ICS Terminology Roles & Responsibilities ICS Facts Communications ICS Facts Part 2
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What is the National Incident Management System?
NIMS is an acronym for...
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What is the jurisdiction or organization with primary responsibility for the incident?
This authority is responsible for appointing an Incident Commander following an incident.
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What is Unified Command?
This refers to members representing multiple jurisdictions and agencies working together to establish incident objectives.
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What is organizational functions, incident facilities, and resource descriptions?
In ICS, the concept of "common terminology" covers these areas.
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What is a debrief or briefing?
To ensure a smooth transfer, the outgoing Incident Commander should provide a ________ to the oncoming Incident Commander.
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What is Command?
This functional area of ICS sets the incident objectives, strategies, and priorities, and has overall responsibility for the incident.
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What is the Logistics Section?
This section is responsible for ordering, obtaining, maintaining, and accounting for all resources assigned to an incident including personnel, equipment, and supplies.
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What is Command?
_________ is directing, ordering, or controlling by virtue of explicit statutory, regulatory, or delegated authority.
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What is Plain English or Plain language?
Not using radio codes, jargon, and minimal acronyms is known as this type of communication.
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What is dispatch or deployment?
This NIMS management characteristic refers to personnel requested through appropriate authorities and established resource management systems.
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What is the Incident Action Plan (IAP)?
This document captures and communicates overall operational and support activities for an incident.
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What is Operations?
This ICS functional area establishes tactics and directs all operational resources to reach the incident objectives.
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Who is the Incident Commander?
This position is ALWAYS staffed in ICS applications, and is responsible for establishing incident objectives.
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What is Command (Managers), Operations (Doers), Planning (Thinkers), Logistics (Getters), and Finance (Payers)?
In ICS, we use these five major management structures, or sections, to manage information and resources.
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What is the Finance Section?
This ICS function/section is responsible for documentation of mutual aid agreements.
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What is Span of Control?
This is referred to as the number of individuals or resources that one supervisor can effectively manage during an incident.
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Who is the Incident Commander?
This IMT position is responsible for expansion of the ICS modular organization.
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What is the "Whole Community?"
This is the audience for the National Incident Management System (NIMS).
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What is the PIO, Safety Officer, Liaison Officer, and any Medical or Technical Specialist needed?
These positions make up the Command Staff.
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What is Information and Intelligence Management?
This NIMS management characteristic may include gathering, analyzing, and assessing weather service data from technical specialists.
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What is the Planning Section Chief?
This general staff member prepares Incident Action Plans, manages information, and maintains situational awareness for the incident.
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Who is the Liaison Officer?
This IMT position serves as the point of contact for other response organizations and external agencies.
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What is the Incident Command System (ICS), Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs), Multiagency Coordination Centers (MACs), and Joint Information Centers (JICs).
Command & Coordination consists of these four NIMS structures.
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Who is the Agency Executive?
This individual is responsible for establishing overall priorities and delegating authority to the Incident Commander(s) to manage the incident.
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What is Comprehensive Resource Management?
Qualification, Certification, and Credentialing of personnel are part of this NIMS Management Characteristic.






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