NIMS ICS 400 Final Exam Questions With Complete
Solutions
/. What are complex incidents? - Answer-✅Involve multijurisdictional and/or
multidisciplinary
efforts of more than one agency and/or political
jurisdiction
/.What are characteristics of complex incidents? - Answer-✅-Require numerous tactical
and support resources
normally exceeding the jurisdiction's internal
resource capacity
- Span multiple operational periods (days, weeks,
years)
-Draw national media interest
/.What is an Incident Complex? - Answer-✅An incident complex is an organizational
structure that exists when two or more individual incidents located in the same general
area are assigned to a single Incident Commander or Unified Command.
/.How do incidents fit into the program structure? - Answer-✅Incidents become
branches in the ops section under the same incident commander
-Using Branches allows for more flexibility to
establish Divisions or Groups if required later.
/.What is Area Command? - Answer-✅An Area Command is activated to address
competition
for resources among multiple ICPs based on the
complexity of the incident and incident management
span-of-control considerations. 2 or more incidents
/.Area command primary functions - Answer-✅-Develop broad objectives for the
affected area.
-Coordinate development of incident objectives
and strategies for each incident.
/.Advantages of Area Command - Answer-✅4.8
-This allows the Incident Commanders to focus their
attention on their incident objectives, strategies,
and tactics.
Solutions
/. What are complex incidents? - Answer-✅Involve multijurisdictional and/or
multidisciplinary
efforts of more than one agency and/or political
jurisdiction
/.What are characteristics of complex incidents? - Answer-✅-Require numerous tactical
and support resources
normally exceeding the jurisdiction's internal
resource capacity
- Span multiple operational periods (days, weeks,
years)
-Draw national media interest
/.What is an Incident Complex? - Answer-✅An incident complex is an organizational
structure that exists when two or more individual incidents located in the same general
area are assigned to a single Incident Commander or Unified Command.
/.How do incidents fit into the program structure? - Answer-✅Incidents become
branches in the ops section under the same incident commander
-Using Branches allows for more flexibility to
establish Divisions or Groups if required later.
/.What is Area Command? - Answer-✅An Area Command is activated to address
competition
for resources among multiple ICPs based on the
complexity of the incident and incident management
span-of-control considerations. 2 or more incidents
/.Area command primary functions - Answer-✅-Develop broad objectives for the
affected area.
-Coordinate development of incident objectives
and strategies for each incident.
/.Advantages of Area Command - Answer-✅4.8
-This allows the Incident Commanders to focus their
attention on their incident objectives, strategies,
and tactics.
