Fundamentals of Emergency Management| 50 questions| with
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What is emergency management? Correct Answer: the managerial function charged w/ creating
the framework w/in which communities reduce vulnerability to threats/hazards and cope w/
disasters
What are the overall goals of emergency management? Correct Answer: - to reduce the loss of
life
- minimize property loss and damage to the environment
- protect the jurisdiction from all threats and hazards
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES Correct Answer: Comprehensive
Progressive
Risk-driven
Collaborative
Coordinated
Flexible
Professional
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES Comprehensive Correct Answer:
EMERGENCY MANAGERS CONSIDER AND TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ALL
THREATS/HAZARDS, ALL PHASES, ALL STAKEHOLDERS, AND ALL IMPACT
RELEVANT TO DISaster
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES *Progressive* Correct Answer: EM consider
anticipate future disasters and take protective, preventive, and preparatory measures to build
disaster-resistant and disaster-resilient communities
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLE
*Risk-driven* Correct Answer: EM use sound risk management principles (threat/hazard
identification, risk analysis, and impact analysis) in assigning priorities and resources
*EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLE*
Integrated: Correct Answer: EM ensure unity of effort among all levels of government and all
elements of a community
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLE
*Coordinated* Correct Answer: EM synchronize the activities of all relevant stakeholders to
achieve a common purpose
Core Capabilities Correct Answer: Prevention Mission Area Core Capabilities
Prevention Mission Area Core Capabilities Correct Answer: 1.) Planning
2.) Public Information and Warning
3.) Operational Coordination
, 4.) Forensics and Attribution
5.) Intelligence and Information Sharing
Interdiction & disruption
6.) Screening Searching and Detection
RESPONSE MISSION AREA CORE CAPABILITIES Correct Answer: 1.) Planning
2.) Public Information Warning
3.) Operational Conditioning
4.) Critical Transportation
5.) Environmental Response/Health and Safety
6.) Fatality Management Services
7.) Infrastructure Systems
8.) Mass Care System
9.) Mass Search and Rescue Operations
10.) On-Scene Security and Protection
11.) Operational Communications
12.) Public and Private Services and Resources
13.) Public Health and Medical Services
14.) Situational Assessment
Key Topics of *Lesson 1 Emergency Management* Correct Answer: - Emergency management
definition
- Integrated emergency management
- Emergency management principles
- Response authorities
- Evolving Doctrine
What are the response authorities? Correct Answer: •The Congressional Act of 1803
• Defense Production Act of 1950
• Executive Order 10427
• Executive Order 12127
• Strafford Act
• Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act (PKEMRA)
• The Sand Recovery Improvement Act of 2013
*The Congressional Act of 1803* Correct Answer: - was the earliest effort to provide disaster
relief on a new Federal level after a fire devastated a NH town
- before 1800s disasters were primarily managed with local resources
*Defense Production Act of 1950* Correct Answer: - was the first comprehensive legislation
pertaining to federal disaster relief
- gave the president authority to issue disaster declarations that allowed Federal agencies to
provide direct assistance to State and local
*Executive Order 10427:* Correct Answer: - emphasized that Federal disaster assistance was
supplemental to state, local, and private-sector support
complete solutions
What is emergency management? Correct Answer: the managerial function charged w/ creating
the framework w/in which communities reduce vulnerability to threats/hazards and cope w/
disasters
What are the overall goals of emergency management? Correct Answer: - to reduce the loss of
life
- minimize property loss and damage to the environment
- protect the jurisdiction from all threats and hazards
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES Correct Answer: Comprehensive
Progressive
Risk-driven
Collaborative
Coordinated
Flexible
Professional
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES Comprehensive Correct Answer:
EMERGENCY MANAGERS CONSIDER AND TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ALL
THREATS/HAZARDS, ALL PHASES, ALL STAKEHOLDERS, AND ALL IMPACT
RELEVANT TO DISaster
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES *Progressive* Correct Answer: EM consider
anticipate future disasters and take protective, preventive, and preparatory measures to build
disaster-resistant and disaster-resilient communities
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLE
*Risk-driven* Correct Answer: EM use sound risk management principles (threat/hazard
identification, risk analysis, and impact analysis) in assigning priorities and resources
*EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLE*
Integrated: Correct Answer: EM ensure unity of effort among all levels of government and all
elements of a community
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLE
*Coordinated* Correct Answer: EM synchronize the activities of all relevant stakeholders to
achieve a common purpose
Core Capabilities Correct Answer: Prevention Mission Area Core Capabilities
Prevention Mission Area Core Capabilities Correct Answer: 1.) Planning
2.) Public Information and Warning
3.) Operational Coordination
, 4.) Forensics and Attribution
5.) Intelligence and Information Sharing
Interdiction & disruption
6.) Screening Searching and Detection
RESPONSE MISSION AREA CORE CAPABILITIES Correct Answer: 1.) Planning
2.) Public Information Warning
3.) Operational Conditioning
4.) Critical Transportation
5.) Environmental Response/Health and Safety
6.) Fatality Management Services
7.) Infrastructure Systems
8.) Mass Care System
9.) Mass Search and Rescue Operations
10.) On-Scene Security and Protection
11.) Operational Communications
12.) Public and Private Services and Resources
13.) Public Health and Medical Services
14.) Situational Assessment
Key Topics of *Lesson 1 Emergency Management* Correct Answer: - Emergency management
definition
- Integrated emergency management
- Emergency management principles
- Response authorities
- Evolving Doctrine
What are the response authorities? Correct Answer: •The Congressional Act of 1803
• Defense Production Act of 1950
• Executive Order 10427
• Executive Order 12127
• Strafford Act
• Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act (PKEMRA)
• The Sand Recovery Improvement Act of 2013
*The Congressional Act of 1803* Correct Answer: - was the earliest effort to provide disaster
relief on a new Federal level after a fire devastated a NH town
- before 1800s disasters were primarily managed with local resources
*Defense Production Act of 1950* Correct Answer: - was the first comprehensive legislation
pertaining to federal disaster relief
- gave the president authority to issue disaster declarations that allowed Federal agencies to
provide direct assistance to State and local
*Executive Order 10427:* Correct Answer: - emphasized that Federal disaster assistance was
supplemental to state, local, and private-sector support
