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QUESTION 1

What did President Bush direct in February of 2003 to enhance the ability of the U.S. to manage domestic incidents?

ANSWER

A comprehensive National Incident Management System (NIMS) in order to enhance the ability of the US to manage domestic incidents.

QUESTION 2

What is the HSPD 5, and what did it direct the creation of?

ANSWER

Homeland Security Presidential Directive-5, directed the creation of the National Response Plan (NRP)

QUESTION 3

What is the NRP? What is it designed for?

ANSWER

Basis for the current framework the US uses to respond to national emergencies at the Federal, State, local, and tribal levels. NRP is designed to enhance coordination and interoperability between the levels of government for emergency responses.

QUESTION 4

What is the purpose of the Air Force Emergency Management Program?

ANSWER

It is an integrated program that coordinates and organizes efforts to prepare for, prevent, respond to, recover from, and mitigate emergency disasters. It also establishes clear progression of coordination and communication through the AF levels.

QUESTION 5

What AFI governs the AF EM Program?

ANSWER

AFI 10-2501, AF Emergency Management Program Planning and Operations

QUESTION 6

At the MAJCOM level, the EM planning and management structure includes an ______ that develops MAJCOM guidance and strategic plans.

ANSWER

Emergency Management Working Group

QUESTION 7

Who are included in the Planning and Management for AF EM?

ANSWER

Office of EM, Unit EM Rep, EMWG, and WIT

QUESTION 8

What are the responsibilities of the MAJCOM EMWG?

ANSWER

They address cross-functional issues affecting the AF EM program capabilities within the MAJCOM. They discuss trends, capabilities, policies, and shortfalls.

QUESTION 9

Who chairs the MAJCOM EMWG?

ANSWER

MAJCOM CE

QUESTION 10

How often does the MAJCOM EMWG meet?

ANSWER

semiannually

QUESTION 11

Which working groups does the MAJCOM EMWG collaborate with?

ANSWER

Threat WG, Anti Terrorism Threat WG, and CBRN WG

QUESTION 12

What AFI governs the MAJCOM EMWG?

ANSWER

AFI 10-2501, AF EM Program Planning and Ops **Pick this one for MAJCOM EMWG

QUESTION 13

What is the purpose of the Installation EMWG?

ANSWER

To ensure the installation has the capability to respond and recover from incidents and enable mission execution.

QUESTION 14

Who chairs the Installation EMWG?

ANSWER

Mission Support Group Commander

QUESTION 15

How often does the Installation EMWG meet?

ANSWER

Quarterly according to DODI 6055.17

QUESTION 16

What are the responsibilities of the Installation EMWG?

ANSWER

Recommend EM Exercise objectives Elevate issues to installation commander when action is beyond scope of EMWG Review Installation Emergency Management Plan (IEMP) 10-2

QUESTION 17

What is the purpose of the Disaster Response Force? Who are included?

ANSWER

They execute the preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation tasks outlined in the IEMP 10-2. CAT, Command Post, EOC, UCC, EOC, Specialized Teams, IC, First Responders, and Emergency Responders.

QUESTION 18

What is the IEMP 10-2? Who authors and reviews it?

ANSWER

Base plan on how to respond to a certain incident, created by CE-EM and should be reviewed by Bio annually and signed at the EMWG meeting.

QUESTION 19

What does the Crisis Action Team (CAT) do?

ANSWER

Devotes full-time attention to how the crisis affects mission execution.

QUESTION 20

The ____ does NOT focus on the management of the incident.

ANSWER

CAT

QUESTION 21

What does the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) do?

ANSWER

They are the focal point of support operations for the IC and the responders at incident site. Coordination of info and resources take place here.

QUESTION 22

The EOC is activated by the ___.

ANSWER

Incident Commander

QUESTION 23

How many Emergency Support Functions (ESF) does the EOC have? Which one does Bio belong in?

ANSWER

15 ESF's Bio is in ESF-8.

QUESTION 24

Where are all of the ESF responsibilities for the EOC found? In what manual?

ANSWER

AFMAN 10-2502, Att. 3

QUESTION 25

What does the Emergency Communications Center (ECC) do?

ANSWER

Encompasses fire, SF, and medical dispatch control centers. They are responsible for receiving initial incident notification, dispatching prescribed initial tactical response forces, and initiating emergency operation protocols.

QUESTION 26

What does the Unit Control Center (UCC) do?

ANSWER

Relays emergency information within the chain of command. Direct, monitor, and report mitigation and preparedness activities, and maintain unit continuity for command and control (C2). UCC's support the IC and the EOC. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: acting as a focal point within organization, maintain checklists and recall rosters, recall and supervise DRF elements, maintain log of events MCC belongs here.

QUESTION 27

What does the Senior Military Representative do?

ANSWER

liaison with media and outside agencies during high visibility incidents or to support the incident commander. Not required at most incidents.

QUESTION 28

What does the IC do?

ANSWER

Responsible for all incident activities including the development of strategies and tactics and ordering and release of resources. The IC has the overall authority for conducting and managing incident operations.

