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NIMS Guiding Principles ✔✔Flexibility
Standardization
Unity of Effort
Flexibility ✔✔Allows NIMS to be scalable from routine, local incidents through those requiring
interstate mutual aid up to those requiring Federal assistance
Standardization ✔✔Supports interoperability among multiple organizations in incident response
Standard Organizational Structures ✔✔Improve integration and connectivity among
organizations
Standard Practices ✔✔Allow incident personnel and organizations to work together effectively
Common Terminology ✔✔Enables effective communication
Unity of Effort ✔✔Enables organizations with jurisdictional authority or functional
responsibilities to support each other while allowing each participating agency to maintain its own authority and accountability
3 Major Components of NIMS ✔✔1. Resource Management
- Command and Coordination
- Communications and Information Management
Resource Management ✔✔Standard mechanisms to systematics manage resources, including
personnel, equipment, supplies, teams, and facilities, both before and during incidents in order to allow organizations to more effectively share resources when needed
Command and Communication ✔✔Describes leadership roles, processes, and recommended
organizational structures for incident management at the operational and incident support levels and explains how these structures interact to manage incidents effectively and efficiently
Communications and Information Management ✔✔Describes systems and methods that help to
ensure that incident personnel and other decision makers have the means and information they need to make and communicate decisions
Certification ✔✔Recognition from an AHJ or a third party that an individual has completed
qualification for a position
Credentialing ✔✔Documentation- typically an ID card or badge- that identifies personnel and verifies their qualifications for a particular position
Identify Requirements (Resource Management) ✔✔Identify:
- Type and quantity of resources needed
- Location where resources should be sent
- Who will receive and use resources
Order and Acquire (RM) ✔✔Resource typing is designed for use here to ensure resources
provided meet the mission needs
Track and Report (RM) ✔✔-Tracks the location of resources
-Helps staff prep to receive and use resources
-Protects the safety and security of personnel, equipment, teams and facilities
-Enables Resource coordination and movement
Demobilization (RM) ✔✔The goal of demobilization is the orderly, safe, and efficient return of a
resource to its original location and status
Reimburse and Restock (RM) ✔✔1. Establish and maintain the readiness of resources
- Collect bills and validate costs
- Ensure that resource providers are paid in a timely manner
- Restock through replacement or repair of damaged equipment
Mutual Aid ✔✔The sharing of resources and services between jurisdictions or organizations
NIMS Structures ✔✔
Common ICS Facilities ✔✔1. Incident Command Post (ICP)
- Staging Areas
- Incident Base
- Camps
EOC is used to manage ✔✔From off-site locations in order to:
- Address imminent threats and hazards
- Provide coordinated support to incident Command, on-scene personnel and/or other EOCs
3 Common ways to organize EOCs ✔✔1. ICS or ICS-like structure
- Incident Support Model structure
- Departmental structure
EOC activation level 1 ✔✔Full Activation
EOC activation level 2 ✔✔Enhanced steady-state/partial activation
EOC activation level 3 ✔✔Normal operations/steady state
MAC Group functions ✔✔1. Act as policy level body
- Support resource prioritization and allocation
- Make cooperative multi-agency decisions
- Enable decision making among elected and appointed officials and the Incident Commander responsible for managing the incident
Function of JIS ✔✔Integrates incident information and public affairs into a unified organization that provides consistent, coordinated, accurate, accessible, timely, and complete information to the public and stakeholders during incident operations
JIS activities ✔✔1. Develop and deliver coordinated interagency messages
- Develop, recommend and execute public information plans and strategies
- Advise on public affairs issues that could affect the incident Management effort
- Address and manage rumors and inaccurate information that could undermine public confidence
JIC steps to informing public ✔✔1. Gathering
- Verifying
- Coordinating
- Disseminating
Public Communications ✔✔Alerts and warnings, press conferences
Incident Action Plan ✔✔Incident-specific plans improve situational awareness and describe the
objective and tactics of the incident management
Data Interoperability ✔✔Common communications protocols enable the dissemination of information among all incident management elements
Which NIMS Management Characteristic includes documents that record and communicate incident objectives, tactics, and assignments for operations and support? ✔✔Incident Action
Planning
Which ICS structure enables different jurisdictions to jointly manage and direct incident
activities with a single incident action plan? ✔✔Joint Information Center
Which NIMS Management Characteristic follows established processes for gathering, analyzing, assessing, sharing, and managing data? ✔✔Information and Intelligence Management
Which NIMS Management Characteristic involves using standardized names and definitions for major organizational functions and units? ✔✔Common Terminology
Which resource management task enables resource coordination throughout the incident? ✔✔Track and Report
Each ICS General Staff is led by a(n) ____________ who reports directly to the Incident
Commander or Unified Command. ✔✔Section Chief
The three NIMS guiding principles are: ✔✔Flexibility, standardization, unity of effort
Which resource management task deploys or activates personnel and resources?
