ICS 100, Introduction to the Incident Command System, introduces the Incident Command System (ICS) and provides the foundation for higher level ICS training. This course describes the history, characteristics and principles as well as the organizational structure of the dispatch system.
It also explains the relationship between ICS and the National Incident Management System (NIMS).
The Emergency Management Institute has developed its ICS courses in collaboration with:
- National Forest Fire Coordination Group (NWCG)
- US Department of Agriculture
- National Fire Programs Branch der United States Fire Administration
FEMA IS-100.C: Introduction to the Incident Command System
- One of the benefits of ICS is that it provides an orderly, systematic ___________ process.
Mission
Security
recreation
planning - Which Joint Chiefs of Staff is responsible for ensuring that assigned operational personnel are fed, have communications, medical support, and transportation to achieve the operational objective?
Head of Logistics
security officer
Public Relations Officer
Head of the planning department - Check-in, incident action planning, personal accountability, and asset tracking are all necessary to ensure:
flexibility
Accountability
sustainability
redundancy - The whole community approach refers to various organizations within the federal government.
TRUE
INCORRECT - The following are responsible for setting up the ICS modular organization:
Operations section.
Mission Commander
Local Authorities
Section Logistics - The Incident Command System (ICS) is only applicable to large, complex incidents.
TRUE
INCORRECT - The liaison officer:
Provides resources and required services to support incident objectives.
Tracks resources and maintains incident documentation.
Provides information to the public.
Is the contact for other emergency organizations. - The Incident Command System (ICS) can be used to manage any type of incident, including planned events.
TRUE
INCORRECT - Which ICS function is responsible for documenting administrative assistance agreements?
planning
incident command
The operation
Finance/Administration - Which of the following facilities are typical incident facilities?
Point-of-Distribution-Sites
Lager
Operational Command Post
all of the above - Which section organizes, allocates, and oversees tactical response resources?
planning
The operation
Logistics
Finance/Administration - What NIMS management feature is necessary to achieve situational awareness and facilitate information sharing?
Accountability
Comprehensive resource management
chain of command and command unit
Integrated communication - Which Joint Chiefs of Staff prepares incident action plans, maintains information, and maintains situational awareness of the incident?
Head of the planning department
Head of Operations Department
Head of Logistics
Head of Finance/Administration Department - Manageable span of control refers to:
There is an orderly line of authority within the ranks of the accident management organization.
The act of directing, ordering or controlling by express statutory, regulatory or delegated authority.
The process of transferring command and control responsibility from one commander to another.
The number of people or resources that a supervisor can effectively manage during an incident. - In a unified command, members representing multiple jurisdictions and agencies work together to establish:
situational awareness
Incident Goals
Resource Allocations
Joint Agency Authority - Who appoints the commander-in-chief and the procedure for delegating command?
The section heads
The Incident Commander for the previous deployment period
The jurisdiction or organization with primary responsibility for the incident
The Command Staff - In order to avoid overloading the task force, resources should not be self-distributed (provided on the fly).
TRUE
INCORRECT - To ensure efficient and clear communication, the National Incident Management System Characteristics recommend the use of:
Common terminology
Agency specific codes
jargon
acronyms - Collecting, storing, and inventorying resources is part of which NIMS management property?
Accountability
Accident facilities and locations
Comprehensive resource management
Unified command - Which NIMS management characteristic relates to personnel requested by appropriate authorities and established resource management systems?
Shipping/ Provision
Accident facilities and locations
leadership through goals
Manageable span of control - Which ICS functional area provides resources and required services to support the achievement of the incident goals?
planning
The operation
Logistics
Finance/Administration - Who handles media inquiries at the scene of the incident?
Media work specialist
Public Relations Officer
liaison officer
Communications Officer - command is:
Based on the number of people or resources a supervisor can effectively manage during an incident.
Directing, ordering or controlling by express statutory, regulatory or delegated authority.
The ability to control the exchange of information within and between organizations involved in an incident.
Accepted by whoever is the most senior person in the scene, regardless of experience or training level. - Qualification, certification and attestation staff are part of which NIMS management features?
Accountability
Comprehensive resource management
Accident facilities and locations
Information and Intelligence Management - The Operations Control System (ICS) is:
A relatively new approach developed on the basis of lessons learned from the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
A standardized approach to incident management applicable to all threats.
A military system used in domestic incidents to ensure command and control over federal resources.
