Introduction to Emergency Management FINAL| 167 questions|
with complete solutions
Who was the first emergency manager? Correct Answer: Noah
All-Hazards Approach Correct Answer: Planning, preparing for, and responding to an event
based on a range of hazards as a measure of economy; assumes similarity of functions across
hazards (e.g., communication, mass care)
4 Functions of the Disaster Cycle Correct Answer: 1. Mitigation
2. Preparedness
3. Response
4. Recovery
Mitigation Correct Answer: Activities that reduce or lessen the impact of a future disaster on the
lives and property of a given location.
Preparedness Correct Answer: Set of activities that includes planning for disaster, conducting
training and exercises, educating the public, and establishing settings (e.g., an EOC) for
responding to a disaster.
Response Correct Answer: Activities organized to save lives, reduce property damage, and take
initial steps to recover form a disaster.
Recovery Correct Answer: Making decisions and taking steps to rebuild and return a community
to a functioning status.
The 4 Sectors of Disaster Planning Correct Answer: 1. public sector
2. private sector
3. volunteer sector
4. international sector
Comprehensive Emergency Management Correct Answer: The four phases of emergency
management based on all-hazards approach.
Civil Defense Correct Answer: Originated during the cold war as a means of preparing for
nuclear war against the USSR. Most CD positions were part-time positions held by veterans.
Disaster Relief Act of 1950 Correct Answer: Centralized federal government aid and established
a disaster declaration process.
Stafford Act Correct Answer: Critical legislation that determines what the U.S. government can
do in a disaster.
FEMA Correct Answer: Federal Emergency Management Agency
, Who created FEMA and why? Correct Answer: President Carter formed FEMA to centralize
response capabilities for Civil Defense, natural disasters, industrial and technological accidents.
When was FEMA formed and when did it begin operations. Correct Answer: FEMA was
formed in 1978, but became operational in 1979.
James Lee Witt Correct Answer: The first emergency to manager to hold the post of FEMA
director in 1993.
DHS Correct Answer: Department of Homeland Security (2003)
Current FEMA Administrator Correct Answer: W. Craig Fugate (2009)
The First Nations Correct Answer: Over 564 federally recognized native american tribes
National Response Framework (NRF) Correct Answer: Current name of national plan to
respond to a catastrophic event in the U.S. (formally the National Response Plan).
Emergency Support Functions (ESFs: Response) Correct Answer: Area around which agencies
coordinate various activities under the National Response Framework (NRF).
ESF #1 Correct Answer: Transportation (Department of Transportation)
ESF #2 Correct Answer: Communications (DHS-National Communications System)
ESF #3 Correct Answer: Public Works and Engineering (Department of Defense- U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers)
ESF #4 Correct Answer: Firefighting (Department of Agriculture- U.S. Forest Service)
ESF #5 Correct Answer: Emergency Management (DHS- FEMA)
ESF #6 Correct Answer: Mass Care, Emergency Assistance, Housing and Human Services
(DHS- FEMA)
ESF #7 Correct Answer: Logistics Management and Resource Support (General Services
Administration and DHS- FEMA)
ESF #8 Correct Answer: Public Health and Medical Services (Department of Health and Human
Services)
ESF #9 Correct Answer: Search and Rescue (DHS- FEMA)
ESF #10 Correct Answer: Oil and Hazardous Materials Response (Environmental Protection
Agency)
with complete solutions
Who was the first emergency manager? Correct Answer: Noah
All-Hazards Approach Correct Answer: Planning, preparing for, and responding to an event
based on a range of hazards as a measure of economy; assumes similarity of functions across
hazards (e.g., communication, mass care)
4 Functions of the Disaster Cycle Correct Answer: 1. Mitigation
2. Preparedness
3. Response
4. Recovery
Mitigation Correct Answer: Activities that reduce or lessen the impact of a future disaster on the
lives and property of a given location.
Preparedness Correct Answer: Set of activities that includes planning for disaster, conducting
training and exercises, educating the public, and establishing settings (e.g., an EOC) for
responding to a disaster.
Response Correct Answer: Activities organized to save lives, reduce property damage, and take
initial steps to recover form a disaster.
Recovery Correct Answer: Making decisions and taking steps to rebuild and return a community
to a functioning status.
The 4 Sectors of Disaster Planning Correct Answer: 1. public sector
2. private sector
3. volunteer sector
4. international sector
Comprehensive Emergency Management Correct Answer: The four phases of emergency
management based on all-hazards approach.
Civil Defense Correct Answer: Originated during the cold war as a means of preparing for
nuclear war against the USSR. Most CD positions were part-time positions held by veterans.
Disaster Relief Act of 1950 Correct Answer: Centralized federal government aid and established
a disaster declaration process.
Stafford Act Correct Answer: Critical legislation that determines what the U.S. government can
do in a disaster.
FEMA Correct Answer: Federal Emergency Management Agency
, Who created FEMA and why? Correct Answer: President Carter formed FEMA to centralize
response capabilities for Civil Defense, natural disasters, industrial and technological accidents.
When was FEMA formed and when did it begin operations. Correct Answer: FEMA was
formed in 1978, but became operational in 1979.
James Lee Witt Correct Answer: The first emergency to manager to hold the post of FEMA
director in 1993.
DHS Correct Answer: Department of Homeland Security (2003)
Current FEMA Administrator Correct Answer: W. Craig Fugate (2009)
The First Nations Correct Answer: Over 564 federally recognized native american tribes
National Response Framework (NRF) Correct Answer: Current name of national plan to
respond to a catastrophic event in the U.S. (formally the National Response Plan).
Emergency Support Functions (ESFs: Response) Correct Answer: Area around which agencies
coordinate various activities under the National Response Framework (NRF).
ESF #1 Correct Answer: Transportation (Department of Transportation)
ESF #2 Correct Answer: Communications (DHS-National Communications System)
ESF #3 Correct Answer: Public Works and Engineering (Department of Defense- U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers)
ESF #4 Correct Answer: Firefighting (Department of Agriculture- U.S. Forest Service)
ESF #5 Correct Answer: Emergency Management (DHS- FEMA)
ESF #6 Correct Answer: Mass Care, Emergency Assistance, Housing and Human Services
(DHS- FEMA)
ESF #7 Correct Answer: Logistics Management and Resource Support (General Services
Administration and DHS- FEMA)
ESF #8 Correct Answer: Public Health and Medical Services (Department of Health and Human
Services)
ESF #9 Correct Answer: Search and Rescue (DHS- FEMA)
ESF #10 Correct Answer: Oil and Hazardous Materials Response (Environmental Protection
Agency)
