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If additional response resources are thought to be required for an incident at a special event,
a good option for obtaining those resources is to: - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰
✔✔Develop mutual aid and assistance agreements with neighboring communities.
A special event: Is nonroutine. Places a strain on community resources. May involve a large
number of people. - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Requires special permits or
additional planning, preparation, and mitigation.
Sponsors of organized auto races conducted by professional racing organizations at
permanent facilities typically have sophisticated contingency plans available. - **🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔TRUE
A national organization has been issued a permit to demonstrate at the State capitol
building. An opposing group has threatened to turn out to disrupt the demonstration. Public
safety officials are concerned that the demonstration may turn violent. What should they
do? - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Develop contingency plans to address the
potentially violent situation.
The Public Information Officer, the Safety Officer, and the Liaison Officer are all part of the:
- **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Command Staff
One area of great concern in special events planning is the physical setup of the event. Both
temporary and permanents structures must comply with: - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰
✔✔Local building codes
User Pays policies are intended to: - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Offset the costs of
public services at special events
,Because each special event is somewhat different from others, a hazard analysis should be
conducted prior to each event. - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔TRUE
One of the many advantages of using a team approach to planning for special events is: -
**🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Professional relationships developed during planning
translate into better cooperation during emergencies.
The use of ___________________________ is/are a good way to protect the bases of
temporary structures from damage by vehicular traffic. - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰
✔✔Buffer zones
Spontaneous events present unique difficulties to public safety personnel because they offer
no warning. - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔TRUE
One way for special event planners to gather information about event specifics is to require
the promoter or sponsor to: - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Obtain permits
Hampton is a rural community in the Midwest. The local high school football team has just
won the State championship. The team has never won a championship in any sport before.
The community is sponsoring a parade to celebrate the win. Thousands of people are
expected to turn out for the event, including many from surrounding communities. There
isn't much time to plan the parade, and the Mayor is concerned about whether Hampton's
four-person police department can manage traffic and control the anticipated crowd. Is this
a special event? - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔YES
When assessing food safety measures at a special event, the planning team should consider
the vendor compliance with appropriate State and local regulations related to food
preparation, handling, distribution, and storing of food. - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰
✔✔TRUE
,At its initial meeting, the planning team should: Develop a mission statement. Develop the
event objectives. AND - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Determine the necessary
components of the public safety plan.
One reason for developing contingency plans for permit-approved special events is to: - **🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Evaluate high-risk, high-impact events more thoroughly.
A multidisciplinary planning team should be composed of the promoter or sponsor and all: -
**🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Agencies that hold a stake in the event.
Planners should assign ___________________ to events that are expected to draw very large
crowds and impact mobility throughout the community. - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰
✔✔A traffic management group
A rock festival has been planned for this weekend. The promoter and sponsor have been
advertising the festival for weeks. On the day before the event, large crowds of teens and
young adults swarmed into the area. Many spent the night drinking and using drugs. By the
morning of the event, several fights had already broken out between competing local gangs.
The Mayor and City Council want to cancel the festival, but the sponsor is balking. Which
statement below describes the preferable way to deal with such an event? - **🔰 VERIFIED
ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Agreement on who could cancel the event should have been reached
during event planning.
Whether you are handling a routine emergency, organizing for a special event, or managing
the response to a major disaster, the five major management functions that must be covered
are: Command, Planning, Logistics, Finance/Administration, AND - **🔰 VERIFIED
ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Operations
The purpose of public safety special event planning is to: - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰
✔✔Plan for incidents that might impact or result from the event.
To help reunite lost children with their parents or guardians, event planners should: - **🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Designate "meet me" locations throughout the site.
, The placement of launch pads for pyrotechnic displays must anticipate the: - **🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Prevailing wind direction and strength.
Crowds are complex social structures that can assume roles that are different from the
personalities of the individuals. Those who provide verbal support for crowd leaders are
called: - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Cheerleaders
Having a pre-event emergency plan in place will help: - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰
✔✔Reduce response times for first-response agencies.
Because ___________________________ provide a less confrontational security presence,
this technique has been effective with young audiences. - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰
✔✔Peer security personnel
___________________________ is a main factor in determining stage configuration. - **🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Expected crowd behavior
Which position is responsible for establishing incident objectives, strategies, and priorities
and has overall responsibility for managing an incident. - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰
✔✔Incident Commander
A special events hazard analysis should include analysis of: - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰
✔✔Special and unique hazards inherent in the event.
responsible for ensuring that assigned incident personnel are fed and have communications,
medical support, and transportation as needed to meet the operational objectives - **🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Logistics Section Chief is
The Operations Section Chief - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔directs tactical actions to
achieve the incident objects
ANSWERS
If additional response resources are thought to be required for an incident at a special event,
a good option for obtaining those resources is to: - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰
✔✔Develop mutual aid and assistance agreements with neighboring communities.
