Organization
This Section is responsible for handling claims related to property damage, injuries, or fatalities at the incident
What is the Finance Section or Finance/Administration Section
The process, in a multi-agency incident, of establishing a common set of objectives and strategies without losing agency authority, responsibility, or accountability, is addressed by what organizational element of the IMT ?
What is Unified Command
Weaknesses in incident management were often due to?
What is poor communication
This meeting's purpose is to coordinate staff functions, responsibilities and objectives
What is The Command & General Staff Meeting
In ICS the members of the General Staff assume this title
What is Section Chief
Representatives from Assisting or Cooperating Agencies & Organizations coordinate thru this ICS Position
What is The Liaison Officer
The place which the primary command functions are carried out
What is the Incident Command Post
Studies found that response problems were far more likely to result from ____ than from any other single reason
What is inadequate management
The outcome of this meeting is a draft ICS 215 that is a blueprint for operations in the next operational period
What is The Tactics Meeting
In ICS, the members of the Command Staff assume this title
What is Officer
This ICS position is responsible for ensuring that assigned incident personnel are fed, have communications, medical support, and transportation as needed to meet the operational objectives
What is the Logistics Section Chief
Moving the responsibility for incident command from one incident command to another
What is Transfer of Command
True or False: ICS can grow or shrink depending o n the size of the incident. This makes ICS more cost effective and efficient management approach.
What is TRUE
The purpose of this meeting is to identify and prioritize objectives for the next operational period
What is the Unified Command Objectives Meeting
This term refers to the number of individuals or resources that one person can manage effectively during a response
What is Span of Control
The command staff includes
What are the PIO, Liaison and Safety
True or False: Span of control is less of a factor of concern for incidents that are resolved within the initial operational period
What is False
A proven management system based on successful business practices.
What is ICS
Input for this meeting includes a final ICS 202, current status, current resource inventory and a final draft ICS 215
What is the Planning Meeting
This term means that each individual involved in incident operations will be assigned to only one supervisor.
What is Unity of Command
The 5 major management functions
What are Incident Command, Operations Section, Planning Section, Logistics, Finance & Administration
This allows managers to make better resource ordering decisions by describing the size, capability, and staffing qualifications of a specific resource
What is Typing of Resources
ICS organizational structure develops in a ___ modular fashion that is based on the size and complexity of the incident.
What is top down.
This meeting should occur before the start of the next operational period and should convey the plan for the next operational period to the response organization
What is the Operations Briefing
A location established to enable positioning of and accounting for resources not immediately assigned.
What is a Staging Area