af emergency management Flashcards

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1. The primary mission of the Air Force Emergency Management Program is to ____________________.
2. The ancillary missions of the Air Force Emergency Management Program are to support homeland defense and civil support operations and to provide support to civil and host-nation authorities.
3. The Air Force Emergency Management Program is the single, integrated Air Force program whose purpose is to coordinate and organize efforts to ________, prepare for, respond to, and recover from the direct and indirect consequences of an emergency; whether it is natural, man-made, or technological.
4. The active and passive measures taken to protect the area, population and infrastructure of the United States and its possessions and territories.
5. Threats that may affect your installation are only man-made, and a disaster resulting from a threat happens with significant warning.
6. Examples of natural disasters include:
7. The Air Force Emergency Management Program relies on everyone's participation for it to be successful.
8. You may be called upon to serve your installation's emergency management program in a variety of ways; from attending localized emergency preparedness briefings to being a member of a specialized team.
9. In response to HSPD-5, the Department of Defense established _____________, which directs policy, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes procedures for developing, implementing, and sustaining installation emergency management programs at DOD installations worldwide for "all-hazards."
10. By direction of DODI 6055.17, the Air Force incorporated their policies, guidance, structure, roles, and responsibilities to execute these missions into _______________.
11. Which Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) directed the establishment of a single, comprehensive National Incident Management System?
12. To be consistent with the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the National Response Framework (NRF) policies, the Air Force revised its Emergency Management Program's installation DRF terminology, structure, and procedures; creating the Air Force Incident Management System (AFIMS).
13. The AFIMS provides the Air Force with an incident management system that is consistent with the multiple, broad approach to domestic incident management while remaining flexible to the military unique mission requirements.
14. The AFIMS includes a core set of concepts, principles, terminology, and technologies covering incident command, emergency operations centers, training, identification and management of resources, qualification and certification, and the collection, tracking and reporting of incident information and incident resources.
15. The AFIMS provides the framework with which your installation's DRF responds to all-hazard events.
16. National, DOD, and Air Force guidance requires the use of ICS for all incident responses.
17. Originally created to help manage large numbers of people and resources during wildfires in the 1970s, the ___________________ was the system used throughout the United States to organize emergency response.
18. The incident command system is organized around five major functional areas: command, finance and administration, logistics, operations, and planning.
19. The phases of the AFIMS are response, recovery, and ___________.
20. The AFIMS includes how many phases of incident management?
21. An _______________ is an occurrence, natural, man-made, or technologically-caused that requires some level of a response to protect life, property, or the environment.
22. Incident type, also described as ________________, is the combination of involved factors that affect the probability of control of an incident.
23. What is a factor that affects the control of an incident?
24. Incidents are categorized based on their complexity into how many types?
25. Incident types are determined based on the number of resources and ____.
26. A Type 1 incident is considered the least complex, whereas a Type 5 incident is deemed the most complex.
27. Which type of incident is typically handled within the first hour after resources arrive on scene and include vehicle fires and personal injuries?
28. Which type of incident requires multiple fire and patrol vehicles and is usually limited to one operational period?
29. Which type of incident require resources that exceed the initial response and include aircraft crashes and hostage situations?
30. Which type of incident extends beyond the installation's resource capabilities for response; requiring local, state, and federal response resources to effectively manage the incident and includes wildfires and floods on and off the installation?
31. Which type of incident is the most complex and includes nuclear weapons incidents, hurricane recovery, and terrorist attacks?
32. The ______________________ at your installation is comprised of four functions that provide an overall cross-functional installation risk management program for developing threat/hazard plans and budgets.
33. The strategic planning and management staff at your installation is comprised of four functions; the Office of Emergency Management, the Unit Emergency Management Representative, the Emergency Management Working Group, and the _____________.
34. The Readiness and Emergency Management Flight is designated the ____________________.
35. This function of your installation's planning and management staff provides a multitude of support for the installation's emergency management program, which includes authoring and maintaining the IEMP 10-2 and performing functions within the EOC.
36. Upon taking command of a unit, senior leaders are provided an AFEM immersion briefing on the installation's emergency management program by the _______________.
37. This function of your installation's planning and management staff collaborates with the installation's Office of Emergency Management to ensure they have the appropriate information, products, and support needed to execute and maintain a successful unit emergency management program.
38. Led by the mission support group commander, this function is the integrator of your installation's strategic planning and management staff and the DRF elements.
39. Comprised of senior leaders from various functional areas, this function of your installation's planning and management staff oversees the implementation of Air Force policy on all-hazard emergency management threats to sustain operations at your installation.
40. The ____________________ at your installation is comprised of eight functions that provide strategic, operational, and tactical emergency response capabilities.
41. This function of your installation's DRF directs strategic actions supporting the installation's mission and is activated to provide a command, control, and communication link to higher headquarters and comparable civilian agencies, and coordinates the incident response.
42. This function of your installation's DRF is a command and control node that assists in directing installation emergency management and response actions.
43. This function of your installation's DRF is the command and control support element that coordinates information and resources to support the installation's actions before, during, and after an incident.
44. This function of your installation's DRF updates the crisis action team (CAT) with continuing incident status and request support through the CAT when on-scene requirements surpass the installation's inherent cumulative capabilities.
45. This function of your installation's DRF provides a central dispatch capability for the installation. It includes the core functions of the fire alarm communications center, base defense operations center, and medical dispatch (where applicable).
46. This function of your installation's DRF provides response and recovery support to the incident commander as directed by the emergency operations center and mission support to the installation commander as directed by crisis action team.
47. The incident commander is a trained and experienced responder that provides on-scene tactical control using subject matter experts and support from other functions.
48. ________________ deploy immediately to the scene to provide initial command and control, to save lives, and to suppress and control hazards.
49. Emergency responders deploy after the first responders to expand command and control and provide additional support.
50. These teams are formed in support of your installation's DRF from the existing installation and unit personnel resources to support emergency response operations.
51. Every Air Force installation must have a rapid and effective system to quickly disseminate emergency information such as __________________.
52. Examples of this program element include audible signals, intelligible voice communications, cable override, text messaging, and computer notification.
53. Your installation must have adequate equipment available to ____________________.
54. These efforts provide individuals and teams the requisite knowledge and skills to efficiently and effectively prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural, man-made, and technologically-caused hazards.

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