NIMS IS-700.b Final Exam
1.NIMS Guiding Principles:
Flexibility Standardization
Unity of Effort
2.Flexibility: Allows NIMS to be scalable from routine, local incidents
through those requiring interstate mutual aid up to those requiring
Federal assistance
3.Standardization: Supports interoperability among multiple
organizations in inci- dent response
4.Standard Organizational Structures: Improve integration and
connectivity among organizations
5.Standard Practices: Allow incident personnel and organizations to work
together effectively
6.Common Terminology: Enables effective communication
7.Unity of Effort: Enables organizations with jurisdictional authority or
functional responsibilities to support each other while allowing each
participating agency to maintain its own authority and accountability
,8.3 Major Components of NIMS: 1. Resource Management
2.Command and Coordination
3.Communications and Information Management
9.Resource Management: Standard mechanisms to systematics
manage re- sources, including personnel, equipment, supplies, teams,
and facilities, both be- fore and during incidents in order to allow
organizations to more effectively share resources when needed
10.Command and Communication: Describes leadership roles, processes,
and recommended organizational structures for incident management
at the operational and incident support levels and explains how these
structures interact to manage incidents effectively and efficiently
11.Communications and Information Management: Describes systems and
methods that help to ensure that incident personnel and other decision
makers have the means and information they need to make and
communicate decisions
12.4 Key Activities of Resource Management Preparedness: 1. Identifying
and typing resources
2.Qualifying, certifying, and credentialing personnel
3.Planning for resources
, 4.Acquiring, storing, and inventorying resources
13.Typing: Capability: The resources capability to perform its function
in one or more of the five mission areas: Prevention, Protection,
Mitigation, Response, and Recovery
14.Typing: Category: The function for a which a resource would be
most useful (firefighting, law enforcement, health and medical)
1.NIMS Guiding Principles:
Flexibility Standardization
Unity of Effort
2.Flexibility: Allows NIMS to be scalable from routine, local incidents
through those requiring interstate mutual aid up to those requiring
Federal assistance
3.Standardization: Supports interoperability among multiple
organizations in inci- dent response
4.Standard Organizational Structures: Improve integration and
connectivity among organizations
5.Standard Practices: Allow incident personnel and organizations to work
together effectively
6.Common Terminology: Enables effective communication
7.Unity of Effort: Enables organizations with jurisdictional authority or
functional responsibilities to support each other while allowing each
participating agency to maintain its own authority and accountability
,8.3 Major Components of NIMS: 1. Resource Management
2.Command and Coordination
3.Communications and Information Management
9.Resource Management: Standard mechanisms to systematics
manage re- sources, including personnel, equipment, supplies, teams,
and facilities, both be- fore and during incidents in order to allow
organizations to more effectively share resources when needed
10.Command and Communication: Describes leadership roles, processes,
and recommended organizational structures for incident management
at the operational and incident support levels and explains how these
structures interact to manage incidents effectively and efficiently
11.Communications and Information Management: Describes systems and
methods that help to ensure that incident personnel and other decision
makers have the means and information they need to make and
communicate decisions
12.4 Key Activities of Resource Management Preparedness: 1. Identifying
and typing resources
2.Qualifying, certifying, and credentialing personnel
3.Planning for resources
, 4.Acquiring, storing, and inventorying resources
13.Typing: Capability: The resources capability to perform its function
in one or more of the five mission areas: Prevention, Protection,
Mitigation, Response, and Recovery
14.Typing: Category: The function for a which a resource would be
most useful (firefighting, law enforcement, health and medical)