A. Identify Requirements
B. Track and Report
C. Order and Acquire
D. Mobilize ✔✔Mobilize
B. Security
C. Interoperability
D. Resilience and Redundancy ✔✔D. Resilience and Redundancy
A. MAC Groups
B. All Stakeholders
C. Area Command
D. Planning Section ✔✔B. All Stakeholders
- Which NIMS Command and Coordination structures are offsite locations where staff from multiple agencies come together?
A. Incident Command Structure (ICS) B. Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs) C. Joint Information System (JIS) D. MAC Group ✔✔B. Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs)
- Incident Reports, such as Situation Reports and Status Reports enhance situational awareness and ensure that personnel can access needed information.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE ✔✔A. TRUE
The Incident Action Plan is prepared by General Staff from which section?
A. Operations
B. Finance/Administration
C. Planning
D. Logistics ✔✔C. Planning
The jurisdiction receiving mutual aid can ____________ resources if they do not meet its needs.
A. Redirect
B. Store
The need for ______________ can complicate information sharing among emergency personnel.
A. confidentiality
B. advanced equipment
C. verified sources
D. social media outlets ✔✔B. advanced equipment
Which type of ICS facility is used to temporarily position and account for personnel, supplies, and equipment awaiting assignment?
A. Incident Base
B. Incident Command Post
C. Camp
D. Staging Area ✔✔D. Staging Area
In NIMS, resource inventorying refers to preparedness activities conducted outside of incident response.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE ✔✔A. TRUE
Which major NIMS Component describes recommended organizational structures for incident management at the operational and incident support levels?
A. Resource Management B. Command and Coordination C. Communications and Information Management ✔✔B. Command and Coordination
Which resource management activity establishes common definitions for capabilities of personnel, equipment, teams, supplies, and facilities?
A. Identifying and Typing Resources B. Acquiring, storing, and inventorying resources C. Qualifying, certifying, and credentialing personnel D. Planning for Resources ✔✔A. Identifying and Typing Resources
C. Level 3 - Normal Operations/Steady-State
D. Level 2 - Enhanced Steady-State ✔✔D. Level 2 - Enhanced Steady-State
The 'capacity for emergency management and response personnel to interact and work well together' describes which of the key communications and information systems principles?
A. Reliability, Scalability, and Portability
B. Security
C. Resilience and Redundancy
D. Interoperability ✔✔D. Interoperability
NIMS Components are adaptable to planned events such as sporting events.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE ✔✔A. TRUE
EOCs can be fixed locations, temporary facilities, or virtual structures with staff participating remotely.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE ✔✔A. TRUE
Which NIMS Management Characteristic includes documents that record and communicate incident objectives, tactics, and assignments for operations and support?
A. Common Terminology
B. Information and Intelligence Management
C. Integrated Communications
D. Incident Action Planning ✔✔D. Incident Action Planning
When an incident occurs or threatens, local emergency personnel manage response using NIMS principles and ICS. If the incident is or becomes large or complex, ________________.
A. Federal authorities assist. B. Local EOCs activate. C. Mutual Aid Agreements are executed.
