Emergency Management coordinates and integrates activities needed to mitigate against, prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergencies due to all hazards.

Which of the following is NOT a feature of the Incident Command System (ICS) that makes it suited to manage incidents? [Remediation Accessed :N]

Organizational resources and facilities (wrong)

The Department of Defense (DOD) may require that your organization:

Develop and maintain an Emergency Operations Plan.

The Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 requires:

Jurisdictions seeking certain disaster assistance funding to have approved mitigation plans.

Preparedness is defined as actions taken to plan, organize, equip, train, and exercise to build and sustain the capabilities necessary to: Prevent, Protect against, _________________, Respond to, and Recover from those threats that pose the greatest risk.

Mitigate the effects of

Which of the following is NOT a recovery capability. [Remediation Accessed :N]

Providing adequate interim and long-term housing for survivors (wrong)

Immediate response, under DOD Directive 3025.18, Defense Support to Civil Authorities (DSCA), may include assistance to civil agencies in meeting the following needs EXCEPT?

Rescue, evacuation of personnel (wrong)

National Guard personnel providing support to the Governor of their State and are not part of Federal military response are classified as:

Title 32

All requests for military support to civil authority must be approved by?

The Secretary of Defense

Which plan outlines essential functions that must be performed during an incident that disrupts normal operations and the methods by which these functions are performed?

Continuity Plan

What plan is the centerpiece of the planning effort?

Emergency Operations Plan

When it is clear that State capabilities will be exceeded, which of the following individuals requests Federal assistance, including assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act)?

Governor

The National Incident Management System (NIMS): [Remediation Accessed :N]

Provides a proactive approach to ensuring that responders from across the country are organized, trained, and equipped in a manner that allows them to work together seamlessly.

Agency Executives/Senior Officials

Provide strategic direction and delegate the authority needed to accomplish the incident objectives.

During an incident, the senior official should:

Retain authority for making command and tactical response decisions. (wrong)

Select the FALSE statement from below:

It is advisable to make emergency management decisions during times of disaster rather than integrating these considerations into daily decisions.
While protecting the population is a primary responsibility of government, senior officials cannot accomplish this responsibility without building partnerships among disciplines and across all sectors, including the private sector.(true statement)
Emergency management coordinates and integrates activities and capabilities to address emergencies due to all hazards.(true statement)
Ideally, the emergency manager should report directly to the jurisdiction's chief elected official. This arrangement allows the senior official to have direct access to unfiltered information from the emergency manager.(true statement)

The Incident Command System (ICS) is a standardized, on-scene, incident management approach that is

Flexible and can be used for incidents of any type, scope, and complexity.

Which of the following is NOT a mitigation capability.

Rebuilding infrastructure systems
Efforts to improve the resilience of critical infrastructure and key resource lifelines (true)
Community-wide risks reduction projects (true)
Risk reduction for specific vulnerabilities from natural hazards or acts of terrorism (true)

One important function for executive/commanders is to make policy decisions, which of the following criteria would you NOT use in making these decisions? [Remediation Accessed :N]

Threat to responders (wrong)