Center Functions Question and
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The Recovery Continuum... - correct answer ...shows the interconnectedness of recovery activities from
pre-incident recovery preparation through the long term recovery.
Which NIMS communication principle encourages incident personnel to work with IT and other experts
to incorporate data, network, and systems protection best practices into incident communications and
data sharing? - correct answer Security
If a Unified Command or Area Command is established, in most cases an EOC will... - correct
answer ...be activated
When selecting an EOC or alternate EOC, designing a floor plan for the EOC, or evaluating EOC
operations, what key factors should you consider? - correct answer Equipment requirements,
established EOC authorities and procedures, and staffing requirements.
Emergency Operations Centers coordinate with and support the ____________, sometimes also called
the policy group. - correct answer Multi-coordination Assistance (MCA) Group
The level of activity within an EOC often _________ as the size, scope, and complexity of the incident
grow. - correct answer increases
What is an important consideration for deactivating an EOC? - correct answer When the demand for
resources and coordination slows down
What should EOC leadership consider when deactivating the EOC? - correct answer Recovery need
, The role of helping a community transition from response to recovery belongs to the: - correct answer
Emergency Operations Center
Emergency Operations Centers play a critical role in support of the on-scene response. They do this by...
- correct answer ...collecting, analyzing, and sharing of information.
The Emergency Operations Center provides multiagency coordination of information and... - correct
answer ...resources to support incident management (on-scene operations).
What role does the Emergency Operations Center play in overall multagency coordination? - correct
answer EOCs ensure that response systems are interconnected and complementary.
What can be a primary reason for activating an EOC? - correct answer When threshold events described
in the Emergency Operations Plan occur.
How are National Incident Management System (NIMS) requirements related to emergency operations?
- correct answer NIMS provides a core set of doctrine, concepts, principles, terminology, and
organizational processes that enables Emergency Operations Centers to effectively, efficiently, and
collaboratively support incident management.
What statements is true regarding how resources management is provided by the EOC? - correct answer
The EOC is normally the location that receives resource requests, finds a source to fill the resource
request, and tracks the resource until it is delivered to incident command (or EOC).
What is the role of situational awareness in EOC operations? - correct answer The EOC uses situational
awareness to develop a Situational Picture (SitPic) that is shared between ICS, EOC, MAC Group, and JIS
participants in the incident.
An EOC must retain the ability to perform its function even with reduced staffing. One of the best ways
of ensuring this happens is to.... - correct answer ...cross-train all EOC staff.