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1. The Incident Command System (ICS) is?
Answer: 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.
2. Designers of the system recognized early that ICS must be
interdisciplinary and organizationally flexible to meet the following
management challenges
Answer: 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 staf f can meet incident objectives.
5. Be cost effective by avoiding duplication of efforts
3. Poorly managed incident response can be devastating to our?
Answer: Economy,
to our food supply and to our health and safety.
4. 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
Answer: 1. Incident Command IC
2. Operations Section
3. Planning Section
,4. Logistics Section
5. Finance/Administration Section
5. Incident Commander
Answer: The individual responsible for overall
management of the incident
6. Command Staff
Answer: The command staf f 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.
7. Officer
Answer: Officer is the ICS title for the personnel responsible for the
Command Staf f positions of Safety, Liaison and Public information.
8. General Staff
, Answer: The group of incident management personnel reporting
to the incident commander. They may have one or more deputies as
needed. The General staf f consist of the Operations section chief,
Planning section Chief, Logistics section chief and finance/administration
section chief.
9. Section
Answer: The organizational level with responsibilities for a major
functional area of the incident Operations Planning Logistic
finance/administration
10. Chief
Answer: The ICS title for individuals responsible for functional
sections
Answer: Opera- tions, Planning, Logistics and Finance/Administration