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What is Supervisor?
This ICS Supervisory Position title is used at the Division/Group organizational level.
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What is True?
True or False? NIMS provides a consistent framework for incident management at all jurisdictional levels regardless of the cause, size, or complexity of the incident.
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What is False?
True or False? ICS is only applicable to large, complex incidents?
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What is delegation of authority?
An Incident Commander's scope of authority is derived from existing laws, agency policies, and/or _________.
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What is Manageable Span of Control?
This NIMS Management Characteristic refers to the number of subordinates that directly report to a supervisor.
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Who is the Operations Section Chief?
This General Staff member directs management of all incident-related operational activities to achieve incident objectives as set in the IAP.
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What is the Incident Command System (ICS)?
This is a standardized management tool for meeting the demands of small OR large emergency and non-emergency situations.
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What is False?
True or False? An Incident Commander's scope of authority comes from the IAP.
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What is time and date?
When command is transferred, all personnel involved in the incident should be informed of the effective ____ and ____ of the transfer.
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What is True?
True or False? Special requests from agency representatives are NOT typically included in the transfer of command briefing.
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Who is the Plans Section Chief?
This General Staff member generally facilitates the Operational Period/Shift Briefing to all IMT staff.
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What is Modular Organization?
When the supervisor to subordinate ratio exceeds manageable span of control, additional teams, divisions, groups, branches, or sections can be established. Which NIMS Management Characteristic does this describe?
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What is a field-level briefing?
This type of briefing is delivered to individual resources or crews who are assigned to operational tasks and/or work at or near the incident site?
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What is Chain of Command and Unity of Command?
This NIMS Characteristic helps to eliminate confusion caused by multiple, conflicting directives.
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What is True?
True or False? The first duty of ICS leadership is the safety of all personnel involved in an incident or a planned event.
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Who is the Incident Commander?
This position approves the IAP and all requests pertaining to the ordering and releasing of incident resources.
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What is Type 1?
This Incident Type requires regional or national resources, all Command and General Staff positions, and a disaster declaration may occur.
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What is True?
True or False? An EOP from the affected jurisdiction is considered an ICS tool.
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What is complexity?
Predicting the resource needs of an incident to determine the appropriate management structure is referred to as a __________ analysis.
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What is Type 5?
This Incident Type requires one or two single resources with up to six personnel.
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Who is the Strike Team or Task Force Leader?
The "single resource boss" reports to this person.
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What is Type 4?
This Incident Type is limited to one operational period, does not require a written IAP, involves Command and General staff only if needed, and requires several single resources.
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What is False?
True or False? ICS Form 201 is not suitable for use as an IAP.
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What is ICS Form 201?
This statement best describes what ICS form?: It contains status information for briefing the incoming Incident Commander or other incoming resources.
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What is Management by Objectives?
This NIMS Management Characteristic includes developing and issuing assignments, plans, procedures, and protocols to accomplish tasks?
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