EVALUATION TEST PAPER 2026 FULL SOLUTION
◉ 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
◉ Camp. Answer: geographical sites, within the general incident
area, separate from the incident base, equipped and staffed to
provide sleeping, food, water, and sanitary services to incident
personnel
,◉ Helibase. Answer: the main location for parking, fueling,
maintenance, and loading of helicopters operating in support of an
incident. It is usually located at or near the incident base
◉ Helispot. Answer: any designated locations where a helicopter can
safely take off and land. Some helispots may be used for loading of
supplies, equipment or personnel
◉ Chain of Command. Answer: the orderly line of authorization
within the ranks of the incident management organization
◉ Unity of Command. Answer: an incident command system
principle stating that each individual involved in incident operations
will be assigned to only one supervisor
◉ Unified Command. Answer: an incident command system
application used when more than one agency has incident
jurisdiction or when incidents cross political jurisdictions. Agencies
work together through the designated members of the UC, often the
senior persons from the agencies and/or disciplines participating in
the UC, to establish a common set of objectives and strategies and a
single incident action plan
◉ Transfer of Command. Answer: transfer of power from one IC to
another IC
, ◉ Describe at least 4 resource management processes that are
included in the ICS. Answer: operations, planning, logistics, finance
◉ List and describe at least 6 elements that are included in a written
incident action plan. Answer: cover sheet (incident name, date,
operational period), ICS 202: Incident Objectives (simple,
measurable, attainable, action oriented, reasonable, time oriented?),
ICS 203: Organization Assignment List (Does 203 match 204), ICS
204: division Assignment List, ICS 205: Incident Communications
Plan, ICS 206: Medical Plan
◉ Explain the difference between information and intelligence.
Answer: information is unprocessed and intelligence is processed
◉ Scope of Practice. Answer: In health care, the procedures, actions,
and processes that a healthcare practitioner is permitted to
undertake in keeping with the terms of his or her professional
license. In the context of SAR, the services a SAR organization is able
to provide
◉ Standard of Care. Answer: how a reasonably prudent person with
similar training and experience would act under similar
circumstances, with similar equipment, and in the same place