DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND INCIDENT
RESPONSE BASICS
◉ Which NIMS Management Characteristic is necessary for
achieving situational awareness and facilitating information
sharing?
Answer: Integrated Communications
◉ Which NIMS Management Characteristic refers to personnel
requested through
appropriate authorities and established resource management
systems?
Answer: Dispatch/ Deployment
◉ Qualification, Certification, and Credentialing Personnel are part
of which NIMS
Management Characteristic?
Answer: Comprehensive Resource Management
◉ Which NIMS Management Characteristic may include gathering,
analyzing, and assessing
weather service data from technical specialists?
, Answer: Information and Intelligence Managemen
◉ Which item is included in the NIMS Management Characteristic of
Accountability?
Answer: Check-In/Check-Out of incident personnel
◉ Major activities of the Logistics Section include:
Answer: Ordering, obtaining, maintaining, and accounting for
esssential personnel, equipment, and supplies
◉ Major activities of the Planning Section include:
Answer: Preparing and documenting Incident
Action Plans.
◉ Which General Staff member is responsible for ensuring that
assigned incident
personnel are fed and have communications, medical support, and
transportation as
needed to meet the operational objective?
Answer: Logistics Section Chief
◉ Which General Staff member negotiates and monitors contracts,
maintains