EDMG 101 Terms Exam with correct
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all-hazards approach - Answers -An approach that focuses on developing the capacity
to handle all the phases of all kinds of disasters and emergencies.
CPG - Answers -Comprehensive Preparedness Guide
CEM Comprehensive Emergency Management Approach - Answers -An approach that
focuses on integrating EM by developing a group of techniques that can be effectively
used to manage and respond to multiple disaster agents
Conflict-based hazards - Answers -Incidents like war, terrorism and nuclear war.
DHS - Answers -Department of Homeland Security
Disasters - Answers -Incidents that are relatively large in scope and happen rarely. tend
to have large impact on communities they impact
emergencies - Answers -incidents that are relatively limited in scope and happen
relatively frequently.
EMAC - Answers -Emergency Management Assistance Compact
Emergency Management Assistance Compact - Answers -A mutual aid agreement
between all 50 states the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and DC in case of disaster.
EOPS - Answers -Emergency Operations Plans
Human developed hazards - Answers -Incidents caused by human activity and building
such as infrastructure, transportation, ect.
ICS - Answers -Incident Command System
Incident Command System - Answers -A standardized approach for command control
and coordination of emergency responders providing a common hierarchy within which
responders from multiple agencies can effectively work together.
FEMA - Answers -Federal Emergency Management Agency
, First responders - Answers -Persons trained for and are designated to be the 1st to
arrive at and assist at the scene of an emergency.
Hazard - Answers -Condition or situation that has the potential to generate a disaster.
Jurisdiction - Answers -The geographic area over which authority extends such as a
city, state, or county.
NIMS - Answers -National Incident Management System
National Incident Management System - Answers -a comprehensive, national approach
to incident management that is applicable at all jurisdictional levels and across
functional disciplines. (Intended to apply to all incidents, hazards, and impacts
regardless of size, location, and complexity.)
Natural Hazard - Answers -Natural incidents such as weather, hurricane, volcanos ect.
NRF - Answers -National Response Framework
Stakeholders - Answers -Individuals or groups who have, or believe they have, a
personal interest in the effects of policy.
EM - Answers -Emergency Manager
Goals - Answers -Broad, general statements that indicate the intended methods for
achieving the mission and priorities, specifying desired results.
Objectives - Answers -More specific and identifiable actions carried out during the
operation.
Risk Assessment - Answers -A process used to identify potential hazards and analyze
what "could" happen if a hazard occurs.
Single point failures - Answers -Tasks that, if not completed, would cause the operation
to fall apart.
Threat warnings - Answers -Emergency notification procedures for any significant
emergency or dangerous situation involving an immediate threat to the health & safety
of people in a community.
Alluvial Fan Flooding - Answers -This kind of flooding occurs in arid regions at the foot
of valley walls.
Agricultural Vulnerability - Answers -The vulnerability of animals plants and
environmental elements, such as chemicals, pressure and temperature.
Answers
all-hazards approach - Answers -An approach that focuses on developing the capacity
to handle all the phases of all kinds of disasters and emergencies.
CPG - Answers -Comprehensive Preparedness Guide
CEM Comprehensive Emergency Management Approach - Answers -An approach that
focuses on integrating EM by developing a group of techniques that can be effectively
used to manage and respond to multiple disaster agents
Conflict-based hazards - Answers -Incidents like war, terrorism and nuclear war.
DHS - Answers -Department of Homeland Security
Disasters - Answers -Incidents that are relatively large in scope and happen rarely. tend
to have large impact on communities they impact
emergencies - Answers -incidents that are relatively limited in scope and happen
relatively frequently.
EMAC - Answers -Emergency Management Assistance Compact
Emergency Management Assistance Compact - Answers -A mutual aid agreement
between all 50 states the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and DC in case of disaster.
EOPS - Answers -Emergency Operations Plans
Human developed hazards - Answers -Incidents caused by human activity and building
such as infrastructure, transportation, ect.
ICS - Answers -Incident Command System
Incident Command System - Answers -A standardized approach for command control
and coordination of emergency responders providing a common hierarchy within which
responders from multiple agencies can effectively work together.
FEMA - Answers -Federal Emergency Management Agency
, First responders - Answers -Persons trained for and are designated to be the 1st to
arrive at and assist at the scene of an emergency.
Hazard - Answers -Condition or situation that has the potential to generate a disaster.
Jurisdiction - Answers -The geographic area over which authority extends such as a
city, state, or county.
NIMS - Answers -National Incident Management System
National Incident Management System - Answers -a comprehensive, national approach
to incident management that is applicable at all jurisdictional levels and across
functional disciplines. (Intended to apply to all incidents, hazards, and impacts
regardless of size, location, and complexity.)
Natural Hazard - Answers -Natural incidents such as weather, hurricane, volcanos ect.
NRF - Answers -National Response Framework
Stakeholders - Answers -Individuals or groups who have, or believe they have, a
personal interest in the effects of policy.
EM - Answers -Emergency Manager
Goals - Answers -Broad, general statements that indicate the intended methods for
achieving the mission and priorities, specifying desired results.
Objectives - Answers -More specific and identifiable actions carried out during the
operation.
Risk Assessment - Answers -A process used to identify potential hazards and analyze
what "could" happen if a hazard occurs.
Single point failures - Answers -Tasks that, if not completed, would cause the operation
to fall apart.
Threat warnings - Answers -Emergency notification procedures for any significant
emergency or dangerous situation involving an immediate threat to the health & safety
of people in a community.
Alluvial Fan Flooding - Answers -This kind of flooding occurs in arid regions at the foot
of valley walls.
Agricultural Vulnerability - Answers -The vulnerability of animals plants and
environmental elements, such as chemicals, pressure and temperature.
