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Tasks of Trans-boundary Coordination Correct Answer: -Interconnected vulnerabilities cut
across geographies and jurisdictions
-Cascading effects flow widely and deeply
- Second and third order consequences uncertain
- Multi-Level and cross-border demands on governance and on coherent communications
-Avoid Failures of Coordination
City of Santa Monica Multi Hazard Functional Emergency Plan Emergency/Disaster
Management Goals Correct Answer: -Provide effective life safety measures and reduce property
loss.
-Provide for the rapid resumption of community services.
-Provide accurate documentation required for cost recovery efforts.
-Protection of the built and natural environment.
City of Santa Monica Multi Hazard Functional Emergency Plan threat assessments Correct
Answer: -Major earthquake
-Hazardous material incident
-Severe storms & flooding
-Reservoir/dam flooding
-Transportation; major air crash
-Civil unrest
-Terrorism
-Tsunami
-Floods
-Landslides
-Windstorms
Definition of emergency management Correct Answer: - the managerial function charged with
creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with
disasters.
- the coordination and integration of all activities necessary to build, sustain, and improve the
capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, or mitigate against threatened
or actual natural disasters, acts of terrorism, or other manmade disasters. (DHS 2008)
Principles of emergency management Correct Answer: -Basic principle is coordination of
knowledge, resources, & expertise btwn govt officials & the private sector
-Comprehensive, progressive, risk-driven, collaborative, flexible, professional.
-Seeks to promote safer, less vulnerable communities w the capacity to cope w hazards and
disasters
-Protects communities by coordinating & integrating all activities necessary to build, sustain, and
improve the
, -Partnership w all levels of government (local, state, & federal) & private sector (business,
industry, voluntary org., public)
-Laws define responsibility & authority of emer managers & management programs
NYS Executive Law Article 2B Correct Answer: -State & local natural & manmade disaster
preparedness
NYS Disaster Preparedness Commission Correct Answer: -...disaster preparedness commission
consisting of the commissioners of transportation, health, division of criminal justice services,
education, economic development, agriculture and markets, housing and community renewal,
general services, labor, environmental conservation, mental health, parks, recreation and historic
preservation, corrections and community supervision, children and family services, homeland
security and emergency services, and people with developmental disabilities, the president of the
New York state
Scope of NYS State disaster plans Correct Answer: -Defines the scope of preparedness and
incident management activities -Describes the organizational structures, roles and
responsibilities, policies and protocols for providing emergency support.
-Facilitates response and short-term recovery activities.
-Describes the purpose, situation & assumptions, concept of operations
-Is flexible enough for use in all emergencies/disasters
Incident command system Correct Answer: -A standardized on-scene emergency management
construct specifically designed to provide for the adoption of an integrated organizational
structure that reflects the complexity and demands of single or multiple incidents, without being
hindered by jurisdictional boundaries.
- ICS is the combination of facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures and communications
operating with a common organizational structure, designed to aid in the management of
resources
Incident commander Correct Answer: -The individual responsible for all incident activities,
including the development of strategies and tactics and the ordering and release of resources. -
The IC has overall authority and responsibility for conduction incident operations and is
responsible for the management of all incident operations at the incident site
Role of the Incident command staff Correct Answer: -Incident Management Team (IMT)
-Incident Commander-> public info officer, liaison officer, safety officer-> operations section,
planning section, logistics section, finance/admin section
Societal Security Correct Answer: It is an obligation of good governance to prepare for the
unthinkable and to allocate the necessary resources to minimize the impacts on people and
society from catastrophic events.
Unified command Correct Answer: -An application of ICS used when there is more than one
agency with incident jurisdiction or when incidents cross political jurisdictions.
complete answers
Tasks of Trans-boundary Coordination Correct Answer: -Interconnected vulnerabilities cut
across geographies and jurisdictions
-Cascading effects flow widely and deeply
- Second and third order consequences uncertain
- Multi-Level and cross-border demands on governance and on coherent communications
-Avoid Failures of Coordination
City of Santa Monica Multi Hazard Functional Emergency Plan Emergency/Disaster
Management Goals Correct Answer: -Provide effective life safety measures and reduce property
loss.
-Provide for the rapid resumption of community services.
-Provide accurate documentation required for cost recovery efforts.
-Protection of the built and natural environment.
City of Santa Monica Multi Hazard Functional Emergency Plan threat assessments Correct
Answer: -Major earthquake
-Hazardous material incident
-Severe storms & flooding
-Reservoir/dam flooding
-Transportation; major air crash
-Civil unrest
-Terrorism
-Tsunami
-Floods
-Landslides
-Windstorms
Definition of emergency management Correct Answer: - the managerial function charged with
creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with
disasters.
- the coordination and integration of all activities necessary to build, sustain, and improve the
capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, or mitigate against threatened
or actual natural disasters, acts of terrorism, or other manmade disasters. (DHS 2008)
Principles of emergency management Correct Answer: -Basic principle is coordination of
knowledge, resources, & expertise btwn govt officials & the private sector
-Comprehensive, progressive, risk-driven, collaborative, flexible, professional.
-Seeks to promote safer, less vulnerable communities w the capacity to cope w hazards and
disasters
-Protects communities by coordinating & integrating all activities necessary to build, sustain, and
improve the
, -Partnership w all levels of government (local, state, & federal) & private sector (business,
industry, voluntary org., public)
-Laws define responsibility & authority of emer managers & management programs
NYS Executive Law Article 2B Correct Answer: -State & local natural & manmade disaster
preparedness
NYS Disaster Preparedness Commission Correct Answer: -...disaster preparedness commission
consisting of the commissioners of transportation, health, division of criminal justice services,
education, economic development, agriculture and markets, housing and community renewal,
general services, labor, environmental conservation, mental health, parks, recreation and historic
preservation, corrections and community supervision, children and family services, homeland
security and emergency services, and people with developmental disabilities, the president of the
New York state
Scope of NYS State disaster plans Correct Answer: -Defines the scope of preparedness and
incident management activities -Describes the organizational structures, roles and
responsibilities, policies and protocols for providing emergency support.
-Facilitates response and short-term recovery activities.
-Describes the purpose, situation & assumptions, concept of operations
-Is flexible enough for use in all emergencies/disasters
Incident command system Correct Answer: -A standardized on-scene emergency management
construct specifically designed to provide for the adoption of an integrated organizational
structure that reflects the complexity and demands of single or multiple incidents, without being
hindered by jurisdictional boundaries.
- ICS is the combination of facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures and communications
operating with a common organizational structure, designed to aid in the management of
resources
Incident commander Correct Answer: -The individual responsible for all incident activities,
including the development of strategies and tactics and the ordering and release of resources. -
The IC has overall authority and responsibility for conduction incident operations and is
responsible for the management of all incident operations at the incident site
Role of the Incident command staff Correct Answer: -Incident Management Team (IMT)
-Incident Commander-> public info officer, liaison officer, safety officer-> operations section,
planning section, logistics section, finance/admin section
Societal Security Correct Answer: It is an obligation of good governance to prepare for the
unthinkable and to allocate the necessary resources to minimize the impacts on people and
society from catastrophic events.
Unified command Correct Answer: -An application of ICS used when there is more than one
agency with incident jurisdiction or when incidents cross political jurisdictions.
