Command Staff
Who are the 3 officers that make up a command staff
Liaison Officer
Safety Officer
Emergency Information Officer
Resources include?
Personnel, equipment, apparatus, supplies and facilities
An Incident Action Plan (IAP) is always verbal
False, an IAP can be written or verbal
General Staff is made up of 4 Sections, these are?
All Section Chiefs (i.e. the Chiefs of Operations, Planning, Logistics, and Finance & Administration Sections).
If we have a need for responders from different services, disciplines, and jurisdictions to work together, we should use.
Incident Management System or Risk Managment System
IMS
This position of the Command Staff would write the Incident Medical Plan
Safety Officer
The ability (technological and functional) of responders to interact and work well together
Interoperability
IMS is predicated on the understanding that in any and every incident, there are certain management functions that must be carried out regardless of the number of persons who are available or involved in the emergency response.
True
This Section would be responsible for collecting, collating, and disseminating incident information. Managing the planning process including preparing and documenting the Incident Action Plan for each operational period.
Planning Section
One of the first responsibilities of all operational resources arriving at an incident is to:
Check in or Demobilize
Check in
Under which situations does transfer of command occur?
expansion or contraction of the incident
on the direction from a higher authority
end of shift
When managing span of control under operations, an organizational component assigned to a specific geographical area with a Supervisor is called
Division
The vision for IMS is Ontario will have a standardized incident management system that provides functional interoperability at all levels of emergency management.
True
This Section is typically the first one activated on scene, and usually has the most resources
Operations Section
Internal or external information
To enable incident personnel to share a common operating picture.
Internal
Which position is responsible for information about an emergency that is disseminated primarily in anticipation of an emergency or during an emergency. (warnings)
Provides situational information to the public, it also frequently provides directive actions required to be taken by the public.
Emergency Information Officer
An ____________ ____________is the time period of time assigned to achieve the objectives of an Incident Action Plan. It can be of varied length, though usually would not be longer than 24 hours.
Operational Period
Resources are defined by their colour and height
False (Kind and Type)
This section provides resources and services, like food and transportation.
Logistics Section
So that all responders immediately recognize and understand the functions of each facility we should use
Symbols and common terms or bright colours
Symbols and common terms
Legal responsibility regarding an incident is shared and decisions need to be made jointly by two or more jurisdictions, you would use this type of command
Unified Command
An incident facility specifically designated, and from which is coordinated emergency information activities such as: press releases, receiving public queries, media briefings, and monitoring, is called:
Emergency Information Centre
Resources should indicate their status
assigned, available, out-of-service
True
This section tracks personnel and equipment time
Finance & Administrative Section
The activities of checking-in, briefing, debriefing, and demobilization (among others) are aids towards ensuring
Accountability, Proper Resource Managment
(or this AND that)
Both