Chapter 28: Emergency Planning

Regardless of the type of crisis, there is a series of common requirements that must be taken into account for an organization to be successful when a critical incident occurs. These include all the following except:

• Assessing threat

• Selecting crisis team personnel

• Training crisis team personnel

• Being willing to spend lots of money on a solution

Observing which of the following guidelines increases the chances that emergency plans will be more effective and efficient:

• Promote multi-organization response

• Allow resistance to the planning process

• Separate emergency response from disaster recovery

• None of the above

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standard 1600 sets criteria for both developing and evaluating existing emergency management programs.

• True

• False

The Incident Command System (ICS) identified common concepts that form the basis for the control and management of emergencies. Which of the following is not one of those concepts:

• Controls

• Communications

• Concentricity

• Cooperation

The National Response Framework (NRF) established an on-scene management system that would help responding agencies work together using a coordinated and systematic approach that can be used for all types of incidents regardless of size.

• True

• False

The ICS structure is built around five major management activities of functions. Which of the following is not one of these functions:

• Operations

• Planning

• Safety

• Logistics

The National Incident Management System (NIMS) provides a systematic, proactive, all-hazards approach that guides all levels of government, non-governmental organizations, and the private sector to work together to respond to and manage incidents of all sizes.

• True

• False

Effective crisis media communications steps that organizations should consider include all the following except:

• Have a media plan

• Build a relationship with media before a crisis

• Develop strict restrictions on what media can do on your property

• Train employees on communications with the media

An emergency response plan will work regardless of any realistic training prior to the implementation in an actual emergency.

• True

• False

In addition to a yearly audit of the emergency plan, that plan should be evaluated and modified, if necessary, at all of the following times except:

• When there has been a change in personnel

• When the layout or design of a facility changes

• When there is a change in policies and procedures

• None of the above