Best suited for managing complex incidents that span many hours or days. - When the incident commander appoints personnel to provide public information, security and liaison services, the personnel are collectively referred to as:
Director of Human Resources
incident personnel
management
Command staff - Which ICS function monitors the costs associated with the incident and provides billing, procurement, time tracking, and cost analysis?
command
The operation
Logistics
Finance/Administration - Within the characteristics of the National Accident Management System, the concept of common terminology includes all of the following EXCEPT:
organizational functions
Technical specifications
Resource Descriptions
accident facilities - The squad leader is selected by:
Jurisdiction or organization with primary responsibility for the incident
Head of Emergency Response
Public Relations Officer
planning officer - Which member of command and staff interfaces with other agencies to meet incident-related information requirements?
liaison officer
security officer
Public Relations Officer
commander - When partners representing multiple jurisdictions or agencies work together to establish the objectives of the incident, what type of command is used?
Mutual command
area command
Unified command
multiple command - Which ICS function tracks resources, collects and analyzes information, and maintains documentation?
planning
The operation
Logistics
Finance/Administration - The Incident Commander or Unified Commander establishes Incident Objectives, which include:
Identify strategies, tactics, tasks and activities to achieve the goals.
Selection of personnel for the Incident Management Team.
Delegate functional responsibilities and specify resource types.
Building a manageable span of control. - Which ICS functional area determines tactics and directs all operational resources to achieve incident objectives?
planning
The operation
Logistics
Finance/Administration - Which position is always occupied in ICS applications?
Public Relations Officer
Mission Commander
Head of Operations Department
security officer - When the command is transmitted, the process a(n) should contain:
award ceremony
briefing
Detailed lessons learned report
intelligence report - Which Joint Chiefs of Staff negotiates and oversees contracts, maintains documentation for reimbursement, and oversees timekeeping for responders?
Head of Logistics
Head of Operations Department
Head of the planning department
Head of Finance/Administration Department - An Incident Action Plan is captured and communicates the overall operational and support activities for an Incident.
TRUE
INCORRECT - Which NIMS management feature can include collecting, analyzing and evaluating weather service data by technical specialists?
Integrated communication
Information and Intelligence Management
Accident facilities and locations
leadership through goals - Who has overall responsibility for on-site incident management?
Head of the Emergency Operations Center
agency manager
Mission Commander
Head of Operations Department - Which Joint Chiefs of Staff directs all responses and tactics to achieve incident objectives?
Head of the planning department
Head of the tactics department
Head of Operations Department
Head of Operations Department
Answers to Learn
NIM
The National Incident Management System provides an approach to guide authorities to recover from an incident and reduce loss of life, property and environmental damage
HSPD-5
Presidential Homeland Security policy requires local and tribal DHS state governments to establish NRF and NIMS
DHS
Department of Homeland Security
NIM
National Accident Management System
NRF
National response framework as in org chart who does what command structure
PPD-8
Describes the nature and approach to preparing and involving the whole community, individuals, businesses and religious organizations, schools and tribes, and all levels of government
NRF Guide
Describes how the nation conducts all emergency response and all agencies apply the principles for a coordinated effective national response
Lager
Located in the accident area, separate from the scene of the accident, equipped and staffed to provide sleeping food, etc. for the accident personnel
function
5 main activities in the ICS: leadership, operations, planning, logistics and finance/administration
JIC
Common information center to coordinate all public information activities related to incidents for all authorities
IS
The common information system integrates incident information and public affairs and provides structure and system for developing and transmitting messages on behalf of the IC incident commander
NIMS includes
Readiness, communications, resource management, command management, ongoing management and maintenance. Engineered to work together
NIMS Command and Management Components/Elements
Operations control system, multi-agency coordination systems and public information
Unified Command UC
The incident management system application is used when more than one agency is responsible for incidents or when incidents cross political responsibilities.
Common operating picture
Mission Commander
Has the authority to set goals, assign tasks, and order resources
chain of command
Does not prevent employees from communicating with each other
Guide unit
Report and receive work orders only from your ICS manager
Steps for handling incidents
Establish a first line of command, assess the situation, take measures to ensure life safety, set up perimeter control and security, identify resource gaps, request mutual help and support
Incident goals set based on the following priorities
Life safety, accident stabilization, property protection
IAP
Action plan for incidents. Specifies immediate objectives, indicates activities to be completed, covers a time frame called an operation., Perhaps verbal or written, except for hazardous materials incidents which require a written IAP
IAP answers these questions
What do we have to do? Who is responsible for that? What resources are needed? How do we communicate?
The ICS structure requires each element to have how many owners
Each element has a responsible person
span of control
The number of people or resources that a supervisor can effectively manage during an incident. Very from 3 to 7 and a ratio of one superior to five subordinates
ICS. Resources you really need to know about
What resources are needed and available, and where the provided resources are located.
