Emergency Response & Preparedness Flashcards
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A Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA) helps communities by:
Answer: Identifying threats, hazards, and their potential impacts to determine capability needs
A THIRA helps communities identify threats and hazards, assess potential impacts, and determine the core capabilities needed to address them.
In emergency management, 'preparedness' activities include all of the following EXCEPT:
Answer: Rebuilding damaged infrastructure after a disaster
Rebuilding damaged infrastructure is a recovery activity, not a preparedness activity, which focuses on planning, training, and exercising before an emergency.
The 'hot zone' at a hazardous materials incident site is defined as:
Answer: The immediately dangerous area where contamination is present
The hot zone (also called the exclusion zone) is the area of greatest hazard where contamination exists and only properly protected personnel may enter.
Which Emergency Support Function (ESF) under the National Response Framework addresses mass care, emergency assistance, and temporary housing?
Answer: ESF #6
ESF #6 – Mass Care, Emergency Assistance, Temporary Housing, and Human Services coordinates sheltering, feeding, emergency first aid, and family reunification.
When establishing a command post at an emergency scene, it should be located:
Answer: Upwind and uphill from hazards, in a safe area near the scene
A command post should be positioned upwind and uphill from hazards to avoid contamination while remaining close enough to the scene for effective management.
The Emergency Alert System (EAS) is designed to allow the President to address the American public within how many minutes of activation?
Answer: 10 minutes
The EAS is designed to enable the President to address the nation within 10 minutes of a national emergency.
A 'full-scale exercise' in emergency management differs from a tabletop exercise because it:
Answer: Deploys actual resources and personnel in a simulated emergency
A full-scale exercise involves real deployment of personnel and equipment to simulate an actual emergency response, testing the full operational capability of the plan.