CERTIFIED EMERGENCY MANAGER 2026 STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Roles of Key Partners - tribal leader - ✔✔is responsible for the public safety and
welfare of the people of that tribe by: Coordinating tribal resources.
Communicating with the tribal councils and community.
Negotiating mutual aid and assistance agreements with other tribes or jurisdictions;
Requesting Federal assistance under the Stafford Act; Electing to deal directly with the
Federal Government.
✔✔Functional Delegation
A Basic ICS operating guideline is that the person at the top of the organization is
responsible for a task until that responsibility is _______________ to a subordinate
position. - ✔✔delegated
✔✔The ICS organizational chart is a graphic representation of the incident, including:
what five things? - ✔✔1. Position and functional activated
2. Chain of command
3. Reporting relationships
4. Responsibilities delegated
5. Information flow
✔✔Roles of Key Partners - State emergency management - ✔✔coordinates with local
governments to meet their emergency needs; assesses available State and Federal
resources; helps local governments with guidance and assistance to apply for, acquire,
and use those State and Federal resources effectively.
✔✔Roles of Key Partners - Federal Government - ✔✔provides fiscal support, technical
assistance, and information about materials, personnel resources, and research.
✔✔The incident commanders responsibility is the overall ___________ of the incident -
✔✔management
✔✔Roles of Key Partners - FEMA - ✔✔Provides technical and financial assistance to
State, tribal, and local governments to upgrade their communications and warning
systems; Operates an emergency information and coordination center that provides a
central location for the collection and management of disaster and emergency
information;
Provides information to the President concerning matters of national interest to help with
decisions about disaster declarations.
✔✔IC may have one or more ________________. - ✔✔Deputies
,✔✔Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) - ✔✔An ongoing plan for responding to a wide
variety of potential threats and hazards (NIMS).
establishes the overall authority, roles, and functions performed during incidents.
✔✔Deputies must be equally capable of assuming the ________ role - ✔✔primary
✔✔CPG 101 planning process has six steps - ✔✔CPG 101 (Comprehensive
Preparedness Guide) describes the process for developing and maintaining an EOP
Step 1: Form a Collaborative Planning Team
Step 2: Understand the Situation
Step 3: Determine Goals and Objectives
Step 4: Plan Development and Step 5: Plan Preparation, Review, and Approval
Step 6: Plan Implementation and Maintenance
✔✔Deputy Incident Commander must be able to assume the ____________
_____________ role. - ✔✔Incident commander's
✔✔ICS - ✔✔Incident Command System
1. An emergency management model for command, management, and coordination of
a response operation.
2. based on features and principles that have been successful in managing a wide
range of emergencies, from wildfires to terrorism.
3. Used for planned events, natural disasters, and acts of terrorism.
4. A common organizational structure that enables effective, efficient incident
management.
5. Usually described in the Direction and Control Annex of the EOP.
✔✔IC's overall responsibilities
List the overall responsibilities there are 15 of them. - ✔✔1. Assess situation and or
obtain a briefing from the pervious IC
2. Receive delegation of authority form agency administrator
3. Establish immediate priorities
4. Determine incident objectives and strategies
5. Establish an ICP
6. Establish and monitor incident organization
7. Ensure adequate safety measures are in place
8. Schedule planning meetings as required
9. Approve and authorize incident action plan implementation
10. Coordinate activity for all command and General Staff
11. Coordinate with key off-indent personnel
12. Approve request for additional resources or release of resources
13. Keep agency administrator informed of incident status
14. Authorize release of information to news media
15. Order the demobilization of incident when appropriate
, ✔✔Multiagency Coordination System (MACS) - ✔✔Provides support, coordination, and
assistance with policy-level decisions to the ICS structure managing an incident, and
should be both flexible and scalable to be efficient and effective.
✔✔IC major responsibilities
The first responsibility is to _________ _______ priorities - ✔✔establish immediate
✔✔EOC - ✔✔Emergency Operations Center.
Provides a central location where agency representatives can coordinate and make
decisions when managing an emergency response.
✔✔IC's immediate priorities is - ✔✔First priority is always the safety of people involved
in the incident, responders, other emergency workers and bystanders
Second priority is incident stabilization
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✔✔Emergency Management Core Functions - ✔✔Performed during an emergency.
Includes:
-Direction, Control, and Coordination
-Communications
-Population Warning
-Resource Management
-Information Collection, Analysis, and Dissemination
-Emergency Public Information
-Public Protection
-Mass Care and Emergency Assistance
-Health and Medical Services
✔✔When considering how to stabilize the incident situation the incident commander
must: (3 things) - ✔✔1. ensure life safety
2. ensure continuity of command
3. manage resources efficiently and cost effectively
✔✔Emergency Management Program Functions - ✔✔Performed on a daily basis.
