EMC012 Review Answers
To:   Emergency Communications Units - Information Bulletin
By:   Auxiliary Communications Service (ACS) of the California 
      Governor's Office of Emergency Services

Incident Command at the fire postponed to next bulletin in
order to provide the answers to the review questions in EMC011:
1. Three facilities established in a major incident are:
   Incident Command Post, Incident Base, Staging Area.
2. Five functional areas of basic ICS structure are:
   Command, Operations, Planning, Logistics, Finance
3. The 8 essential ICS components are:
   Common Terminology, Modular organization, Integrated
   Communications, Unified Command Structure, Consolidated
   Action Plans, Manageable Span-of-Control, Predesigned
   Incident Facilities, Comprehensive Resource Management
4. The Communications Unit leader reports to the Logistics 
   Section Chief
5. Staging areas are locations designated by the Operations
   Section Chief within the incident area which are used to
   temporarily locate resources so they are available for
   assignment by the Operations Chief on a 3 minute notice. 
6. Basic ICS structure has the Incident Command at the top,
   with four sections established according to incident
   needs: Operations, Planning, Logistics, and Finance.
7. ICS expands from the TOP down. One person may handle 
   all ICS functions in a small incident.
8. 3 communications plan elements: systems; frequencies and
   resource use; information transfer procedures.
9. 3 areas of common terminology in ICS are: Resources,
   Organizational Functions, and Facilities.
10. NIFQS is the certification system of NIMS.
11. Five communications networks for large incident:
    Command, Tactical, Support, Ground-to-Air, Air-to-Air.
12. Standardized ICS management levels: Incident Commander,
    Command Staff, Section Chief, Branch Director, Division
    Supervisor, Unit Leader.
13. Two reasons for a Unified Command system: multiple
    agency involvement or multi-jurisdictional incident 
14. The span-of-control of any person with management
    responsibility should range from 3-7, with 5 as a
    general rule-of-thumb.

Next Bulletin: INCIDENT command at the fire. 

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