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- 4. A member of the command staff who is the point of contact for assisting or coordinating agencies.
- 7. A person in a supervisory level position responsible for a functional area of operation.
- 8. Section responsible for all tactical operations at the incident.
- 12. The act of directing and/or controlling resources by virtue of explicit legal, agency, or delegated authority.
- 13. Individuals or crews operating independently of the established ICS structure.
- 16. A member of the command staff who is responsible for monitoring and assessing safety hazards or unsafe situations and for developing measures for ensuring personnel safety.
- 18. A rank structure, spanning the fire fighter through the fire chief, for managing a fire department and fire-ground operations.
- 21. A program focused on improved situational awareness, sound critical decision making, effective communication, proper task allocation, and successful teamwork and leadership.
- 22. A member of the command staff who is responsible for interfacing with the public and media or with other agencies with incident-related information requirements.
- 24. Section responsible for the collection, evaluation, and dissemination of tactical information related to the incident, and for the preparation and documentation of the Incident Action Plan.
- 28. A person in a supervisory level position in either the operations or logistics function to provide a span of control.
- 30. A supervisory level established in either the operations or logistics function to provide a span of control.
- 31. The individual responsible for command of a company, a designation not specific to any particular fire department rank.
- 33. Consists of the public information officer, safety officer, and liaison officer, all of whom report directly to the incident commander and are responsible for functions in the incident management system that are not a part of the function of the line organization.
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- 1. Any combination of resources assembled to support a specific mission or operational need.
- 2. Section responsible for providing facilities, services, and material support for the incident.
- 3. The individual responsible for all incident activities, including the development of strategies and tactics and the ordering and release of resources.
- 5. That organizational level having responsibility for operations within a defined geographic location.
- 6. The principle that each person within an organization reports to one and only one designated supervisor.
- 7. A group of incident management personnel organized according to function and reporting to the incident commander, normally consisting of the operations section chief, planning section chief, logistics section chief, and finance/administration section chief.
- 9. A set number of resources of the same kind and type that have an established minimum number of personnel.
- 10. A person, at the first level of progression as defined in Chapter 4 of NFPA 1001, who has demonstrated the knowledge and skills to function as an integral member of a firefighting team under direct supervision in hazardous conditions.
- 11. An application of the Incident Command System used when there is more than one agency with incident jurisdiction or when incidents cross political jurisdictions.
- 14. A verbal or written plan containing incident objectives reflecting the overall strategy and specific control actions where appropriate for managing an incident or planned event.
- 15. A person in a supervisory level position responsible for a specific geographic area of operations at an incident.
- 17. An incident management system developed in the 1970's for day-to-day fire department incidents (generally handled with fewer than 25 units or companies).
- 19. A person, at the second level of progression as defined in Chapter 5 on NFPA 1001, who has demonstrated the skills and depth of knowledge to function under general supervision.
- 20. A team of two or more fire fighters.
- 23. Established to divide the incident management structure into functional assignments of operation.
- 25. Section responsible for all costs and financial actions of the incident or planned event, including the time unit, procurement unit, compensation/claims unit, and the cost unit.
- 26. The combination of facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures, and communications operating within a common organizational structure that has responsibility for the management of assigned resources
- 27. Fire Resources of California Organized for Potential Emergencies; an organization of agencies established in the early 1970s to develop a standardized system for managing fire resources at large-scale incidents.
- 29. A system that provides a consistent nationwide approach for federal, state, local, and tribal governments; the private sector; and nongovernmental organizations to work effectively and efficiently together to prepare for, respond to, and recover from domestic incidents, regardless of cause, size, or complexity.
- 32. The number of subordinates one individual can effectively supervise; in the Incident Command System, the optimal span of control is five, but it can range from three to seven.