Team Development
OEM Acronyms
NIMS Management Characteristics
Who am I?
Potent Potables
100

Having a ________ _______ is an essential element of every team definition across the various disciplines.

What is a mutual goal?

100

SPCT

What is the State Preparedness Training Center?

100

It is a concise, coherent means of capturing and communicating overall incident priorities, objectives, strategies, tactics, and assignments in the context of both operational and support activities.

What is Incident Action Plan?

100

I am a potato farmer and retired county sheriff.

Who is Rich Flanagan?

100

The main ingredient in Irish and Scotch Whiskey.

What is Barley?

200

This stage of team development demonstrates that a group can become a team by resolving issues of leadership, procedures, and purpose.

What is Storming?

200

CEPA

What is County Emergency Preparedness Assessment?

200

The number of individuals or resources that one supervisor can manage effectively during an incident.

What is Span of Control?

200

I am a retired Utica Police Officer and a PIO in the State Incident Management Team.

Who is Steve Hauck?

200

The drink associated with the Kentucky Derby.

What is the Mint Julep?

300

A set of interdependent individuals with unique skills and perspectives who interact directly to achieve their mutual goal of providing students with effective educational programs and services.

What is an Educational Team?

300

IPAWS

What is the Integrated Public Alert & Warning System?

300

It is an orderly line that details how authority flows through the hierarchy of the incident management organization.

What is Chain of Command?

300

I own a corvette and refer to Bill Campbell as the "Deputy World Commander".

Who is Kevin Crouch?

300

A Greek liquor flavored with anise.

What is Ouzo?

400

This type of special education team was created to include a number of perspectives and disciplines and to provide safeguards against individual errors in judgement.

What is Multidisciplinary?

400

OIEC

What is the Office of Interoperable Emergency Communications?

400

All individuals have a singled designated supervisor.

What is Unity of Command?

400

I say "Semper Gumby", "always remain flexible."

Who is Jim Soto?

400

Created in the Netherlands under the name genever.

What is Gin?

500

The primary difference between this team and the Teacher Assistance Team is that this approach includes a special education teacher.

What is the Intervention Assistance Team?

500

NYSWRCC

What is New York State Weather Risk Communication Center?

500

A management style that establishes incident objectives that drive incident operations.

What is Management by Objectives?

500

We are instructor partners from Northwell.

Who are Eddie Reyes, Moira Larmour, Glen Schaefering, Tom Brandon, Russ Fincher, Catrina Rhatigan, and Katrina Aronoff?

500

An alcoholic beverage name after an Edgar Allen Poe story.

What is Amontillado?