Test Your Knowledge on Incident Management and National Incident Management Syst...

Study Notes

The incident commander must manage resources, ensure firefighter safety, and target priorities.
Good communications are essential to decision making.
The National Incident Management System (NIMS) enables the IC to delegate tasks and make decisions at both major and minor incidents.
NIMS should be used by the entire response community, not just fire departments.
A unified command can be used when more than one jurisdiction or agency has responsibility.
Strong command presence is critical to firefighter safety.
The initial report should confirm incident location, type, and conditions.
Staging areas should be established for resources not immediately assigned to a task.
NIMS organizational structure develops in a modular fashion based on the type and size of the incident.
All radio communications should be in plain English, not codes, and confined to essential messages.
Incident management teams assist the incident commander in managing an incident.
The incident safety officer enforces safety practices and coordinates with other agencies.
The intelligence/information section provides information related to preventing criminal activity.
The logistics section obtains necessary supplies, equipment, and facilities.
The National Incident Management System enables effective response to domestic incidents.
The operations section manages tactical units deployed at an incident scene.
The planning section gathers and evaluates information and tracks resource status.
The public information officer interfaces with the public, media, and other agencies.
The two-in/two-out rule mandates that fire fighters work in crews of at least two people.
Unified command allows multiple agencies to manage an emergency incident with a common set of objectives and strategies.