Introduction
History of the ICS
The ICS Organization I
The ICS Organization II
ICS Concepts & Terminology
Characteristics of the ICS
Miscellaneous
RECEO-VS
S.L.I.C.E.-R.S.
100

A person at the second level of progression who has demonstrated the skills and depth of knowledge to function under general supervision.

Who is a fire fighter II?

100

FGC

What is fire-ground command?

100

A command structure in which a single individual is responsible for all of the strategic objectives of the incident.

What is a single command?

100

This command staff is responsible for gathering incident information and releasing it to the news media.

Who is the public information officer. (PIO)

100

A team of two or more fire fighters.

What is a crew?

100

This is acting independently of a superior's orders or the fire departments SOP's.

What is freelancing?

100

NFIRS

What is the National Fire Incident Reporting System?

100

O

What is overhaul?

100

I

What is identify and control the flow path if possible?

200

A component of an incident management system designed to enable effective and efficient on-scene incident management by integrating organizational functions, tactical operations, incident planning, incident logistics, and administrative tasks within a common organizational structure.

What is ICS?

200

The organizational element having functional responsibility for a specific incident operations, planning, logistics, or finance/adminstration activity. 

What is a unit?

200

A verbal or written plan containing incident objective reflecting the overall strategy and specific control actions where appropriate for managing an incident or planned event.

What is an incident action plan?

200

This staff member is responsible for monitoring and assessing safety hazards and unsafe situations and for developing measures for ensuring personnel safety.

Who is the Incident safety officer?

200

A supervisor level established in either the operations or logistics function to provide a span of control.

What is a branch?

200

The maximum number of personnel or activities that can be effectively controlled by one individual. 

What is the span of control?

200

The process of gathering and analyzing information to help fire officers make decisions regarding the deployment of resources and the implementation of tactics.

What is the size-up?

200

Both E's

What is exposure protection & Extinguishment?

200

Both S's

What is Size-up and Salvage?

300

A person at the first level of progression who has demonstrated the knowledge and skills to function as an integral member of a firefighting team under direct supervision in hazardous conditions.

What is a Fire Fighter I?

300
NIMS

What is the National Incident Management System?

300

A team effort that allows all agencies with jurisdictional responsibility for an incident or planned event to manage the incident or planned event by establishing a common set of incident objective and strategies.

What is unified command?

300

The section responsible for all tactical operations at the incident or planned event.

What it the operations section?

300

An individual, a piece of equipment and its personnel, or a crew or team of individuals with an identified supervisor that can be used on an incident or planned event.

What is a single resource?

300

The command function is structured in one of two ways; single and this.

What is unified?

300

The formal procedure for transferring the duties of an incident commander at an incident scene.

What is transfer of command?

300

C

What is confinement?

300

L

What is locate the fire?

400

The individual responsible for all incident activities, including the development of strategies and tactics and the order and release of resources.

Who is the incident commander?

400

This organization developed the first standard ICS.

What is FIRESCOPE?

400

The individual responsible for command of a company.

Who is the company officer?

400

A member of the command staff responsible for coordinating with representatives from cooperating and assisting agencies.

Who is the liaison officer?

400

Specified combinations of the same kind and types of resources, with common communications and a leader.

What is a strike team?

400

The concept by which each person within an organization reports to one, and only one, designated person.

What is unity of command?

400

This type of plan will contain many facts about the structure.

What is a preincident plan?

400

V

What is ventilation?

400

C

What is cool the space from the safest location?

500

A rank structure, spanning the fire fighter through the fire chief, for managing a fire department and fire-ground operations.

What is chain of command?

500

FEMA

What is the Federal Emergency Management Agency?

500

This consists of those who report directly to the incident commander and are responsible for functions in the incident management system that are not part of the function of the line organization.

Who is the command staff?

500

This is the section responsible for the collection, evaluation, dissemination, and use of information related to the incident situation, resource status, and incident forecast.

What is the planning section?

500

A group of resources with common communications and a leader that can be pre-established and sent to an incident or planned event or formed at an incident or planned event. 

What is a task force?

500

Location established where resources can be placed while they await a tactical assignment.

What is the staging area?

500

CRM

What is crew resource management?

500

R

What is rescue?

500

E

What is extinguish the fire?

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