ICS 300 EXAM SCRIPT 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔public information, safety, and liaison - ✔✔Command Staff
Depending upon the size and type of incident or event, it may be necessary for the
Incident Commander to designate personnel to provide ______, _____, and ______
services for the entire organization.
✔✔Assistant - ✔✔Command Staff
Each of the Command Staff members may also have an _______
✔✔Officer - ✔✔Assistants
An Assistant must be as qualified as the _____ and be able to assume their role.
✔✔x high visibility or sensitive incident.
x Media demands for information
x Media capabilities
x multiple sources releasing information.
x instruct the public. - ✔✔Reasons to designate a Public Information Officer include:
x The presence of an obvious ______ or _____ incident.
x Media ______ for information are reducing Incident Commander effectiveness.
x Media _______ to acquire their own information are increasing.
x Reduces the risk of _______ releasing information.
x Need to alert, warn or _______.
✔✔x Agency Representatives
x individual coordination
x jurisdictions - ✔✔Reasons to establish the Liaison Officer position at an incident
include:
x When several agencies send, or plan to send, _______ to an Incident in support of
their resources.
x When the IC can no longer provide the time for individual coordination with each
________.
x When it appears that two or more _______ may become involved in the incident and
the incident will require on-site liaison.
✔✔Agency Representative - ✔✔An _______ is an individual assigned to an incident
from an assisting or cooperating agency who has been delegated full authority to make
decisions on all matters affecting that agency's participation at the incident.
✔✔tactical resources - ✔✔Assisting Agency
An agency that is assisting on an incident is directly contributing ______ to the agency
or jurisdiction that is responsible for the incident.
✔✔x Ground or surface-based tactical resources.
, x Aviation or air resources.
x Staging Areas. - ✔✔The Operations Section consists of the following components:
x _______ or ______ tactical resources.
x ______ or ___ resources.
x _____Areas.
✔✔x Single Resources.
x Task Forces.
x Strike Teams. - ✔✔There are three ways of organizing tactical resources on an
incident. Resources can be used as:
x _____ Resources.
x T______.
x S______.
✔✔Staging - ✔✔The third component of the Operations Section is ________ Areas.
these are temporary facilities, which should be located close enough to the incident so
that resources can quickly be at the scene of their assignments.
✔✔Resources - ✔✔_____ Unit: are responsible for maintaining the status of all
resources assigned to an incident.
✔✔x Overseeing the check-in
x Maintaining a status-keeping system
x Maintaining of a master list - ✔✔The Resources Unit maintains the status of all
resources through:
x Overseeing the ______ of all resources,
x Maintaining a ______ system that indicates the current location and status of all
resources, and
x Maintaining of a _____ of all resources assigned to the incident, for example,
supervisory personnel, tactical and support resources, etc.
✔✔Situation
Display Processor
Field Observer - ✔✔_______ Unit: The collection, processing, and organizing of all
incident information takes place within the Situation Unit. The Situation Unit may
prepare future projections of incident growth, maps, and intelligence information. Two
positions report directly to the this Unit Leader:
x ______ - maintains incident status information. Incident status information is posted
on maps and status boards as appropriate.
x _____ - collects and reports on situation information from the field.
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔public information, safety, and liaison - ✔✔Command Staff
Depending upon the size and type of incident or event, it may be necessary for the
Incident Commander to designate personnel to provide ______, _____, and ______
services for the entire organization.
✔✔Assistant - ✔✔Command Staff
Each of the Command Staff members may also have an _______
✔✔Officer - ✔✔Assistants
An Assistant must be as qualified as the _____ and be able to assume their role.
✔✔x high visibility or sensitive incident.
x Media demands for information
x Media capabilities
x multiple sources releasing information.
x instruct the public. - ✔✔Reasons to designate a Public Information Officer include:
x The presence of an obvious ______ or _____ incident.
x Media ______ for information are reducing Incident Commander effectiveness.
x Media _______ to acquire their own information are increasing.
x Reduces the risk of _______ releasing information.
x Need to alert, warn or _______.
✔✔x Agency Representatives
x individual coordination
x jurisdictions - ✔✔Reasons to establish the Liaison Officer position at an incident
include:
x When several agencies send, or plan to send, _______ to an Incident in support of
their resources.
x When the IC can no longer provide the time for individual coordination with each
________.
x When it appears that two or more _______ may become involved in the incident and
the incident will require on-site liaison.
✔✔Agency Representative - ✔✔An _______ is an individual assigned to an incident
from an assisting or cooperating agency who has been delegated full authority to make
decisions on all matters affecting that agency's participation at the incident.
✔✔tactical resources - ✔✔Assisting Agency
An agency that is assisting on an incident is directly contributing ______ to the agency
or jurisdiction that is responsible for the incident.
✔✔x Ground or surface-based tactical resources.
, x Aviation or air resources.
x Staging Areas. - ✔✔The Operations Section consists of the following components:
x _______ or ______ tactical resources.
x ______ or ___ resources.
x _____Areas.
✔✔x Single Resources.
x Task Forces.
x Strike Teams. - ✔✔There are three ways of organizing tactical resources on an
incident. Resources can be used as:
x _____ Resources.
x T______.
x S______.
✔✔Staging - ✔✔The third component of the Operations Section is ________ Areas.
these are temporary facilities, which should be located close enough to the incident so
that resources can quickly be at the scene of their assignments.
✔✔Resources - ✔✔_____ Unit: are responsible for maintaining the status of all
resources assigned to an incident.
✔✔x Overseeing the check-in
x Maintaining a status-keeping system
x Maintaining of a master list - ✔✔The Resources Unit maintains the status of all
resources through:
x Overseeing the ______ of all resources,
x Maintaining a ______ system that indicates the current location and status of all
resources, and
x Maintaining of a _____ of all resources assigned to the incident, for example,
supervisory personnel, tactical and support resources, etc.
✔✔Situation
Display Processor
Field Observer - ✔✔_______ Unit: The collection, processing, and organizing of all
incident information takes place within the Situation Unit. The Situation Unit may
prepare future projections of incident growth, maps, and intelligence information. Two
positions report directly to the this Unit Leader:
x ______ - maintains incident status information. Incident status information is posted
on maps and status boards as appropriate.
x _____ - collects and reports on situation information from the field.
