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| responsible for overall management of the incident. Directly controls the command staff and section chiefs |
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| work directly under the incident commander |
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| responsible for developing and recommending measures for assuring personnel safety and to assess and/or anticipate hazardous and unsafe situations. |
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| responsible for developing and releasing information about the incident to the news media, incident personnel, and to other appropriate groups or agencies |
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| public information officer |
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| the contact for the personnel assigned to the incident by assisting or cooperating agencies not involved with tactical assignments or in a unified command |
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| responsible for collection, evaluation, dissemination and use of information about the development of the incident and the status of resources |
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| responsible for tracking expenses of the operation including: equipment, supplies and man-hours. |
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| responsible for the accumulation, location and distribution of all needed equipment |
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| which general staff position conducts tactical operations, develops the tactical objectives and organization, and directs all tactical resources? |
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| The ability to communicate within ICS is absolutely critical. To ensure efficient, clear communication, ICS requires the use of: |
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| Which general staff position prepares and documents the incident action plan, collects and evaluates information, maintains resource status, and maintains documentation for incident records? |
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| Which command staff position serves as the primary contact for supporting agencies assigned to an incident? |
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| Expansion of incidents may require the delegation of authority for the performance of operations, planning, logistics, and finance/administration functions. The people who perform these four management functions are designated as the: |
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| which incident facility is the location where personnel and equipment are kept while waiting for tactical assignments? |
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| Which general staff position manages costs related to the incident, and provides accounting, procurement, time recording, and cost analyses? |
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| finance/administration section chief |
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| There is no correlation between the ICS organization and the administrative structure of any single agency or jurisdiction. This is deliberate because: |
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| confusion between agency position titles/ organizational structures and the ICS structure needs to be avoided |
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| After check-in you should? |
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| locate your incident supervisor and obtain your initial briefing |
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| which position is the only one that is always staffed in ICS applications? |
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| Which incident facility is positioned outside of the present and potential hazard area, but close enough to the incident to maintain command? |
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| number of individuals or resources one incident supervisor can manage effectively |
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| At which incident facility are resources kept to support incident operations if a base is not accessible to all resources? |
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