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The NIMS provides a core set of concepts, principles, terminology, and technologies. What is included in this core set?
(1) Incident Command System (ICS). (2) Multiagency Coordination System (MCS). (3) Training, qualifications, and certification. (4) Resource identification and management, including systems for classifying types of resources. (5) Incident information collecting, tracking, and reporting. (6) Incident resources collecting, tracking, and reporting.
Name the eight DOD combating WMD missions.
(1) Offensive operations. (2) Elimination. (3) Interdiction. (4) Active defense. (5) Passive defense. (6) Consequence management. (7) Security cooperation and partner activities. (8) Threat reduction cooperation.
What four key capabilities is the DOD passive defense operations organized around?. Define each of them.
(1) Sense - The ability to provide continuous information about the CBRN situation (2) Shape - The ability to characterize CBRN hazards to understand the current situation and predict future events. (3) Shield - The ability to protect from the hazard. (4) Sustain - The ability to continue to operate in a contaminated environment.
What is the National Preparedness Goal?
A secure and resilient nation with the capabilities required across the whole community to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from the threats and hazards that pose the greatest risk.
Which directive establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for the DOD consequence management response to US nuclear weapon incidents and other nuclear or radiological incidents involving materials in DOD custody in accordance with the guidance in National Security Presidential Directive 28, the NRF, and the NIMS?
AFTTP 3-2.56, CBRN Contamination Avoidance.
What does the NRF require to enable effective and efficient domestic incident management?
An incident command system (ICS).
Which directive gives federal military commanders, heads of DOD components, and/or responsible DOD civilian officials immediate response authority?
Department of Defense Directive (DODD) 3025.18, Defense Assistance to Civil Authorities (DSCA).
What department was created when the Homeland Security Act of 2002 was signed into law and what was this department's mission?
Department of Homeland Security. The primary mission includes preventing terrorist attacks within the US; reducing vulnerability of the US to terrorism; and minimizing the damage, and assisting in the recovery, from terrorist attacks that occur in the US.
What two incident levels does the Stafford Act establish? Define each.
Emergency and Major Disaster. Emergency means any occasion or instance for which, in the determination of the President, federal assistance is needed to supplement state and local efforts and capabilities to save lives and to protect property and public health and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in any part of the United States.
Which Act specifically authorized the president to use the armed forces to help restore public order but states that the Office of Homeland Security cannot engage in warfighting, the military defense of the US, or other military activities?
Homeland Security Act of 2002
Which directive required the federal government to establish a single, comprehensive approach to domestic incident management?
Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5.
What policy provides the DOD with guidance and a strategic framework for combating WMD?
National Military Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction.
HSPD-8 was issued as a companion to HSPD-5 and established what?
Policies to strengthen the preparedness of the US to prevent and respond to threatened or actual domestic terrorist attacks, major disasters, and other emergencies by requiring a national domestic all-hazards preparedness goal, establishing mechanisms for improved delivery of federal preparedness assistance to state and local governments, and outlining actions to strengthen preparedness capabilities of federal, state, and local entities.
Which Act authorizes the DOD to provide direct support to other federal agencies on a reimbursable basis?
The Economy Act of 1932.
What principal piece of legislation governs how the federal government will respond to disasters within the US?
The Stafford Act.
What does the NIMS provide?
The national incident management system (NIMS) provides a nationwide template that enables federal, state, local, tribal governments, private-sector and nongovernmental organizations to work together effectively and efficiently to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from domestic incidents regardless of cause, size, or complexity
What is the objective of the US government through HSPD-5?
To ensure that all levels of government can effectively and efficiently work together using a national approach to domestic incidents.
