ICS - Incident Command System
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1. NIMS stands for? National Incident Management System
SARA? Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
OSHA? Occupational Safety and Health Administration
2. ICS is a Standardized
_______________________,
on-scene
___________________________,
all-hazards
______________________
approach to
incident
management.
3. ICS can expand
_____________ or contract
________________
to meet incident
needs.
4. How did ICS In the 1970's in California due to fires in the area
start?
5. What can ICS be Natural hazards
used to manage? Technological hazards
Human-caused hazards
planned events
6. What is an inci- is an occurrence or event, natural or human-caused that requires a response to
dent? protect life or property
7. What is the top Life safety
priority of ICS re-
sponse?
, ICS - Incident Command System
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8. Define NIMS? provides a systematic. proactive approach guiding departments ands agencies at
all levels of government, the private sector and nongovernmental organizations
to seamlessly to prepare for, prevent. respond to, recover from, and mitigate the
efforts of incidents, regardless of cause, size, location, or complexity, in order to
reduce the loss of life and property, and harm to the environment.
9. The following SARA (1986)- established regulations for handling hazardous materials and direct-
laws require the ed OSHA to make rules about it
use of ICS?
OSHA (1990) - made the rules that ICS was to be used in all hazardous materials
incidents - "The incident command system shall be established by those employers
for the incident that will be under their control and shall interface with other
organizations or agencies who may respond to such an incident"
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) also requires this
10. What are the two Policy Level - government officials must adopt it - executive orders, legislation -
levels that take direct organizations to train, exercise the use of ICS
place in order for
ICS to be institu- Organizational level - operational level - integrated into functional and system-wide
tionalized? emergency operations policies - training is planned or underway - participating or
coordinating ICS-oriented exercises
11. NMIS is the template
nationwide
_____________________
for agencies and
is not a
operational
incident
management or
resource
allocation plan.
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1. NIMS stands for? National Incident Management System
SARA? Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
OSHA? Occupational Safety and Health Administration
2. ICS is a Standardized
_______________________,
on-scene
___________________________,
all-hazards
______________________
approach to
incident
management.
3. ICS can expand
_____________ or contract
________________
to meet incident
needs.
4. How did ICS In the 1970's in California due to fires in the area
start?
5. What can ICS be Natural hazards
used to manage? Technological hazards
Human-caused hazards
planned events
6. What is an inci- is an occurrence or event, natural or human-caused that requires a response to
dent? protect life or property
7. What is the top Life safety
priority of ICS re-
sponse?
, ICS - Incident Command System
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_4m1ygz
8. Define NIMS? provides a systematic. proactive approach guiding departments ands agencies at
all levels of government, the private sector and nongovernmental organizations
to seamlessly to prepare for, prevent. respond to, recover from, and mitigate the
efforts of incidents, regardless of cause, size, location, or complexity, in order to
reduce the loss of life and property, and harm to the environment.
9. The following SARA (1986)- established regulations for handling hazardous materials and direct-
laws require the ed OSHA to make rules about it
use of ICS?
OSHA (1990) - made the rules that ICS was to be used in all hazardous materials
incidents - "The incident command system shall be established by those employers
for the incident that will be under their control and shall interface with other
organizations or agencies who may respond to such an incident"
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) also requires this
10. What are the two Policy Level - government officials must adopt it - executive orders, legislation -
levels that take direct organizations to train, exercise the use of ICS
place in order for
ICS to be institu- Organizational level - operational level - integrated into functional and system-wide
tionalized? emergency operations policies - training is planned or underway - participating or
coordinating ICS-oriented exercises
11. NMIS is the template
nationwide
_____________________
for agencies and
is not a
operational
incident
management or
resource
allocation plan.
