Incident Command System

Organization

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

200

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

What is The Liaison 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

400

Transportation for injured and ill incident personnel is the responsibility of this ICS Unit

What is the Medical Unit

500

These organizational entities within the Operations Section may be used to divide an incident geographically

What are divisions

Principles and Processes

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

200

The facility at which the primary command functions are carried out

What is the Incident Command Post

300

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

What is Transfer of Command

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

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

Forms

100

This ICS Form contains status information for briefing the incoming Incident Commander or team, or other resources.

What is the ICS 201 form or ICS Incident Briefing form

200

This form is used to record an individual's or unit's activity

What is ICS 214 Unit Log Form

300

This form describes the basic incident strategy and control objectives for use during each operational period.

What is the ICS 202 Incident Objectives Form

400

This form is used to check in personnel and equipment arriving at or departing from the incident

What is the ICS 211 Check in / Check out list

500

This form may be used to communicate the decisions made concerning resource needs for the next operational period.

What is the ICS 215 Operational Planning Worksheet

Meetings

100

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

What is The Command & General Staff Meeting

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

300

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

What is the Unified Command Objectives Meeting

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

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

Common Terminology

100

In ICS the members of the General Staff assume this title

What is Section Chief

200

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

What is Officer

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

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

What is Unity of Command

500

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

What is a Staging Area