ICS Positions
Natural Disasters
Life of Thad
EM Acronyms
EM General Knowledge
100

This position is in charge of maintaining a safe work environment.

What is Safety Officer?

100

A disaster where abnormally large amounts of water accumulate in an area where it is not usually found.

What is a Flood?

100

Thad Hicks collects these unique items.

What is a cookie jar?

100

FEMA.

What is Federal Emergency Management Agency?

100

These are disasters caused by initial disasters.

What is cascading events?

200

This position is always staffed, and has overall responsibility and authority over the event.

What is Incident Commander?

200

This occurs when cold air collides with warm air which initiates a rotational flow.

What is a Tornado?

200

Thad Hicks works for this non-profit organization.

What is the Salvation Army?

200

IAP.

What is Incident Action Plan?

200

After an incident, a community can only return to this state.

What is New Normal?

300

This position addresses the media during or after an event.

What is Public Information Officer?

300

This is the most severe type of tropical storm.

What is a hurricane?

300

Thad Hicks is a reserve police officer in this city.

What is Circleville?

300

EOC.

What is Emergency Operations Center?

300

These are the four phases of Emergency Management.

What is Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery?

400

This position is tasked with directing all actions to meet the incident objectives.

What is Operations?

400

This disaster occurs when energy is released deep within the earth at the hypocenter.

What is an Earthquake?

400

This is the name of Thad Hicks grant writing service.

What is Brain Box?

400

NIMS.

What is National Incident Management System?

400

This event in 2001 prompted the introduction of NIMS and the true start of the Emergency Management field.

What is 9/11?

500

This position is responsible for providing all resources, services, and support required by the incident.

What is Logistics?

500

This disaster burns so intensely, that it needed its own category.

What is a Firestorm?

500

Thad Hicks' wife has this occupation.

What is a Teacher?

500

JIC.

What is a Joint Information Center?

500

Living, working, or being in places that can be affected by hazard impacts.

What is Hazard Exposure?

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