FT105Q7

Which of the following components are necessary to assure an effective Incident Command System (ICS) operation?

A, B, and C

Which of the following ICS positions is in charge of managing all aspects of the emergency incident?

Command

The Incident Action Plan usually has 5 elements including: Incident Objectives, which are set by the Incident Commander, and generally has a weather forecast & a safety message. Which of the following is NOT one of these element?

Evacuation Plan

If a firefighter was injured on a major fire that had established an entire ICS organization, what section would you contact to handle the work comp paperwork?

Finance/Admin

Which of the following "General Staff" positions keeps track of all costs, injuries and timekeeping?

Finance/Admin

Early in the development process, four essential requirements for the Incident Command System became clear. Which of the following is NOT one of these requirement?

Mandatory participation

The Field Operations Guide (FOG Manual)

Provides a guide to each position in the ICS

In the Incident Command System (ICS) organization, three positions report directly to the Incident Commander. These are positions are collectively known as the "Command Staff". Which of the following is not one of these positions?

Resources Unit

The California Fire and Mutual Aid System has been established to mobilize firefighting and other emergency resources during major emergencies throughout California. How many Operational Regions are there in California?

Six

Where was the Incident Command System (ICS) developed?

Southern California

Firefighting resources are mobilized as either single or multiple resources. When mobilized, they can be placed in one of three categories (status). Which of the following is not one of these categories?

Staged

In the Incident Command System, a set number of resources of the same type, with minimum staffing levels, that has a leader, and that are normally kept together, yet may be broken into single resources if required is referred to as a?

Strike Team

Which of the following answers best defines the incident management concept that places all agencies represented in the command, under one Incident Commander for each Operational Period.

Unified Command

Which of the following "General Staff" positions is responsible for responsible for developing strategies to mitigate the incident, that keeps track of all resources, and that develops the Incident Action Plan.

Planning

What is the optimal span of control for officers at a wildland fire?

A good practice

If a firefighter was injured on a major fire that had established an entire ICS organization, what section would you contact for emergency medical care?

Logistics

Which of the following "General Staff" positions is responsible for providing food and other materials required by all personnel on the incident.

Logistics

What OES Region is Orange, Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara County in?

One

Air Operations is under which of the following sections?

Operations

Which of the following "General Staff" positions is responsible for all firefighting activities and implementing the Incident Action Plan.

Operations

Reporting directly to the Incident Commander, the Incident Command System (ICS) organization is comprised of four main components, referred to as the "General Staff. Which of the following answers correctly identifies the "General Staff"?

Operations, Planning, Logistics, Finance/Admin

The California Fire and Mutual Aid System has been established to mobilize firefighting and other emergency resources during major emergencies throughout California. How many Administrative Regions are there in California?

Three

True or False? The Incident Action Plan - Is developed by the Planning Section for each operational period.

True

True or False? The Multi-Agency Coordination System (MACS) is not a part of ICS. It functions on a Regional level, coordinating agencies & jurisdictions when multiple fires threaten to tax available resources.

True

While ICS was originally designed for response to disastrous wildfires, it has evolved into an All Hazards Risk Management, multi-discipline and a nationally applied emergency management system known as the National Incident Management System (NIMS).

True