NIMS 100 C Part 3

Which position is always staffed in ICS applications?

• Incident Commander

• Safety Officer

• Operations Section Chief

• Public Information Officer

Selection of Incident Commanders is done by the:

• Jurisdiction or organization with primary responsibility for the incident

• Emergency Operations manager

• Public Information Officer

• Planning Officer

Which NIMS Management Characteristic refers to personnel requested through appropriate authorities and established resource management systems?

• Dispatch/ Deployment

• Incident Facilities and Locations

• Management by Objectives

• Manageable Span of Control

One of the benefits of ICS is that it provides an orderly, systematic ___________ process.

• Planning

• Recovery

• Safety

• Deployment

Acquiring, Storing, and Inventorying Resources are part of which NIMS Management Characteristic?

• Comprehensive Resource Management

• Unified Command

• Incident Facilities and Locations

• Accountability

When partners representing multiple jurisdictions or agencies work together to establish the incident objectives, what type of Command is being used?

• Unified Command

• Multiple Command

• Area Command

• Mutual Command

Command is:

• Directing, ordering, or controlling by virtue of explicit statutory, regulatory, or delegated authority.

• Assumed by the individual who is the highest-ranking person on the scene regardless of experience or training level.

• The ability to control information exchange within and across organizations involved in an incident.

• Based on the number of individuals or resources that one supervisor can manage effectively during an incident.

Which General Staff member is responsible for ensuring that assigned incident personnel are fed and have communications, medical support, and transportation as needed to meet the operational objective?

• Logistics Section Chief

• Safety Officer

• Public Information Officer

• Planning Section Chief

Within the National Incident Management System Characteristics, the concept of common terminology covers all of the following EXCEPT:

• Technical Specifications

• Resource Descriptions

• Incident Facilities

• Organizational Functions

Which ICS functional area establishes tactics and directs all operational resources to reach the incident objectives?

• Operations

• Planning

• Logistics

• Finance/Administration