resource management; integrated communications; establishment and transfer of command; unified command; chain of command and unity of command; accountability; dispatch/deployment; information and intelligence management 53.Common terminology - ANSWER Allows diverse incident management and support organizations to work together across a wide variety of functions and hazard scenarios. Common terminology covers organizational functions, resource descriptions, incident facilities 54.Organizational functions - ANSWER Major functions and functional units with incident responsibilities are named and defined. Terminology for incident organizational elements is standard and consistent.

55.Resource descriptions - ANSWER Major resources; including personnel, equipment, teams, and facilities; are given common names and are typed to help avoid confusion and to enhance interoperability 56.Incident facilities - ANSWER Incident management facilities are designated using common terminology. 57.Modular organization - ANSWER ICS and EOS organizational structures develop in a modular fashion based on an incidents size, complexity, and hazard environment. Responsibility for establishing and expanding ICS organizations and EOC teams ultimately rests with the IC or unified commander and EOC director. 58.Management by objectives - ANSWER The IC or UC establish objectives that drive incident operations. Includes establishing specific, measurable objectives; identifying strategies, tactics, tasks, and activities to achieve the objectives; developing and issuing assignments, plans, procedures, and protocols for various incident management functional elements to accomplish to identified tasks; and documenting results against the objectives to measure performance, facilitate corrective actions, and

inform development of incident objectives for the subsequent operational period. 59.Incident action planning - ANSWER Coordinated incident action planning guides incident management activities. IAP's represent concise, coherent means of capturing and communicating incident objectives, tactics, and assignments for operational and support activities. 60.Manageable span of control - ANSWER Optimal span of control for incident management is one supervisor to 5 subordinates; however, effective incident management frequently necessitates ratios significantly different from this. The 1:5 ratio is a guideline, and incident personnel use their best judgement to determine the actual distribution of subordinates to supervisors for a given incident or EOC activation. 61.Incident facilities and locations - ANSWER Depending on the incident size and complexity the IC, UC, and EOC director establish support facilities for a variety of purposes and direct their identification and location based on the incident. Typical facilities include the incident

command post (ICP), incident base, staging areas, camps, mass casualty triage areas, points-of-distribution, and emergency shelters. 62.Comprehensive resource management - ANSWER Resources include personnel, equipment, teams, supplies, and facilities available for assignment or allocation. Maintaining an accurate up to date inventory of resources is an essential component of incident management. 63.Integrated communications - ANSWER Provide and maintain contact among and between incident resources, enable connectivity between various levels of government, achieve situational awareness, and facilitate information sharing. Planning, both in advance or and during an incident, addresses equipment, systems, and protocols necessary to achieve integrated voice and data communications. 64.Establishment and transfer of command - ANSWER The IC or UC should clearly establish the command function at the beginning of an incident. The jurisdiction or organization with primary responsibility for the incident designates the individual at the scene responsible for establishing command and protocol for transferring command. When

command transfers, the transfer process incudes a briefing that captures essential information for continuing safe and effective operations, and notifying all personnel involved in the incident. 65.Chain of command and unity of command - ANSWER Chain of command refers to the orderly line of authority within the ranks of the incident management organizations. Unity of command means that each individual only reports to one person. This clarifies reporting relationships and reduces confusion caused by multiple, conflicting directives, enabling leadership at all levels to effectively direct the personnel under their supervisor. 66.Accountability - ANSWER Effective accountability for resources during an incident is essential. Incident personnel should adhere to principles of accountability, including check-in/check-out, incident action planning, unity of command, personal responsibility, span of control, and resource tracking. 67.Dispatch/deployment - ANSWER Resources should deploy only when appropriate authorities request and dispatch them through established

resource management systems. Resources that authorities do not request should refrain from spontaneous deployment to avoid overburdening the recipient and compounding accountability challenges. 68.Information and intelligence management - ANSWER The incident management organization establishes a process for gathering, analyzing, assessing, sharing, and managing incident related information and intelligence. Information and intelligence management includes identifying essential elements of information (EEI) to ensure personnel gather the most accurate and appropriate data, translate it into useful information, and communicate it with appropriate personnel. 69.Incident command system (ICS) - ANSWER A standardized approach to the command, control, and coordination of on-scene incident management that provides a common hierarchy within which personnel from multiple organizations can be effective. Specifies an organizational structure for incident management that integrates and coordinates a combination of procedures, personnel, equipment, facilities, and communications. Using ICS for every incident helps hone and maintain skills needed to coordinate efforts effectively.

70.ICS major functional areas - ANSWER Incident command; finance/administration; logistics; operations; planning. 71.Incident command - ANSWER Sets the incident objectives, strategies, and priorities and has overall responsibility for the incident. 72.Finance/administration - ANSWER Monitors costs related to the incident. Provides purchasing and accounting support. 73.Logistics - ANSWER Provides resources and needed services to support the achievement of the incident objectives 74.Operations - ANSWER Conducts operations to reach the incident objectives. Establishes the tactics and directs all operational resources. 75.Planning - ANSWER Supports the incident action planning process by tracking resources, collecting/analyzing information, and maintaining documentation.

76.Single incident commander - ANSWER When an incident occurs within a single jurisdiction and without jurisdictional or functional agency overlap, the appropriate authority designates a single IC who has overall incident management responsibility. In some cases, where incident management crosses jurisdictional or functional agency boundaries, the various jurisdictions and organizations may still agree to designate a single IC. 77.Unified command benefits - ANSWER A single set of objectives is developed for the entire incident. A collective team approach is used to develop strategies to achieve incident objectives. Information flow and coordination are improved between all jurisdictions and agencies involved in the incident. All agencies with responsibility for the incident have an understanding of joint priorities and restrictions. No agency's legal authorities are compromised or neglected. The combined efforts of all agencies are optimized as they perform their respective assignments under a single IAP.

78.Responsibilities of the incident commander and unified command - ANSWER Establishes a single ICP for the incident; establishes consolidated incident objectives, priorities, and strategic guidance, and updating them every operational period; selects a single section chief for each position on the General Staff needed based on current incident priorities; establishes a single system for ordering resources; approves a consolidated IAP for each operational period; establishes procedures for joint decision making and documentation; captures lessons learned and best practices. 79.Command staff - ANSWER Th IC or UC assigns command staff as needed to support the command function. Typically includes a public information officer (PIO), safety officer, and a Liaison officer who report directly to the IC or UC and have assistants as necessary. 80.Public information officer - ANSWER Interfaces with the public, media, and/or with other agencies with incident related information needs. The PIO gathers, verifies, coordinates, and disseminates accessible, meaningful, and timely information on the incident for both internal and external audiences.

81.Safety officer - ANSWER Monitors incident operation and advices the IC/UC on all matters relating to operational safety, including the health and safety of emergency response personnel. 82.Liaison officer - ANSWER Th incident commands point of contact for representatives of governmental agencies, jurisdictions, NGO's, and private sector organizations that are not included in the UC. 83.Additional command staff position - ANSWER May be necessary, depending on the incident and specific requirements established by IC. The IC or UC may appoint technical specialists to serve as command advisors. 84.General staff - ANSWER Consists of the operations, planning, logistics, and finance/administration section chiefs. These individuals are responsible for the functional aspect of the incident command structure. The IC or UC activates these section chiefs as needed. These functions default to the IC or UC until a section chief is assigned