INTERMEDIATE ICS FOR EXPANDING
INCIDENTS EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS FULL SOLUTION
●● ICS is a _______________________,
___________________________, ______________________ approach
to incident management.
Answer: Standardized
on-scene
all-hazards
●● ICS can _____________ or ________________ to meet incident
needs.
Answer: expand
contract
●● How did ICS start?
Answer: In the 1970's in California due to fires in the area
●● What can ICS be used to manage?
Answer: Natural hazards
Technological hazards
,Human-caused hazards
planned events
●● What is an incident?
Answer: is an occurrence or event, natural or human-caused that requires
a response to protect life or property
●● What is the top priority of ICS response?
Answer: Life safety
●● Define NIMS?
Answer: provides a systematic. proactive approach guiding departments
ands agencies at all levels of government, the private sector and
nongovernmental organizations to seamlessly to prepare for, prevent.
respond to, recover from, and mitigate the efforts of incidents, regardless
of cause, size, location, or complexity, in order to reduce the loss of life
and property, and harm to the environment.
●● The following laws require the use of ICS?
Answer: SARA (1986)- established regulations for handling hazardous
materials and directed OSHA to make rules about it
OSHA (1990) - made the rules that ICS was to be used in all hazardous
materials incidents - "The incident command system shall be established
, by those employers for the incident that will be under their control and
shall interface with other organizations or agencies who may respond to
such an incident"
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) also requires this
●● What are the two levels that take place in order for ICS to be
institutionalized?
Answer: Policy Level - government officials must adopt it - executive
orders, legislation - direct organizations to train, exercise the use of ICS
Organizational level - operational level - integrated into functional and
system-wide emergency operations policies - training is planned or
underway - participating or coordinating ICS-oriented exercises
●● NMIS is the nationwide _____________________ for agencies and
is not a operational incident management or resource allocation plan.
Answer: template
●● NIMS represents a core set of doctrine, concepts principals,
terminology and organizational processes that enables effective, efficient
and collaborative incident management. What are they?
Answer: Preparedness - activates conducted on an ongoing basis in
advance of any incident - training and exercises, planning procedures
and protocols
INCIDENTS EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS FULL SOLUTION
●● ICS is a _______________________,
___________________________, ______________________ approach
to incident management.
Answer: Standardized
on-scene
all-hazards
●● ICS can _____________ or ________________ to meet incident
needs.
Answer: expand
contract
●● How did ICS start?
Answer: In the 1970's in California due to fires in the area
●● What can ICS be used to manage?
Answer: Natural hazards
Technological hazards
,Human-caused hazards
planned events
●● What is an incident?
Answer: is an occurrence or event, natural or human-caused that requires
a response to protect life or property
●● What is the top priority of ICS response?
Answer: Life safety
●● Define NIMS?
Answer: provides a systematic. proactive approach guiding departments
ands agencies at all levels of government, the private sector and
nongovernmental organizations to seamlessly to prepare for, prevent.
respond to, recover from, and mitigate the efforts of incidents, regardless
of cause, size, location, or complexity, in order to reduce the loss of life
and property, and harm to the environment.
●● The following laws require the use of ICS?
Answer: SARA (1986)- established regulations for handling hazardous
materials and directed OSHA to make rules about it
OSHA (1990) - made the rules that ICS was to be used in all hazardous
materials incidents - "The incident command system shall be established
, by those employers for the incident that will be under their control and
shall interface with other organizations or agencies who may respond to
such an incident"
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) also requires this
●● What are the two levels that take place in order for ICS to be
institutionalized?
Answer: Policy Level - government officials must adopt it - executive
orders, legislation - direct organizations to train, exercise the use of ICS
Organizational level - operational level - integrated into functional and
system-wide emergency operations policies - training is planned or
underway - participating or coordinating ICS-oriented exercises
●● NMIS is the nationwide _____________________ for agencies and
is not a operational incident management or resource allocation plan.
Answer: template
●● NIMS represents a core set of doctrine, concepts principals,
terminology and organizational processes that enables effective, efficient
and collaborative incident management. What are they?
Answer: Preparedness - activates conducted on an ongoing basis in
advance of any incident - training and exercises, planning procedures
and protocols