QUESTION 29

What do First Responders do?

ANSWER

Includes EM, EMT, SFS who immediately engage in activities to save lives, stabilize the incident, and prevent further property damage.

QUESTION 30

What do Emergency Responders do?

ANSWER

Response agencies who deploy after the first responders to expand C2 and perform support functions. They may include BE, SFS, med techs, EOD, nurses, PH, and mortuary affairs

QUESTION 31

What do Specialized teams do?

ANSWER

Formed from existing unit personnel to support emergency operations. This may include Shelter Management Team, Contamination Control Team, and the Post Attack Reconnaissance Team

QUESTION 32

What does the Recovery Operations Chief (ROC) do?

ANSWER

A SME in hazards at the incident that maintains control of site AFTER incident is over. Control site is officially transferred from the IC to the ROC.

QUESTION 33

How does the DRF Flowchart work?

ANSWER

See Flowchart brah.

QUESTION 34

What are the 5 phases of Incident Management?

ANSWER

Prevention Preparedness Response Recovery Mitigation

QUESTION 35

Describe the First Phase of Incident Management: Prevention

ANSWER

Includes broad categories of activities such as intelligence collection and analysis, active defense, proliferation, fire prevention, disease prevention, and contamination prevention. Involves actions to avoid an incident or to intervene to stop an incident from occurring Involves actions to protect lives and property Involves immunizations, isolation, and quarantine Involves investigations to determine full nature and source of threat

QUESTION 36

Describe the Second Phase of Incident Management: Preparation

ANSWER

A continuous cycle of planning, organizing, training, equipping, exercising, evaluating, and taking corrective action in an effort to ensure effective coordination during incident response.

QUESTION 37

Describe the Third Phase of Incident Management: Response

ANSWER

Deploying the DRF Executing immediate actions to save lives, protect property, and meet basic human needs Executing emergency ops plan based on IEMP-2 Applying intel and other info to lessen the effects of the incident Increasing security, continuing investigations and public health surveillance and testing processes, continuing immunizations, isolation and quarantine.

QUESTION 38

Describe the Fourth Phase of Incident Management: Recovery

ANSWER

The development, coordination, and execution of service and site restoration plans for impacted communities and the reconstitution of govt ops and services. Recovery planning and actions begin as soon as possible to ensure sustainment of crucial mission and restoration of normal operations. Operations may include implementing causality treatment, unexploded ordnance staffing, Contamination Control Area (CCA) processing, airfield damage repair and facility restoration.

QUESTION 39

Describe the Fifth Phase of Incident Management: Mitigation

ANSWER

Seeking to fix the cycle of disaster damage, reconstruction, and repeated damage. Has LONG TERM sustained effect Activities provide a critical foundation in the effort to reduce the loss of life and property from natural and manmade disasters by avoiding the impact of disaster and providing value to the public by creating safer communities.

QUESTION 40

What are common types of emergency response incidents?

ANSWER

Major accidents: Aircraft, Vehicle, and munitions Terrorist Use of CBRN Natural Disasters Conventional Attack: VBIED near hospital, ED on aircraft or IED on heavy traffic area

QUESTION 41

What are 3 useful response publications out there, and what can they tell you?

ANSWER

NIOSH Pocket Guide: Provides chemical hazard info such as ionization number, chemical formula, IDLH, exposure limits, MW, LEL, etc. TLV Booklet: Provides exposure limits, MW. Different b/c it gives skin notations as well as carcinogenicity and skin sensitivity ERG: ONLY USE DURING INITIAL PHASE (first 15 mins). Provides initial cordon sizes for large and small spills for day or night action if the spill involves a fire. It also provides PPE and first aid recommendations.

QUESTION 42

What are AEGL's?

ANSWER

Exposures (airborne concentrations in ppm) that involve accidental chemical exposures to the public. Differ from PELs and TLVs because they are based on acute toxicity and intended to include children and elderly.

QUESTION 43

Describe each AEGL, and rank from most harmful to least harmful.

ANSWER

AEGL-3: Life threatening health effects or death AEGL-2: Irreversible or serious health effects or impaired ability to escape AEGL-1: Experience notable discomfort, irritation, or non-sensor effects. Effects are not disabling and are REVERSIBLE.

QUESTION 44

What are medical management handbooks (chem, bio, rad) and how can they help with emergency management?

ANSWER

They can help medical providers and BE's manage CBR exposures. They can provide advice on treatment, signs and symptoms, isolation and prophylaxis, timeline of effects, and detection, protection, and decon.

QUESTION 45

What are vulnerability assessments and how can they help with emergency management?

ANSWER

They can determine the vulnerability of a terrorist attack on an installation. Vulnerabilities should be used as potential emergency response LOCATIONS.

QUESTION 46

What is a memorandum of understanding, and how can we use it to help with emergency management?

ANSWER

It is a written agreement between agencies and organizations that provide a mechanism for sharing emergency services.

QUESTION 47

What content is included in an MOU?

ANSWER

Method of request from one party to another Approximate resources to the shared: Manpower & Equipment Reimbursements following the incident for consumables

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