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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
The Recovery Continuum.... 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?. ANSWER -Security
If a Unified Command or Area Command is established, in most cases an EOC will....
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?. 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.. ANSWER -Multi-coordination Assistance
(MCA) Group
The level of activity within an EOC often _________ as the size, scope, and
complexity of the incident grow.. ANSWER -increases
, What is an important consideration for deactivating an EOC?. ANSWER -When the
demand for resources and coordination slows down
What should EOC leadership consider when deactivating the EOC?. ANSWER -
Recovery need
The role of helping a community transition from response to recovery belongs to
the:. ANSWER -Emergency Operations Center
Emergency Operations Centers play a critical role in support of the on-scene
response. They do this by.... ANSWER -...collecting, analyzing, and sharing of
information.
The Emergency Operations Center provides multiagency coordination of information
and.... ANSWER -...resources to support incident management (on-scene
operations).
What role does the Emergency Operations Center play in overall multagency
coordination?. ANSWER -EOCs ensure that response systems are interconnected
and complementary.
What can be a primary reason for activating an EOC?. ANSWER -When threshold
events described in the Emergency Operations Plan occur.
How are National Incident Management System (NIMS) requirements related to
emergency operations?. 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?. 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).