NIMS 100 Lesson 3

Without warning, a tornado strikes an area where you are chaperoning a camping trip. It is now 5 minutes since the tornado struck. You were not injured and have taken command of the response until first responders arrive. Select your mostly likely action:

• Without warning, a tornado strikes an area where you are chaperoning a camping trip. It is now 5 minutes since the tornado struck. You were not injured and have taken command of the response until first responders arrive. Select your mostly likely action:
• Communicate an oral plan indicating that the primary objectives for the next 15 minutes are (1) initiating search and rescue and (2) accounting for all of the campers and other adults.
• Wait to develop the plan until trained responders arrive on the scene who will be able to establish detailed tactical objectives.

Which organization might warrant a lower supervisory span of control (lower ratio of subordinates to each supervisor)?

• Cost Unit within the JFO
• Search and Rescue Task Force

After the tornado strike in Greensburg, the Kansas Department of Emergency Management activated its State EOC at Level 4 - Full Scale, with numerous State agencies reporting to duty. The role of the State EOC is to:

• Establish the Incident Action Plan for on-scene operations and determine the organizational structure.
• Provide direction and supervision of the Wichita Search and Rescue Team that is dispatched to the scene.
• Support the on-scene response by relieving the burden of external coordination and securing additional resources.
• Encourage responders from neighboring communities to report to the incident site to provide assistance.

Select the incident that may require a larger ICS organizational structure.

• A kitchen fire has caused a structural fire in an apartment complex.
• Arson is suspected in a wildland fire that covers a wide area and is threatening homes and businesses.

Scenario: A water main has broken. Resources are working to repair the break and reroute traffic. Is the organizational structure shown consistent with ICS span of control?

• yes 
• no 

Situation: Community search and rescue teams have been dispatched to respond to the collapse of a gymnasium. As teams arrive, they are being held at this location until they receive their assignments. Which incident facility is being used for holding personnel and equipment waiting for tactical assignments?

• Incident Command Post 
• Staging Area 
• Base
• Camp

Situation: Severe flooding has created a need to evacuate and shelter community members. You have set up an area with cots and blankets to shelter residents.Which statement is correct?

• Because there is no standard ICS facility defined for sheltering residents, ICS prohibits one from being established.
• This area is part of the response operation but is not considered an ICS facility because it houses community members rather than responders. 
• The standard ICS facility referred to as a Camp should be used to shelter the community members during this incident. 

Situation: Rosa is a FEMA reservist who lives next to a county where a major disaster has just been declared under the Stafford Act. Rosa has her advanced first-aid certification and has experience in Community Relations.What should Rosa do?

• Rosa should confirm her status in the Automated Deployment System and wait for deployment instructions.
• Rosa should immediately go to the affected community and begin helping with the response.