ICS 200 Quick Review

ICS 200 Quick Review.




1. What is ICS? ICS:
Is a standardized management tool for meeting the demands of small
or large emergency or nonemergency situations
Represents "best practices," and has become the standard for
emergency man- agement across the country
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May be used for planned events, natural disasters, and acts of
terrorism Is a part of the National Incident Management System
(NIMS)
ICS is not just a standardized organizational chart, but an entire
management system.

2. What is NIMS? NIMS provides a consistent framework for incident management at all
jurisdiction- al levels regardless of the cause, size, or complexity of the
incident.
NIMS provides the Nation's first responders and authorities with the
same foun- dation for incident management for terrorist attacks, natural
disasters, and other emergencies.

3. Major NIMS -Resource management
com- ponents
-Command and coordination

-Communications and information management
4. Most essential
Communication
el- ement of
ICS?


5. ICS employs what ICS employs a modular organizational structure that can be tailored
based on
type of structure? the size, complexity and hazards of an incident. Command of this
organization is established under a single Incident Commander or a
Unified Command.

6. ICS features The ICS features related to command structure include chain of command
re- lated to and unity of command.
com- mand
structure?

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