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NIMS Guiding Principles - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Flexibility
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Standardization
Unity of Effort
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Flexibility - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Allows NIMS to be scalable from routine, local incidents through those
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requiring interstate mutual aid up to those requiring Federal assistance
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Standardization - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Supports interoperability among multiple organizations in
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incident response
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Standard Organizational Structures - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Improve integration and connectivity among
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organizations
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Standard Practices - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Allow incident personnel and organizations to work together
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effectively
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Common Terminology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Enables effective communication
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,Unity of Effort - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Enables organizations with jurisdictional authority or functional
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responsibilities to support each other while allowing each participating agency to maintain its own
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authority and accountability
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3 Major Components of NIMS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔1. Resource Management
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2. Command and Coordination
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3. Communications and Information Management
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Resource Management - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Standard mechanisms to systematics manage resources,
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including personnel, equipment, supplies, teams, and facilities, both before and during incidents in order
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to allow organizations to more effectively share resources when needed
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Command and Communication - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Describes leadership roles, processes, and
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recommended organizational structures for incident management at the operational and incident support
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levels and explains how these structures interact to manage incidents effectively and efficiently
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Communications and Information Management - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Describes systems and methods J J J J J J J J J
that help to ensure that incident personnel and other decision makers have the means and information
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they need to make and communicate decisions
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4 Key Activities of Resource Management Preparedness - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔1. Identifying and typing
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resources
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2. Qualifying, certifying, and credentialing personnel
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3. Planning for resources
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4. Acquiring, storing, and inventorying resources
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Typing: Capability - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The resources capability to perform its function in one or more
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of the five mission areas: Prevention, Protection, Mitigation, Response, and Recovery
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, Typing: Category - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The function for a which a resource would be most useful
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(firefighting, law enforcement, health and medical)
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Typing: Kind - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A broad characterization, such as personnel, equipment, teams, and
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facilities
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Typing: Type - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A resources level of capability to perform its function based on size,
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power, capacity (for equipment), or experience and qualifications; Type 1 has greater capacity than Type 2,
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3, or 4
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Qualifying - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Personnel meet the minimum established standards (including
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training, experience, physical and medical fitness) to fill specific positions
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Certification - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Recognition from an AHJ or a third party that an individual has
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completed qualification for a position
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Credentialing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Documentation- typically an ID card or badge- that identifies
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personnel and verifies their qualifications for a particular position
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Identify Requirements (Resource Management) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Identify:
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1. Type and quantity of resources needed
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2. Location where resources should be sent
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3. Who will receive and use resources
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Order and Acquire (RM) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Resource typing is designed for use here to ensure
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resources provided meet the mission needs
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