Policy Power Plays
This group provides high-level direction and authorizes major expenditures during disasters.
What is the Policy Group?
The Planning P starts with this initial action.
What is understanding the situation/notification?
This position has overall responsibility for EOC operations and coordination.
Who is the EOC Director?
ICS stands for this.
What is Incident Command System?
The City is considering paying for hotel rooms for displaced residents. This group should approve the major emergency expense.
Who is the Policy Group?
True or False: The Policy Group decides how sandbags are distributed in the city.
What is False — that’s an operational decision.
This meeting determines the operational period objectives.
What is the EOC Action Planning Meeting?
This position coordinates with outside agencies like the Red Cross and SDG&E.
Who is the Liaison Officer?
The EOC has this many Sections.
What is five (Management, Operations, Planning, Logistics, and Finance/Administration)?
True or False: The PIO should be the only person giving interviews during the flooding event.
What is true?
The Policy Group works most closely with this position in the EOC.
Who is the EOC Director?
This is the final product of the Planning P cycle for each operational period.
What is the Incident Action Plan?
This position is responsible for developing and coordinating the city’s recovery plan after an incident.
Who is the Recovery Director?
The EOC’s two primary purposes is to provide this to the Incident Commander.
What is coordination and support?
Deciding to waive permit fees for flood repairs is an example of this.
What is a policy decision?
Approving an emergency declaration is an example of this type of decision.
What is a policy decision?
This meeting gets all Sections on the same page before the next operational period begins.
What is the Operational Period Briefing?
This position manages all media and public messaging during an incident.
Who is the Public Information Officer (PIO)?
In ICS, this section is responsible for tracking incident costs.
What is the Finance/Administration Section?
This type of assistance may be requested if local resources are overwhelmed during flooding.
What is state or federal assistance?
The Policy Group is part of this EOC section.
What is the Management Section?
In the Planning P, the “P” shape represents the progression from this phase to this phase.
What is the Initial Response Phase to the Ongoing Planning Phase?
This position ensures responders and staff remain safe and security risks in the EOC are addressed.
Who is the Safety/Security Officer?
True or False: The EOC takes command of field resources during an incident.
What is False?
Name one risk of the Policy Group getting too involved in EOC operations.
What is giving media interviews without full situational awareness? / What is direction operational staff? / What is slowing operational decisions?