Includes:
-Laws and authorities
-Threat and hazard analysis
-Planning
-Operations and procedures
-Communication and warning
-Direction and control
-Resource management
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Roles of Key Partners - tribal leader - ✔✔is responsible for the public safety and
welfare of the people of that tribe by: Coordinating tribal resources.
Communicating with the tribal councils and community.
Negotiating mutual aid and assistance agreements with other tribes or jurisdictions;
Requesting Federal assistance under the Stafford Act; Electing to deal directly with the
Federal Government.
✔✔Functional Delegation
A Basic ICS operating guideline is that the person at the top of the organization is
responsible for a task until that responsibility is _______________ to a subordinate
position. - ✔✔delegated
✔✔The ICS organizational chart is a graphic representation of the incident, including:
what five things? - ✔✔1. Position and functional activated
2. Chain of command
3. Reporting relationships
4. Responsibilities delegated
5. Information flow
✔✔Roles of Key Partners - State emergency management - ✔✔coordinates with local
governments to meet their emergency needs; assesses available State and Federal
resources; helps local governments with guidance and assistance to apply for, acquire,
and use those State and Federal resources effectively.
✔✔Roles of Key Partners - Federal Government - ✔✔provides fiscal support, technical
assistance, and information about materials, personnel resources, and research.
✔✔The incident commanders responsibility is the overall ___________ of the incident -
✔✔management
✔✔Roles of Key Partners - FEMA - ✔✔Provides technical and financial assistance to
State, tribal, and local governments to upgrade their communications and warning
systems; Operates an emergency information and coordination center that provides a
central location for the collection and management of disaster and emergency
information;
Provides information to the President concerning matters of national interest to help with
decisions about disaster declarations.
✔✔IC may have one or more ________________. - ✔✔Deputies
,✔✔Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) - ✔✔An ongoing plan for responding to a wide
variety of potential threats and hazards (NIMS).
establishes the overall authority, roles, and functions performed during incidents.
✔✔Deputies must be equally capable of assuming the ________ role - ✔✔primary
✔✔CPG 101 planning process has six steps - ✔✔CPG 101 (Comprehensive
Preparedness Guide) describes the process for developing and maintaining an EOP
Step 1: Form a Collaborative Planning Team
Step 2: Understand the Situation
Step 3: Determine Goals and Objectives
Step 4: Plan Development and Step 5: Plan Preparation, Review, and Approval
Step 6: Plan Implementation and Maintenance
✔✔Deputy Incident Commander must be able to assume the ____________
_____________ role. - ✔✔Incident commander's
✔✔ICS - ✔✔Incident Command System
1. An emergency management model for command, management, and coordination of
a response operation.
2. based on features and principles that have been successful in managing a wide
range of emergencies, from wildfires to terrorism.
3. Used for planned events, natural disasters, and acts of terrorism.
4. A common organizational structure that enables effective, efficient incident
management.
5. Usually described in the Direction and Control Annex of the EOP.
✔✔IC's overall responsibilities
List the overall responsibilities there are 15 of them. - ✔✔1. Assess situation and or
obtain a briefing from the pervious IC
2. Receive delegation of authority form agency administrator
3. Establish immediate priorities
4. Determine incident objectives and strategies
5. Establish an ICP
6. Establish and monitor incident organization
7. Ensure adequate safety measures are in place
8. Schedule planning meetings as required
9. Approve and authorize incident action plan implementation
10. Coordinate activity for all command and General Staff
11. Coordinate with key off-indent personnel
12. Approve request for additional resources or release of resources
13. Keep agency administrator informed of incident status
14. Authorize release of information to news media
15. Order the demobilization of incident when appropriate
, ✔✔Multiagency Coordination System (MACS) - ✔✔Provides support, coordination, and
assistance with policy-level decisions to the ICS structure managing an incident, and
should be both flexible and scalable to be efficient and effective.
✔✔IC major responsibilities
The first responsibility is to _________ _______ priorities - ✔✔establish immediate
✔✔EOC - ✔✔Emergency Operations Center.
Provides a central location where agency representatives can coordinate and make
decisions when managing an emergency response.
✔✔IC's immediate priorities is - ✔✔First priority is always the safety of people involved
in the incident, responders, other emergency workers and bystanders
Second priority is incident stabilization
-
✔✔Emergency Management Core Functions - ✔✔Performed during an emergency.
Includes:
-Direction, Control, and Coordination
-Communications
-Population Warning
-Resource Management
-Information Collection, Analysis, and Dissemination
-Emergency Public Information
-Public Protection
-Mass Care and Emergency Assistance
-Health and Medical Services
✔✔When considering how to stabilize the incident situation the incident commander
must: (3 things) - ✔✔1. ensure life safety
2. ensure continuity of command
3. manage resources efficiently and cost effectively
✔✔Emergency Management Program Functions - ✔✔Performed on a daily basis.
Includes:
-Laws and authorities
-Threat and hazard analysis
-Planning
-Operations and procedures
-Communication and warning
-Direction and control
-Resource management
