FEMA NIMS Doctrine - 2017, FEMA NIMS
Common terminology covers
-Organizational Functions -Resource descriptions -Incident facilities
span of control
5 to 1. The number of subordinates for which a supervisor is responsible
Strike team
A means of combining resources. Consists of a set number of resources of the same kind and type. Called a resource team in law enforcement.
Procurement unit
Administers all financial matters pertaining to leases and vendor contracts.
Which communications management practice includes specifying all of the communications systems and platforms that parties will use to share information?
Agreements
Flexibility
Allows NIMS to be scalable, and applicable for incidents that vary widely for hazard, geography, demographics, climate, culture and organizational authorities. Adaptable to any situation, from planned special events to routine local incidents
Task force
Any combination of different kinds and types of resources assembled to accomplish a specific mission. They enable one supervisor to manage several key resource elements.
Resource Status
Assigned Available Out of service
Branches
Branches are inserted between the Operations Section Chief and divisions and/or groups, when the number of divisions and/or groups exceeds a manageable span of control.
ICS provides a standardized approach to the command, control, and coordination of _______ emergency personnel.
C. On-scene
The recognition from the AHJ or a third party stating that an individual has met and continues to meet established criteria and is qualified for a specific position.
Certification / Recertification
Emergency operations Center, EOC
Collecting, analyzing, and sharing information; • Supporting resource needs and requests, including allocation and tracking; • Coordinating plans and determining current and future needs; and • In some cases, providing coordination and policy direction.
Which NIMS Management Characteristic helps incident personnel from different disciplines, jurisdictions, organizations, and agencies communicate and effectively coordinate activities.
Common Terminology
Finance/admin section
Compensation claims unit, cost unit, procurement unit, time unit.
Resources include personnel, equipment, teams, supplies, and facilities available or potentially available for assignment or allocation. Maintaining an accurate and up-to-date inventory of resources is an essential component of incident management.
Comprehensive Resource Management
Planning section
Comprised of four primary units: resources, situation, documentation, and demobilization.
When an AHJ or third party provides documentation—typically an identification card or badge—that identifies personnel and authenticates and verifies their qualification for a particular position.
Credentialing
A statement that the authorized jurisdiction/organization official provides to make such delegations to the Incident Commander. Typically describes priorities, expectations, constraints, and other considerations or guidelines.
Delegation of Authority
Which EOC configuration allows personnel to function in the EOC with minimal preparation or startup time?
Departmental EOC structure - By operating in the context of their normal relationships, department/agency representatives can function in the EOC with minimal preparation or startup time. Emergency manager or a senior official typically coordinates EOC
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, ________________.
EOCs activate
Which NIMS Command and Coordination structures are offsite locations where staff from multiple agencies come together?
Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs)
Single resource
Employed on single basis, such as a person or piece of equipment.
Which General Staff member negotiates and monitors contracts, maintains documentation for reimbursement, and oversees timekeeping for incident personnel?
Finance/Administration Section Chief
The three NIMS guiding principles are:
Flexibility, Standardization, Unity of Effort
Unit
ICS component that is subordinate to a section.
Facilities include
Incident Command Post (ICP), incident base, staging areas, camps, mass casualty triage areas, points-ofdistribution, and emergency shelters
NIMS operational systems
Incident Command System (ICS), Emergency Operations Center (EOC) structures, and Multiagency Coordination Groups (MAC Groups)
Which member approves the Incident Action Plan and all requests pertaining to the ordering and releasing of incident resources?
Incident Commander
Which NIMS Management Characteristic may include gathering, analyzing, and assessing weather service data from technical specialists? t includes identifying essential elements of information (EEI) to ensure personnel gather the most accurate and appropriate data, translate it into useful information, and communicate it with appropriate personnel.
Information and Intelligence Management
Which NIMS Management Characteristic follows established processes for gathering, analyzing, assessing, sharing, and managing data?
