ICS Review
Having an orderly line of authority and reporting relationships within ranks of organizations.
What is Chain of Command?
When planning for an event this consideration reinforces ICS concepts and is similar to planning for an incident.
This is the purpose of the Planning Meeting.
Who is the Logistics Section Chief?
This member of an IMT identifies terms of agreements with assisting agencies regarding the release of resources and special needs.
What is a Liaison Officer?
The NIMS component focusing on ICS, EOCs, Multiagency Coordination Groups, and JICs.
What is Command and Coordination?
When determining the complexity of an incident, this is a key personnel assessment factor used.
What is community and responder safety?
This form reveals that a proposed tactic is too hazardous to attampt and another tactic should be developed.
What is the 215A?
This is the goal of demobilization in the Incident Resource Management Process.
What is the orderly, safe, and efficient return of resources?
The Demobilization Plan should contain general information, responsibilites for implementation, release priorities, specific release procedures, and this.
What is travel information?
Modular expansion at an incident is based on this.
What is matching an organizational structure to the function or task?
Strategies establish the general plan or direction for accomplishing objectives, while this specifies how those strategies will be executed.
What are tactics?
What is the Operational Briefing?
This is when evaluation of personnel resources occurs.
When is throughout the incident?
What did we set out to do, what happened, and why did it happen are all questions to be answered during this.
What is an After Action Review?
This is one of the primary features of Unified Command.
What is a single IAP for the incident?
This is an example of a planning consideration for complex incidents.
The ICS 215 Form (Operational Planning Worksheet) is used for this.
What is communicate decisions made during the Tactics Meeting concerning resource assignments to the Resource Unit?
This is a rostered group of ICS-qualifed personnel consisting of an Incident Commander, other incident leadership, and other personnel qualifed for key ICS positions.
What is an Incident Management Team?
When releasing resources upon demobilization, this agency-related factor must be considered.
What are agency policies, procedures, and agreements?
During a multijurisdictional and multiagency incident across various levels of government authorities, the UC might be structured this way.
What are representatives from local, state, and Federal agencies who make up the UC while all sharing responsibility for incident management?
When transferring incident command, this step should be completed by the outgoing IC with the incoming IC after directly assessing the situation.
What is deliver the incident briefing?
There are many things to consider in determining the Cost-Benefit Analysis to accomplish selected tactics. In addition to benefits of alternatives, time variables, and estimated cost, this should be considered.
What are safety factors of alternatives?
Management actions may contribute to poor performance. This is an example of such actions.
In addition to reducing resources, this determination may be made effecting the IMT when an incident stablizes.
What is consider a transfer of command?