NIMS ICS 400 FINAL EXAM (Actual / ) 18 Questions And 100% Verified Answers.
What are complex incidents?Involve multijurisdictional and/or multidisciplinary efforts of more than one agency and/or political jurisdiction
What are characteristics of complex incidents?-Require numerous tactical and support resources normally exceeding the jurisdiction's internal resource capacity
- Span multiple operational periods (days, weeks,
years) -Draw national media interest
Unity of Command vs Unity of Effort 5.10 Unified Command is an ICS application used when more than one agency has incident jurisdiction or when incidents cross political 1 / 2
jurisdictions. IMproves cooperation
Unity of command is a NIMS guiding principle stating that each individual involved in incident management reports to and takes direction from only one person.
Common Coordination Organizations
Decision Makers:
- MAC Groups, crisis action teams, policy commit, agency
execs
Facilities/Ops supports elements:
- Dispatch centers, EOCS, Department ops centers, national
ops centers
Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Primary Function Collect analyze and share info, support resource needs and requests
Mulitagency Coordination Group (MAC Group) 5.20
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