Information and Intelligence Management -includes identifying EEI (essential elements of information)
Communications unit
Install and test communications equipment, supervise and operate the incident communications center, distribute and recover communications equipment assigned to incident personnel, and maintain and repair communications equipment
Which NIMS Management Characteristic provide and maintain contact among and between incident resources, enable connectivity between various levels of government, achieve situational awareness, and facilitate information sharing.
Integrated Communications
Which NIMS Management Characteristic provides and maintains contact among and between incident resources, enables connectivity between various levels of government, achieves situational awareness, and facilitates information sharing?
Integrated Communications
Enable personnel and organizations to communicate within and across jurisdictions and organizations via voice, data, and video systems in real time.
Interoperability
Standardization
Is essential to interoperability among organizations with common terminology that allows effective communication, standard organizational structures, standard practices. Common terminology enables effective communication.
The _________ is a central location that houses Joint Information System (JIS) operations and where public information staff perform public affairs functions.
Joint Information Center (JIC)
describe following EOC activation levels: LEVEL 1- LEVEL 2- LEVEL 3-
LEVEL 1-EOC team is activated to support response to a major incident LEVEL 2-certain EOC teams monitor a threat and support response LEVEL 3-activities normal for EOC, routine watch and warning activities
Which Command Staff member serves as the incident command s point of contact for organizations not included in the Incident Command or Unified Command and is a conduit of information and assistance between incident personnel and organizations that are assisting or cooperating with the response.?
Liaison Officer
Which NIMS Management Characteristic refers to the number of subordinates that directly report to a supervisor?
Manageable Span of Control optimal= 1 supervisor: 5 subordinates
Unity of effort
Means coordinating activity among various organizations to achieve common objectives. Enables organizations to support each other and maintain their own authority.
Which resource management task deploys personnel and resources?
Mobilizing -Facilities are activated
Single command
Most traditional perception of command. Used when and incident occurs within a single jurisdiction with no agency overlap.
NIMS is not
Only ICS
General staff
Operations section chief, logistics section chief, planning section chief, financial/administration section chief, and possibly an intelligence section chief.
The Incident Action Plan is prepared by General Staff from which section?
Planning
Which ICS functional area tracks resources, collects and analyzes information, and maintains documentation?
Planning
Which General Staff member prepares Incident Action Plans, manages information, and maintains situational awareness for the incident?
Planning Section Chief
NIMS mission areas
Prevention, Protection, Mitigation, Response, Recovery
The stages of incident managemen
Prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.
Ground support unit
Provide ground transportation in support of incident operations. They maintain and repair vehicles and mobile ground support equipment and perform pre- and post use inspections on all ground equipment, fuel and traffic plan.
Medical unit
Provide health and medical services for incident personnel. pre-hospital and acute medical care, mental health care, occupational health support, and transportation of ill or injured incident personnel.
Which member of the Command and Staff interfaces with other agencies to meet incident-related information requirements?
Public Information Officer - The PIO serves as the primary on-scene connection to other ongoing Joint Information System (JIS) activities and participates in or leads the Joint Information Center (JIC). Monitors media.
Command staff
Public information officer, safety officer, and liaison officer.
The process through which personnel meet the minimum established criteria— training, experience, physical and medical fitness, and capability—to fill specific positions.
Qualification
Helps ensure that personnel deploying through mutual aid agreements have the knowledge, experience, training, and capability to perform the duties of their assigned roles.
Qualifying, certifying, and credentialing personnel
Ensuring the uninterrupted flow of information' and continuity of communication describes which key communications and information systems principle?
Resilience and Redundancy --------------- resiliency= systems can withstand and continue to perform after damage/loss of infrastructure redundancy= is achieved through the duplication of services. It enables the continuity of communication
Resource management includes
Resource Management Preparedness, Resource Management During an Incident, and Mutual Aid.
Components of NIMS
Resource management, Command and coordination, Communications and information management
Logistics section
Responsible for providing facilities, services, people, and material for the incident. Participates in the IAP's development, communications and medical services to incident personnel
Each ICS General Staff is led by a(n) ____________ who reports directly to the Incident Commander or Unified Command.
