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Question 1. Define the term crises.
Question 2. What is the 6 step incident response? Please list the steps.
Question 3. Define NIMS, and ICS. How are they similar? How are they different?
Question 4.The federal government has imposed stipulations to state and local governments that federal disaster assistance funding will be denied if these government agencies do not train their personnel on NIMS and establish policies to use the ICS form of response to critical incidents/disasters. Do you feel this is justified? Why or why not?
Question 5. In many jurisdictions across the country, there is resistance between the different public safety agencies (law enforcement, fire, EMS) who must respond to handle a critical incident. What kind of problems could this cause when a critical incident occurs? How can this be eliminated?
Question 6. What are some of the characteristics of a good incident commander?
Question 7. It is August and you are on vacation in Indonesia. You go out to the beach on a beautiful day when suddenly you feel a mild earthquake. The earthquake is short lived, and the hundred of others enjoying the beautiful day hop back into the ocean when suddenly the water line starts receding... you are the incident commander. What is happening and what are you going to do to fix it?
Question 8. You are the assistant fire chief at a station in Wilmington. The chief has gone on vacation, and you are left in charge. You have never filled in for the chief, however it has been slow since it is December and the tourists are long gone. When the tones drop, you expect to hear how, once again, someone's memaw fell out of the bed and needs help getting up. To your horror, the dispatcher alerts you and your crew are being paged to a train wreck. Two trains collided, one of which was carrying hazardous materials. How will you proceed to manage this incident?