A special event: Is nonroutine. Places a strain on community resources. May involve a large
number of people. - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Requires special permits or
additional planning, preparation, and mitigation.
Sponsors of organized auto races conducted by professional racing organizations at
permanent facilities typically have sophisticated contingency plans available. - **🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔TRUE
A national organization has been issued a permit to demonstrate at the State capitol
building. An opposing group has threatened to turn out to disrupt the demonstration. Public
safety officials are concerned that the demonstration may turn violent. What should they
do? - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Develop contingency plans to address the
potentially violent situation.
The Public Information Officer, the Safety Officer, and the Liaison Officer are all part of the:
- **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Command Staff
One area of great concern in special events planning is the physical setup of the event. Both
temporary and permanents structures must comply with: - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰
✔✔Local building codes
User Pays policies are intended to: - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Offset the costs of
public services at special events
,Because each special event is somewhat different from others, a hazard analysis should be
conducted prior to each event. - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔TRUE
One of the many advantages of using a team approach to planning for special events is: -
**🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Professional relationships developed during planning
translate into better cooperation during emergencies.
The use of ___________________________ is/are a good way to protect the bases of
temporary structures from damage by vehicular traffic. - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰
✔✔Buffer zones
Spontaneous events present unique difficulties to public safety personnel because they offer
no warning. - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔TRUE
One way for special event planners to gather information about event specifics is to require
the promoter or sponsor to: - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Obtain permits
Hampton is a rural community in the Midwest. The local high school football team has just
won the State championship. The team has never won a championship in any sport before.
The community is sponsoring a parade to celebrate the win. Thousands of people are
expected to turn out for the event, including many from surrounding communities. There
isn't much time to plan the parade, and the Mayor is concerned about whether Hampton's
four-person police department can manage traffic and control the anticipated crowd. Is this
a special event? - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔YES
When assessing food safety measures at a special event, the planning team should consider
the vendor compliance with appropriate State and local regulations related to food
preparation, handling, distribution, and storing of food. - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰
✔✔TRUE
,At its initial meeting, the planning team should: Develop a mission statement. Develop the
event objectives. AND - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Determine the necessary
components of the public safety plan.
One reason for developing contingency plans for permit-approved special events is to: - **🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Evaluate high-risk, high-impact events more thoroughly.
A multidisciplinary planning team should be composed of the promoter or sponsor and all: -
**🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Agencies that hold a stake in the event.
Planners should assign ___________________ to events that are expected to draw very large
crowds and impact mobility throughout the community. - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰
✔✔A traffic management group
A rock festival has been planned for this weekend. The promoter and sponsor have been
advertising the festival for weeks. On the day before the event, large crowds of teens and
young adults swarmed into the area. Many spent the night drinking and using drugs. By the
morning of the event, several fights had already broken out between competing local gangs.
The Mayor and City Council want to cancel the festival, but the sponsor is balking. Which
statement below describes the preferable way to deal with such an event? - **🔰 VERIFIED
ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Agreement on who could cancel the event should have been reached
during event planning.
Whether you are handling a routine emergency, organizing for a special event, or managing
the response to a major disaster, the five major management functions that must be covered
are: Command, Planning, Logistics, Finance/Administration, AND - **🔰 VERIFIED
ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Operations
The purpose of public safety special event planning is to: - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰
✔✔Plan for incidents that might impact or result from the event.
To help reunite lost children with their parents or guardians, event planners should: - **🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Designate "meet me" locations throughout the site.
, The placement of launch pads for pyrotechnic displays must anticipate the: - **🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Prevailing wind direction and strength.
Crowds are complex social structures that can assume roles that are different from the
personalities of the individuals. Those who provide verbal support for crowd leaders are
called: - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Cheerleaders
Having a pre-event emergency plan in place will help: - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰
✔✔Reduce response times for first-response agencies.
Because ___________________________ provide a less confrontational security presence,
this technique has been effective with young audiences. - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰
✔✔Peer security personnel
___________________________ is a main factor in determining stage configuration. - **🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Expected crowd behavior
Which position is responsible for establishing incident objectives, strategies, and priorities
and has overall responsibility for managing an incident. - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰
✔✔Incident Commander
A special events hazard analysis should include analysis of: - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰
✔✔Special and unique hazards inherent in the event.
responsible for ensuring that assigned incident personnel are fed and have communications,
medical support, and transportation as needed to meet the operational objectives - **🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Logistics Section Chief is
The Operations Section Chief - **🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔directs tactical actions to
achieve the incident objects
