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Unit VII Flashcards

Learn about the Area Command, ESFs, NIMS, and more key aspects of emergency management. Understand how to mitigate, respond, recover from disasters effectively. Stay prepared with the Preparedness Cycle.

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Unit VII Flashcards

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  1. Unit VII Flashcards Chapter 11

  2. #1 Area command (AC) Review A command center used to coordinate the management of multiple incidents that are themselves being managed by individual incident management organizations or for managing multiple incident management teams at a single large-scale event MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

  3. #2 Emergency management Review The discipline charged with mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery functions associated with disaster response MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

  4. #3 Emergency operations center (EOC) Review A command center used to carry out the functions of emergency management during a large-scale event or disaster (Operating at the strategic level, EOCs assist on-scene ICs with logistical resources, policy, and other support functions.) MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

  5. #4 Emergency support functions (ESFs) Review Functions that provide the structure for coordinating interagency support for a federal response to an incident MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

  6. #5 Hazards Review Those items or events that have the potential to cause harm, damage, or otherwise negatively impact the community and its residents MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

  7. #6 Incident action plan (IAP) Review A written plan of action outlining incident objectives, strategy, and tactics for a given operational period (The IAP also identifies the incident’s command structure, safety concerns, and other logistical requirements.) MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

  8. #7 Incident management team (IMT) Review A team of qualified and trained individuals deployed to assist local ICs with support, command, and/or control of an incident. IMTs are categorized by type; type 1 is national level; type 2 national/state; type 3 state/regional; and type 4/5 county/local MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

  9. #8 Mitigation Review The efforts taken to reduce loss of life and property by lessening the impact of disasters when they do occur MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

  10. #9 Mutual aid box alarm system (MABAS) Review A system of organizing resources for the purpose of responding to request for mutual aid MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

  11. #10 National Incident Management System (NIMS) Review A nationally recognized, comprehensive approach to incident management involving the following components: preparedness, communications and information management, resource management, command and management, and ongoing management and maintenance MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

  12. #11 Operational period Review The period of incident operations covered by an incident action plan, usually between 4 and 24 hours, as determined by command MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

  13. #12 Preparedness Review A continuous cycle of planning, organizing, training, equipping, exercising, evaluating, and taking corrective action to ensure effective coordination during incident response MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

  14. #13 Preparedness cycle Review A continuous cycle of planning organizing, and equipping responders; training; exercising plans and responses; and improving them through a formal evaluation process MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

  15. #14 Recovery Review Efforts to return a community to normal after a major event or emergency (Recovery is the fourth function of emergency management.) MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

  16. #15 Response Review A function of emergency management referring to the coordinated response of local, state, national, and federal resources and their coordination and command structures to incidents MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

  17. ReferencePractice, D. (2017). Chief officer: Principles and Practice (2nd ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning. END REVIEW

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