Chapter 8 - ETC

Emergency management agencies (EMAs) are typically response agencies.

• True

• False

A basic premise of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) is that all incidents begin and end locally, so:

• state and local authorities should maintain command of the incidents.

• federal authorities should take over command of major incidents as soon as possible

• emergency telecommunicators should be the main incident commanders

• the federal government should not become involved in any way

During a disaster, the Incident Command System (ICS) provides an important framework for:

• communication center management and preparedness

• determining firefighting strategies and scene safety

• maintaining command, managing resources, and coordinating efforts

• creative problem solving and out-of-the-box thinking

The Academy recognizes the emergency telecommunicator as the first Incident Commander (IC) in disaster situations.

• True

• False

Under the Incident Command System’s (ICS) organizational structure, individuals from different agencies, departments, or services may assume different roles at various incidents or at various times as a single incident progresses.

• True

• False

Under the Incident Command System (ICS), the incident command post (ICP) is the physical location:

• from which vehicles and responders are deployed

• from which the Incident Commander (IC) operates

• where coordinated incident resolution plans are discussed

• at which primary logistics functions for an incident are coordinated and administered

Under the Incident Command System (ICS), the incident base is the physical location:

• from which vehicles and responders are deployed

• from which the Incident Commander (IC) operates

• where coordinated incident resolution plans are discussed

• at which primary logistics functions for an incident are coordinated and administered

Under a Unified Command (UC), who/what will direct all activities?

• a single, coordinated incident action plan (IAP)

• a single Incident Commander (IC)

• the Logistics Section

• the emergency telecommunicator

If the communication center is directly affected by a disaster, it is unlikely that the surrounding community will be affected in similar ways.

• true

• false

Every communication center should do a hazard analysis in order to:

• train responders on emergency operations

• assess the damage after a PSAP has been directly affected by a disaster

• coordinate a disaster response using Unified Command (UC)

• determine what might be required if the PSAP is involved or affected by a disaster