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Role of US National SAR Committee and its 2 Documents - ANSWER -
responsible for the US National SAR Plan and the US National SAR Supplement
to the IAMSAR Manual
COSPAS-SARSAT System and Roles of 3 Major Types of Distress Beacons -
ANSWER -international humanitarian SAR system that uses satellites to detect and
locate emergency beacons carried by ships, aircraft, and individuals. Emergency
Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs) for navy/water use, Emergency
Locator Transmissions (ELTs) for air use, and Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs)
for individuals and land-based application
Federal SAR Coordinators for US and Regions of Responsibility - ANSWER -
land SAR- US Air Force, maintains a recue coordination center in Florida. The
region of responsibility is to establish and provide SAR services and ensure that
planning for these services is properly coordinated
US National SAR Supplement to the IAMSAR Manual and 2 Current US
Addendums - ANSWER -provides guidance to federal agencies concerning
implementation of the NSP. Land SAR Addendum is to provision of civil SAR
services for persons in distress or missing in the US on land or in an aircraft.
Catastrophic Incident SAR Addendum is to provide guidance for SAR operations
during catastrophic incidents and strategy.
Purposes of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the National
Response Framework (NRF) - ANSWER -NIMS provides a systematic, proactive
approach to guide departments and agencies at all levels of government,
nongovernmental organizations, and private teams to work cohesively
(communication and information management, resource management, and
command and coordination). NRF is a guide that details how the US responds to
all types of disasters and emergencies, from the smallest local incident to that
largest national catastrophe (engaged partnerships, tiered response, scalable,
flexible, and adaptable capabilities, unity of effort through unified command,
readiness to act and organized into 6 parts: roles and responsibilities, core
capabilities, coordinating structures, relationships to other mission areas, operation
planning, and support resources).
, Typical Operations Conducted by a FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force -
ANSWER -physical and technical SAR operations in collapsed structures, physical
and canine SAR operations, emergency medical care, assess damage and
communicate, assess the building, hazardous materials evaluation, structural
evaluations of buildings, stabilizing damaged structures.
Emergency Management Assistance Compact and How it Works - ANSWER -
national interstate mutual aid agreement that enables states to share resources
during a governor-declared emergency or disaster. Other states provide the
impacted state with resources, services, or goods. (13 steps on pg. 33)
Amber Alert Program - ANSWER -voluntary partnership between law
enforcement, broadcasters, transportation agencies, and the wireless industries to
activate an urgent bulletin in the most serious child abduction cases.
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children - ANSWER -works in
partnership with the US Department of Justice to help law enforcement find
missing children, eliminate child sexual exploitation, and prevent child
victimization
Describe at least 8 features and principles of an incident command system: -
ANSWER -Standardization: common terminology, use of clear text
Command: establishment, transfer and termination of command (first responder
incident commander to the IC), chain of command and unity of command (orderly
line authority flows down through the ranks, every individual reports to one ICS
supervisor), unified command (allows agencies with different legal, geographic,
and functional authorities to work together)
Planning and Organizational Structure: management by objectives (incident
objectives), modular organization (expand and contract to meet the needs of the
incident), incident action planning (procedures and responsibility), manageable
span of control (the amount of individuals or resources that one supervisor that can
manage)
Facilities and Resources: incident locations and facilities (near an incident to
accomplish a variety of purposes), comprehensive resource management
(maintaining an accurate and up to date picture or resource utilization)
, Communications/Information Management: integrated communications (allow
communication to other personnel and speak through useable and reliable media),
information and intelligence management (info is raw or unprocessed date, info
that has been collected and verified, ICS must have a plan to share info and
intelligence)
Professionalism: accountability, check in, incident action plan, unity of command,
personal responsibility, span of control, resource tracking, dispatch of personnel
and equipment
Incident Commander - ANSWER -overall responsibility for the incident and
establishes incident priorities, objectives, and strategies. They ensure the safety of
the responders and public, provide information, and establish liaison with outside
agency reps.
Command Staff (Officer) - ANSWER -ANSWER to the IC, public information
officer (conduit for info to media and public), safety officer (monitors conditions
and develops measures for assuring the safety of all personnel), and a liaison
officer (the point of contact for agency representatives
General Staff (Chief) - ANSWER -operations section (all incident tactical
operations and strategies), planning section (collection, evaluation, and
dissemination of operational info), logistics section (providing facilities, services,
and material support), finance/admin (responsible for all financial related aspects)
Incident Command Post - ANSWER -the field location at which the primary
tactical level, on scene incident command function are performed. The ICP may be
co-located with the incident base or other incident facilities and is normally
identified by a green rotating or flashlight
Staging Area - ANSWER -temporary locations for available resources, a staging
area can be any location in which personnel, supplies, and equipment can be
temporarily housed or parked while awaiting operational assignment. The
operations section manages staging areas
Incident Base - ANSWER -location at the incident where the primary logistics
functions are coordinated and administered. The incident command post may be
co-located with the base. There is only one base per incident