NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM Questions with solved solutions
...How will using ICS help manage challenges during a disaster -
ANSWER>>Manage resources
Complete a rapid assessment
Meet incident objective; evacuation, perimeter control, and protection
Provide information and intelligence collected within the evacuated area
plan for recovery activities; cleanup, rebuild
True or False
Command is assumed by the individual who is the highest ranking person
on the scene regardless of experience or training level. - ANSWER>>False
True or False
Unity of Command means that every individual is accountable to only one
designated supervisor, to whom they report at the scene of an incident. -
ANSWER>>True
True or False
Chain of command restricts personnel from communicating or sharing
information outside their organizational units - ANSWER>>False
True or False
Every transfer of command briefing must be completed in writing. Select
your response from the following radio buttons - ANSWER>>False
What must a Incident Action Plan (IAP) have? - ANSWER>>Specifies the
incident objectives
States the activites to completed
Covers specific timefram
, What is the ICS organizational structure? - ANSWER>>Develops a
modular fashion that is based on complexity of the incident
determined on incident objectives and resource equipment
Requires each element have a person in charge
What is a Span of Control - ANSWER>>The number of individuals or
resources that one supervisor can manage during the incident.
What is the process for resource management - ANSWER>>Identifying
resource requirements.
Ordering and acquiring resources.
Mobilizing and dispatching resources.
Tracking and reporting on resource status.
Recovering and demobilizing resources.
What are the different ICS facilities? - ANSWER>>Incident Command Post
Staging Areas
A Base
A Helibase
Helispots
Define Incident Command Post - ANSWER>>location from which the
Incident Commander oversees all incident operations
Incident commander
Definition and responsibilities - ANSWER>>Has overall responsibility for
managing the incident.
Ensure incident safety
Provide info to internal; disaster survivors, agency executives, and senior
officials
Est. and maintain liaison with other agencies
Deputy Incident Commander - ANSWER>>Perform specific task requested
by IC
Perform the incident command function in a relief capacity
SYSTEM Questions with solved solutions
...How will using ICS help manage challenges during a disaster -
ANSWER>>Manage resources
Complete a rapid assessment
Meet incident objective; evacuation, perimeter control, and protection
Provide information and intelligence collected within the evacuated area
plan for recovery activities; cleanup, rebuild
True or False
Command is assumed by the individual who is the highest ranking person
on the scene regardless of experience or training level. - ANSWER>>False
True or False
Unity of Command means that every individual is accountable to only one
designated supervisor, to whom they report at the scene of an incident. -
ANSWER>>True
True or False
Chain of command restricts personnel from communicating or sharing
information outside their organizational units - ANSWER>>False
True or False
Every transfer of command briefing must be completed in writing. Select
your response from the following radio buttons - ANSWER>>False
What must a Incident Action Plan (IAP) have? - ANSWER>>Specifies the
incident objectives
States the activites to completed
Covers specific timefram
, What is the ICS organizational structure? - ANSWER>>Develops a
modular fashion that is based on complexity of the incident
determined on incident objectives and resource equipment
Requires each element have a person in charge
What is a Span of Control - ANSWER>>The number of individuals or
resources that one supervisor can manage during the incident.
What is the process for resource management - ANSWER>>Identifying
resource requirements.
Ordering and acquiring resources.
Mobilizing and dispatching resources.
Tracking and reporting on resource status.
Recovering and demobilizing resources.
What are the different ICS facilities? - ANSWER>>Incident Command Post
Staging Areas
A Base
A Helibase
Helispots
Define Incident Command Post - ANSWER>>location from which the
Incident Commander oversees all incident operations
Incident commander
Definition and responsibilities - ANSWER>>Has overall responsibility for
managing the incident.
Ensure incident safety
Provide info to internal; disaster survivors, agency executives, and senior
officials
Est. and maintain liaison with other agencies
Deputy Incident Commander - ANSWER>>Perform specific task requested
by IC
Perform the incident command function in a relief capacity
