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Who is responsible for the management of an incident?
Incident Commander (IC): The individual responsible for all incident activities, including the development of strategies and tactics and the ordering and the release of resources. The IC has overall authority and responsibility for conducting incident operations and is responsible for the management of all incident operations at the incident site.
What do you need to know about the incident command system?
A worksheet introducing the Incident Command System. The Incident Command System (ICS) is a highly standardized, top-down, military-based management structure that supersedes the management structure of every other agency that responds to an event.
What does cooperating agency mean in incident management?
Cooperating agency: An agency supplying assistance other than direct operational or support functions or resources to the incident management effort. Demobilization: The orderly, safe, and efficient return of an incident resource to its original location and status.
Who is responsible for establishing an area command?
An agency administrator/executive or other public official with jurisdictional responsibility for the incident usually makes the decision to establish an Area Command. An Area Command is activated only if necessary, depending on the complexity of the incident and incident management span-of-control considerations.
What do you need to know about NIMS?
Inventorying and tracking all national resources and assets available for deployment in incidents managed using NIMS. Select the NIMS term that is defined as ‘the architecture to support coordination for incident prioritization, critical resource allocation, communications systems integration, and information coordination.
Who are the General Staff of an incident command system?
In an Incident Command System organization, the term ‘General Staff’ refers to: Incident management personnel organized according to function (i.e., Operations Section Chief, Planning Section Chief, Logistics Section Chief, and Finance/Administration Section Chief) and who report directly to the Incident Commander.
When do incident managers begin planning for demobilization?
Incident managers begin planning for the demobilization process: A. Right before the first resources are ready to be released. B. As soon as possible to facilitate accountability of the resources. C. After being requested by the Emergency Operations Center.
Who is involved in the activated incident management team?
This individual maintains overall authority and responsibility for the organization, including the activated incident management team. The executive is involved in the incident by providing policy and strategic direction to the IC, as well as allocating the authority to the IC to manage the incident.
What is the planning section of the incident command system?
Planning Section: The Incident Command System Section responsible for the collection, evaluation, and dissemination of operational information related to the incident, and for the preparation and documentation of the Incident Action Plan.