Emergency Manager Certified 2
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS)
National Preparedness Goal - ANSWER>>This defines the core capabilities
necessary to prepare for the specific types of incidents that pose the greatest risk
to the security of the Nation. It emphasizes actions aimed at achieving an
integrated, layered, and all-of-Nation preparedness approach that optimizes the
use of available resources.
National Planning System has three levels of planning - ANSWER>>Strategic,
Operational, Tactical
Vertical Integration Planning - ANSWER>>Individual all the way through
federal/national government
Horizontal Integration Planning - ANSWER>>Planning within the jurisdiction or
level of organization.
Operational Planning - ANSWER>>A plan that defines roles and responsibilities,
tasks, and actions during emergencies and that focuses on how activities of
organizations in the jurisdiction will be coordinated.
Accessible - ANSWER>>Having the legally required features and/or qualities that
ensure easy entrance, participation, and usability of places, programs, services,
and activities by individuals with a wide variety of disabilities.
Agency Administrator/Executive - ANSWER>>The official responsible for
administering policy for an agency or jurisdiction, having full authority for making
decisions, and providing direction to the management organization for an
incident.
,Agency Dispatch - ANSWER>>The agency or jurisdictional facility from which
resources are sent to incidents.
Agency Representative - ANSWER>>A person assigned by a primary, assisting, or
cooperating
Federal, State, tribal, or local government agency, or nongovernmental or private
organization, that has been delegated authority to make decisions affecting that
agency's or
organization's participation in incident management activities following
appropriate consultation with the leadership of that agency.
All-Hazards - ANSWER>>Describing an incident, natural or manmade, that
warrants action to protect life, property, environment, public health or safety,
and minimize disruptions of government, social, or economic activities.
Area Command - ANSWER>>An organization established to oversee the
management of multiple incidents that are each being handled by a separate
Incident Command System organization or to oversee the management of a very
large or evolving incident that has multiple incident management teams engaged.
Assessment - ANSWER>>The process of acquiring, collecting, processing,
examining, analyzing, evaluating, monitoring, and interpreting the data,
information, evidence, objects, measurements, images, sound, etc., whether
tangible or intangible, to provide a basis for decision-making.
Allocated Resources - ANSWER>>Resources dispatched to an incident.
Assigned Resources - ANSWER>>Resources checked in and assigned work tasks on
an incident.
, Assignment - ANSWER>>Task given to a personnel resource to perform within a
given operational period that is based on operational objectives defined in the
Incident Action Plan.
Assisting Agency - ANSWER>>An agency or organization providing personnel,
services, or other resources to the agency with direct responsibility for incident
management. Also, called Supporting Agency.
Available Resources - ANSWER>>Resources assigned to an incident, checked in,
and available for a mission assignment, normally located in a Staging Area.
Badging - ANSWER>>The assignment of physical incident-specific credentials to
establish legitimacy and limit access to various incident sites.
Branch - ANSWER>>The organizational level having functional or geographical
responsibility for major aspects of incident operations. A Branch is
organizationally situated between the Section Chief and the Division or Group in
the Operations Section, and between the Section and Units in the Logistics
Section. Branches are identified by the use of Roman numerals or by functional
area.
Cache - ANSWER>>A predetermined complement of tools, equipment, and/or
supplies stored in a designated location, available for incident use.
Camp - ANSWER>>A geographical site within the general incident area (separate
from the Incident Base) that is equipped and staffed to provide sleeping, food,
water, and sanitary services to incident personnel.
Categorizing Resources - ANSWER>>The process of organizing resources by
category, kind, and type, including size, capacity, capability, skill, and other
characteristics. This makes the resource ordering and dispatch process within and
across organizations and agencies, and between governmental and
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS)
National Preparedness Goal - ANSWER>>This defines the core capabilities
necessary to prepare for the specific types of incidents that pose the greatest risk
to the security of the Nation. It emphasizes actions aimed at achieving an
integrated, layered, and all-of-Nation preparedness approach that optimizes the
use of available resources.
National Planning System has three levels of planning - ANSWER>>Strategic,
Operational, Tactical
Vertical Integration Planning - ANSWER>>Individual all the way through
federal/national government
Horizontal Integration Planning - ANSWER>>Planning within the jurisdiction or
level of organization.
Operational Planning - ANSWER>>A plan that defines roles and responsibilities,
tasks, and actions during emergencies and that focuses on how activities of
organizations in the jurisdiction will be coordinated.
Accessible - ANSWER>>Having the legally required features and/or qualities that
ensure easy entrance, participation, and usability of places, programs, services,
and activities by individuals with a wide variety of disabilities.
Agency Administrator/Executive - ANSWER>>The official responsible for
administering policy for an agency or jurisdiction, having full authority for making
decisions, and providing direction to the management organization for an
incident.
,Agency Dispatch - ANSWER>>The agency or jurisdictional facility from which
resources are sent to incidents.
Agency Representative - ANSWER>>A person assigned by a primary, assisting, or
cooperating
Federal, State, tribal, or local government agency, or nongovernmental or private
organization, that has been delegated authority to make decisions affecting that
agency's or
organization's participation in incident management activities following
appropriate consultation with the leadership of that agency.
All-Hazards - ANSWER>>Describing an incident, natural or manmade, that
warrants action to protect life, property, environment, public health or safety,
and minimize disruptions of government, social, or economic activities.
Area Command - ANSWER>>An organization established to oversee the
management of multiple incidents that are each being handled by a separate
Incident Command System organization or to oversee the management of a very
large or evolving incident that has multiple incident management teams engaged.
Assessment - ANSWER>>The process of acquiring, collecting, processing,
examining, analyzing, evaluating, monitoring, and interpreting the data,
information, evidence, objects, measurements, images, sound, etc., whether
tangible or intangible, to provide a basis for decision-making.
Allocated Resources - ANSWER>>Resources dispatched to an incident.
Assigned Resources - ANSWER>>Resources checked in and assigned work tasks on
an incident.
, Assignment - ANSWER>>Task given to a personnel resource to perform within a
given operational period that is based on operational objectives defined in the
Incident Action Plan.
Assisting Agency - ANSWER>>An agency or organization providing personnel,
services, or other resources to the agency with direct responsibility for incident
management. Also, called Supporting Agency.
Available Resources - ANSWER>>Resources assigned to an incident, checked in,
and available for a mission assignment, normally located in a Staging Area.
Badging - ANSWER>>The assignment of physical incident-specific credentials to
establish legitimacy and limit access to various incident sites.
Branch - ANSWER>>The organizational level having functional or geographical
responsibility for major aspects of incident operations. A Branch is
organizationally situated between the Section Chief and the Division or Group in
the Operations Section, and between the Section and Units in the Logistics
Section. Branches are identified by the use of Roman numerals or by functional
area.
Cache - ANSWER>>A predetermined complement of tools, equipment, and/or
supplies stored in a designated location, available for incident use.
Camp - ANSWER>>A geographical site within the general incident area (separate
from the Incident Base) that is equipped and staffed to provide sleeping, food,
water, and sanitary services to incident personnel.
Categorizing Resources - ANSWER>>The process of organizing resources by
category, kind, and type, including size, capacity, capability, skill, and other
characteristics. This makes the resource ordering and dispatch process within and
across organizations and agencies, and between governmental and
