Earthquakes, Floods, and Fires Oh, my!
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
WA Floods and Landslides
ICS
Mount St. Helens
100

What is the number one disaster in the United States?

What is flooding?

100

What Washington bridge is considered the longest in the world?

What is Evergreen Point Floating Bridge?

100

How many hours was I-5 closed due to flooding in January of 2009?

What was 42 hours?

100

What does NIMS stand for?

What is the National Incident Management System?

100

What was the date Mount St. Helens erupted?

What was May 18th, 1980?

200

What was the cause of the Okanogan Fire of 2014?

What is Lightning?

200

What speed was the Amtrak train going at the time of derailment?

What is 81 mph?

200

In what county was the Oso landslide?

What is Snohomish?

200

What is the maximum effective number of people for span of control?

What is seven?

200

How many bridges were destroyed due to the eruption?

What is 27?

300

On what EF-Scale rating was the Battle Ground tornado of 2015?

What is an EF-1?

300

On average, how many motorized vehicles pass over the I-5 bridge between Washington and Oregon daily?

What is 135,000?

300

How many major disaster declarations were made by Presidents of the United States between 1956 and 2010 due to flooding?

What is 33?

300

What is the first priority for any agency to respond to an incident?

What is life safety?

300

What were the famous last words transmitted by volcanologist David A. Johnston upon eruption?

What were "Vancouver! Vancouver! This is it!"?

400

What magnitude was the Nisqually earthquake of 2001?

What was a 6.8?

400

What Washington railway tunnel is the longest in the country?

What is the Cascade tunnel?

400

Where is Rattlesnake Ridge located?

What is Yakima Co.?

400

Who is responsible for a functional section, such as Operations?

Who is the Section Chief?

400

What resident refused to leave the mountain despite evacuation orders, resulting in his death?

Who was Harry R. Truman?

500

Where was the worst avalanche in Washington's and the nations history?

What is Wellington?

500

What US airport ranking is Seattle-Tacoma, regarding passenger traffic?

What is 9th?

500

Since what year have Presidential Disaster Declarations been declared for each of Washington's 39 counties?

What is 1970?

500

In ICS what section is Demobilization Unit under?

What is the Planning Section?

500

What did the Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest call the mountain?

What is Louwala-Clough or "Smoking Mountain"?