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ICS 300 Review Questions and Answers
The Incident Command System (ICS) is?
Standardized, on-scene, all-risk, incident management concept. ICS is the
result of decades of lessons learned in the organization and management
of emergency incidents.
Designers of the system recognized early that ICS must be interdisciplinary
and organizationally flexible to meet the following management challenges
1. Meet the needs of the incidents of any kind or size
2. Be usable for routine events or complex emergencies incidents
3. allow personnel from a variety of agencies to meld rapidly into a common
management structure.
4. provided logistical and administrative support to ensure that operational
staff can meet incident objectives.
5. Be cost effective by avoiding duplication of efforts
Poorly managed incident response can be devastating to our?
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Economy, to our food supply and to our health and safety.
ICS is built around five major functions that may be applied on any incident
whether it is large or small. The five major management functions are
1. Incident Command IC
2. Operations Section
3. Planning Section
4. Logistics Section
5. Finance/Administration Section
Incident Commander
The individual responsible for overall management of the incident
Command Staff
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The command staff consists of the PIO, Safety officer and liaison officer.
They report directly to the incident command. They may have an assistant
or assistants as needed.
Officer
Officer is the ICS title for the personnel responsible for the Command Staff
positions of Safety, Liaison and Public information.
General Staff
The group of incident management personnel reporting to the incident
commander. They may have one or more deputies as needed. The
General staff consist of the Operations section chief, Planning section
Chief, Logistics section chief and finance/administration section chief.
Section
The organizational level with responsibilities for a major functional area of
the incident Operations Planning Logistic finance/administration
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ICS 300 Review Questions and Answers
The Incident Command System (ICS) is?
Standardized, on-scene, all-risk, incident management concept. ICS is the
result of decades of lessons learned in the organization and management
of emergency incidents.
Designers of the system recognized early that ICS must be interdisciplinary
and organizationally flexible to meet the following management challenges
1. Meet the needs of the incidents of any kind or size
2. Be usable for routine events or complex emergencies incidents
3. allow personnel from a variety of agencies to meld rapidly into a common
management structure.
4. provided logistical and administrative support to ensure that operational
staff can meet incident objectives.
5. Be cost effective by avoiding duplication of efforts
Poorly managed incident response can be devastating to our?
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Economy, to our food supply and to our health and safety.
ICS is built around five major functions that may be applied on any incident
whether it is large or small. The five major management functions are
1. Incident Command IC
2. Operations Section
3. Planning Section
4. Logistics Section
5. Finance/Administration Section
Incident Commander
The individual responsible for overall management of the incident
Command Staff
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The command staff consists of the PIO, Safety officer and liaison officer.
They report directly to the incident command. They may have an assistant
or assistants as needed.
Officer
Officer is the ICS title for the personnel responsible for the Command Staff
positions of Safety, Liaison and Public information.
General Staff
The group of incident management personnel reporting to the incident
commander. They may have one or more deputies as needed. The
General staff consist of the Operations section chief, Planning section
Chief, Logistics section chief and finance/administration section chief.
Section
The organizational level with responsibilities for a major functional area of
the incident Operations Planning Logistic finance/administration
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