Practice Quiz

In 1995, natural incidents such as typhoons, floods and landslides

contributed hundreds of casualties and injuries and thousands of families left

homeless and millions of pesos of properties were damaged. Structural fire

incidents were the very significant man-made incidents that occurred which

caused a lot of death, injuries and dislodged thousands of families homeless

and damages to properties are evident.

• True

• False

In 2002, tropical cyclones was the number one destructive natural incident,

followed by flash floods and landslides which also caused deaths and injuries,

and displaced thousands of families and gutted millions of properties.

• True

• False

In 2001, tropical cyclones claimed more casualties and injuries and more families were left homeless compared to other incidents from nature which claimed less numbers of the same. Structural fire incidents, complex emergencies, bombing and grenade incidents, epidemic/disease outbreak also claimed several casualties and injuries and damage to properties.

• True

• False

Yearly, the country experiences an average of twenty (20) tropical cyclones,

half of these are destructive, including other weather hazards such as

thunderstorms, heavy rainfall, southwest and northeast monsoons, cold front

and ITCZ; is a host to 200 volcanoes, twenty (20) of which are active,

together with active faults and trenches that are potential sources of

earthquakes.

• True

• False

Typhoon Paeng hit the provinces of Isabela, Cagayan and Aurora on February 17, 2006. The amount of damage to properties reached Php1.21 billion. Meanwhile, a large scale landslide occurred in Guinsaugon, Southern Leyte on October 28, 2006. 139 bodies were recovered from the site (56 have been identified while 83 remain unidentified). The total number of fatalities reached 1,221.

• True

• False

A standardized on-scene emergency management concept. It is specifically designed to allow its users to adopt an integrated organizational structure, equal to the complexity and demands of single or multiple incidents without being hindered by jurisdictional boundaries.

It is a model tool for command, control and coordination of a response, that

provides a means to coordinate the efforts of individual agencies as one

agency working out differences of opinion as they work toward a common

goal of stabilizing the incident and protecting life, property and the

environment.

Features of an Incident Command System:

The responsible official establishes policy, direction, parameters, and

delegates authority to the Incident Commander.

• True

• False

ICS can be used for:

Name one of the Eight Primary Elements of ICS