Section Chief
Facilities unit
Set up, maintain, and demobilize is all facilities used and support of incident operations. Provides facility maintenance and law enforcement/security services needed for incident support. Set up ICP, bases and camps
Resources
Single resources, task force, strike team,
Area to position and track for resources. Can be any location in which personnel, supplies, and equipment await assignment.
Staging Area - also may include temporary feeding, fueling, and sanitation services. whereas ICP (incident command post) = location of on-scene incident management and incident base= accommodates primary support activities and may be co-located with the ICP. and camps= satellites to incident base, best support incident operations with food, sleeping areas, sanitation. Can be relocated as necessary
NIMS provides
Stakeholders across the whole community with the shared vocabulary, systems, and processes to successfully deliver the capabilities described in the National Preparedness System.
Which ICS Supervisory Position title is used at the Division/Group organizational level?
Supervisor
Supply unit
Supply Unit staff order, receive, process, store, inventory, and distribute all incident-related resources.
EOCs can be fixed locations, temporary facilities, or virtual structures with staff participating remotely.
TRUE
In NIMS, resource inventorying refers to preparedness activities conducted outside of incident response.
TRUE
Using social media to support activities such as producing maps and incident visualizations is an example of which communications standard?
Technology Use and Procedures
which section tracks all personnel and resources participating in the response?
The Planning Section
Who is responsible for developing the strategic incident objectives on which the incident action plan will be based
The incident commander
Incident command post
The location of the tactical-level, on-scene incident command organization. Located near the incident site and is where on-scene tactical command functions are performed. Houses IC and general and command staff. May house incident communications center
When command is transferred
The transfer process includes a briefing that captures essential information for continuing safe and effective operations, and notifying all personnel involved in the incident.
Which ICS structure enables different jurisdictions to jointly manage and direct incident activities with a single incident action plan?
Unified Command
Groups
Used to describe functional areas of an operation. Example: ventilation group, decontamination group, traffic control group, etc.
Divisions
Used to divide and incident geographically. Can be political or natural terrain boundaries.
Success depends on
a common, interoperable approach to sharing resources, coordinating and managing incidents, and communicating information.
NIMS is not
a communications plan
NIMS is not
a resource ordering system
NIMS is not
a response plan
NIMS is not
a static system
NIMS applies to
all incidents, from traffic accidents to major disasters.
The scope of NIMS includes
all incidents, regardless of size, complexity, or scope, and planned events
Mutual Aid Agreements ________________________________.
assist agencies and jurisdictions when existing resources are inadequate.
In NIMS, when do managers plan and prepare for the demobilization process?
at the same time they begin mobilizing resources..
Command and Coordination
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.
Resource management
describes standard mechanisms to systematically 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.
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.
NIMS is
essential for communication and information management
The NIMS guiding principles are
flexibility, standardization, and unity of effort.
Resource management preparedness involves:
identifying and typing resources; qualifying, certifying, and credentialing personnel; planning for resources; and acquiring, storing, and inventorying resources.
title for the following? incident command: command staff: general staff (section): branch: divison/group: unit: strike team/task force:
incident command: INCIDENT COMMANDER command staff: OFFICER general staff (section): CHIEF branch: DIRECTOR divison/group: SUPERVISOR unit: UNIT LEADER strike team/task force: LEADER
NIMS is not
only applicable to certain emergencies/response personnel
NIMS is not
only for large scale incidents
NIMS provides
provides a common framework to integrate these diverse capabilities and achieve common goals.
Regular use of communications and information systems that are familiar, applicable, and adaptable to users is a part of which key principle?
reliability
MAC Groups
representatives from stakeholder agencies or organizations. make cooperative multiagency decisions, act as policy-level bodies, support resource prioritization and allocation and enabling decision making among elected and appointed officials and those responsible for managing the incident
Priorities are
saving lives, stabilizing the incident, and protecting property and the environment
NIMS is
scalable, flexible and adaptable.
NIMS is
standard resource management procedures