Resource management includes processes
Identify resource requirements, order upon acquisition, mobilize and deploy, track and report, recover and demobilize, reimburse and maintain inventory
ICP
Operational Command Post
Information and Intelligence Management
Risk assessments, violent threats, disease outbreak monitoring, weather forecasts, structural plans and vulnerabilities
Situational implications for accident management assisted dwelling collapse
Take actions to keep responders safe, prioritize needs, determine incident objectives and determine resource needs
ICS enables
Enables a coordinated response across jurisdictions and agencies, establishes common processes for resource planning and management, and enables integration of plant equipment personnel procedures with communications operated within a common organizational structure
What is the first thing you would do after the incident?
First Response Command established, assessors assess situation, take action to ensure safety of life, establish perimeter control and security, identify resource gaps, request assistance
What questions should the incident action plan ask?
What do we have to do? Who is responsible for that? What resources are needed? How do we communicate?
ICS is a modular organization
Top-down based on size and complexity, determined based on incident goals and resource requirements, expands and shrinks as needed, and requires an owner accountable for each element
What is span of control
Number of people or resources that a supervisor can effectively manage during an incident
Spanish control over incidents varies from
3-7 and one superior to five subordinates
ICP
Operational Command Post
stage area
Resources waiting to be used
Base
logistic administrations
helipad
Location from which helicopter-centric flight operations are conducted
helipad
Temporary location for helicopters that can land and take off
Accountability checklist
Check in, Incident Action Plan, Command Unit, Span of Control, Transportation of Resources
What is your first task after the assignment?
Review and order received
What do you do next after you've checked in and received an assignment?
Find your accident attendant and get your briefing
Briefings should include
Assessment of the situation, incident objectives, responsibilities, ICS structure, work area location, identification of break areas, resource sourcing instructions, work shifts, safety procedures, personal protective equipment
Are you sure you're replying without being sent?
NO
Common terminology includes what
Organizational functions, resource descriptions, incident response communications
Guide unit
Means that all individuals have a specific manager to whom they report
What is unified command
Incidents involving multiple jurisdictions, a single jurisdiction involving multiple agencies. Allows agencies to collaborate
Management by Objectives umfasst
Setting overall incident goals, developing strategy, developing a problem means task plans, procedures and protocols, establishing measurable tactics or tasks
Five main management functions
command, operations, planning, but only sticks,financeand administration
command specifies something
Is it an objective strategy and priorities and has overall responsibility for
company does something
Can duck operations to meet incident objectives, set tactics and direct all operational resources
planning does something
Supports the incident response planning process by deploying resources by truck to gather and analyze information and maintain documentation
Logistics
Provides resources that require services to support the achievement of incident objectives
finance and administration
Monitors costs associated with the incident and provides lead time accounting and cost analysis
The operations manager bears the overall responsibility
Set goals, plan strategies, implement tactics. In case of small incidents in advance, they can perform all management functions
If your department isn't manned, the operations manager will do something
Manage these functions yourself
What is the operations manager responsible for?
Overall security during incidents, providing information services to internal and external stakeholders, establishing and maintaining collaboration with other entities involved in the incident
Incident commanders me. How many MPs?
One, and they must be qualified as they are
Deputy operational commanders can be appointed
Perform tasks requested by IC, perform incident command function, represented in support agency
What is management doing to you?
Provides information, security, and connection services for the organization
What does the general stuff do?
Signed functional authority for operations, planning, logistics, and finance and administration
Command staff
Public Relations Officer, Security Officer, Liaison Officer.
liaison officer
Serves as the primary point of contact for others providing assistance in the event of an incident
Which four sections may the operations manager set up?
Operation, planning, logistics, finance and administration
What does the business part do?
Directs all responses and tactics to achieve incident objectives
What does logistics do
Activated as needed to support incident response
What will the incident commander notice first?
The remaining sections are only operated as required
What does using consistent titles ensure?
People from different organizations have the same credentials and qualifications
Who is responsible for a strike team or task force?
Lead and support position is a single resource chief
What is the title of the organizationlevel of a unit?
Leader is the title and the support position is manager
Who is responsible for a department or group?
Supervisor and there is no support position
Who is responsible for the overall management of the incident?
Operations manager with support function as deputy
Who is responsible for supervising a branch?
Director
What is the organizational level of the management staff?
Title as officer and support position as assistant
Who is responsible for supervising a branch?
Director and support position is deputy
Who is responsible for functional areas such as operations?
