Organization
Principles and Processes
Management Woes
Meetings
Common Terminology
100

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

100

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

100

Weaknesses in incident management were often due to?

What is poor communication

100

This meeting's purpose is to coordinate staff functions, responsibilities and objectives

What is The Command & General Staff Meeting

100

In ICS the members of the General Staff assume this title

What is Section Chief

200

Representatives from Assisting or Cooperating Agencies & Organizations coordinate thru this ICS Position

What is The Liaison Officer

200

The place which the primary command functions are carried out

What is the Incident Command Post

200

Studies found that response problems were far more likely to result from ____ than from any other single reason

What is inadequate management

200

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

200

In ICS, the members of the Command Staff assume this title

What is Officer

300

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

300

Moving the responsibility for incident command from one incident command to another

What is Transfer of Command

300

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

300

The purpose of this meeting is to identify and prioritize objectives for the next operational period

What is the Unified Command Objectives Meeting

300

This term refers to the number of individuals or resources that one person can manage effectively during a response

What is Span of Control

400

The command staff includes

What are the PIO, Liaison and Safety

400

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

400

A proven management system based on successful business practices. 

What is ICS

400

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

400

This term means that each individual involved in incident operations will be assigned to only one supervisor.

What is Unity of Command

500

The 5 major management functions

What are Incident Command, Operations Section, Planning Section, Logistics, Finance & Administration

500

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

500

ICS organizational structure develops in a ___ modular fashion that is based on the size and complexity of the incident.

What is top down.

500

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

500

A location established to enable positioning of and accounting for resources not immediately assigned.

What is a Staging Area