Boss, support position is deputy
Signing by MEPs from other organizations can increase what
Inter-agency coordination
Section heads are designated
general staff
operations department chie
Develops and implements strategy tactics to achieve incident objectives and organizes the allocation and monitoring of tactical response resources. The operations manager is the person with the greatest technical expertise in dealing with the problem at hand
What are individual resources
Individuals Equipment Crew or Team
Individual resources can be organized into two different types of teams
Task Forces or Strike Teams
task force
The mixed resource combination was quiet and communications operated under the direct supervision of a
strike teams
Consist of similar resources with common communication operated under the direct supervision of a leader
What items can be added to the operations section to manage the span of control
Groups are departments
What type of organization is the division?
East to split an incident geographically
What are groups called?
Functional areas of application
Whom can the operations manager add to oversee groups and departments
You can add branches, with the person responsible being called the director
When an operations manager begins to organize resources into functional areas, the correct additive is invoked
group
Who decides whether to add the planning section?
The task force commander
What are the main activities of the planning department?
Gathering evaluations in viewing incident information and intelligence, preparing and documenting incident action plans, maintaining incident documentation, and developing plans for demobilization
The main planning sections include the following
Resource unit, location unit, documentation unit, demobilization unit
Who decides whether to add the logistics area?
The task force commander
What does the head of the logistics department do?
Ensure adequate resources, personal supplies, and equipment are available to meet incident objectives. They keep their span of control but add branch managers to the unit managers
What is the logistics area are the main activities?
Order, obtain accounting for essential personnel equipment and supplies, provide communications planning and resources, set up emergency responder meal services, set up and maintain emergency facilities, provide support transportation, provide medical services to the emergency responder
Which six units may be set up in the logistics area?
Supply Unit, Ground Support Unit, Facility Unit, Food Unit, Communications Unit, Medical Unit,
What four units can be set up by finance and administration
Compensation unit, claim unit, cost unit, procurement unit, time unit
Who transports personally?
The head of the planning department
Who conducts activities such as search and rescue and first aid?
The head of the operations department
Unified command institution in the responding authorities merge into an integrated, unified team, resulting in
Shared understanding of priorities and constraints, single set of incident objectives, collaborative strategies, improved workflow, less duplication, better resource utilization
How do they make decisions under unified leadership?
Joint decisions and differences are worked out
Which section maintains the command unit?
Operations section
Which authority encourages the use of uniform orders?
NIM
Under the command unit H, the agency retains its
Authority, responsibility and accountability
Uniform command functions
Shared facilities, single incident planning process and action plan, integrated commons, coordinated resource ordering process
Coordination of Incidents
Creates policies based on interactions with agency leaders, other agencies and stakeholders, collects analysis and disseminates information to support a common operational picture, prioritizes its incidents, resolves critical resource issues, facilitates distichs support and resource tracking, syncs public information to to ensure everyone speaks with one voice
EOC
Emergency Response Center
An EOC is
A physical location, equipped with personal training and authorized to represent your agency, equipped with communication resources, managed according to protocols applicable at different levels of government
JIC
Common Information Center. Coordinates all incident-related public information and is a one-stop shop for all news media
ICS will hold you accountable soon
Adhering to policies, procedures and guidelines, working towards the objectives in the incident action plan, ensuring chain and chain of command unity by following directions from your incident supervisor, managing your stress and behaving professionally during the incident
Initial briefings should include
Current assessment of the situation, identification of your job responsibilities, identification of your employees, work area location, identification of break areas, resource procurement instructions, hours of operation and work shifts, safety procedures and PPE. Personal protective equipment
Recording policies are
Print or type all entries, enter dates in month, day and year format, Andrew date and time on all forms and records and use local time, fill in all blanks with and N/A, use military where appropriate 24 hour time
What are the key ICS features?
standardization, i.e. H. general terminology, command, including transfer of command and unity of command, planning, facilities and resources, communication, professionalism, deployment,
The event command denotes public information, security and lies and services. These are referred to as what
Command staff
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FAQs
Is ICS 100 open book? ›
The ICS exams are a two-hour exam. It is not open book or open note.
How long does the ICS 100 course take? ›You should allow 2 to 4 hours to take one of these courses. Allow more time if it's your first course, i.e.: IS-100. HCB. Independent Study program office as they are unable to provide assistance with these requests.
What is the Incident Command System answer? ›The Incident Command System or ICS is a standardized, on-scene, all-risk incident management concept. ICS allows its users to adopt an integrated organizational structure to match the complexities and demands of single or multiple incidents without being hindered by jurisdictional boundaries.
What is the operations section chief ICS 100? ›Operations Section Chief
This means that I organize, assign, and supervise all of the tactical field resources assigned to an incident, including air operations and those resources in a staging area. I work very closely and coordinate my activities with the other members of the Command and General Staff.”
If you did not pass, you are allowed to take the exam as many times as needed to pass.
How long is the ICS 100 test? ›Estimated completion time: 4 hours.