Question

When an incident occurs or threatens, local emergency personnel manage response using NIMS principles and ICS. If the incident is or becomes large or complex, ________________.
A. Federal authorities assist.
B. Mutual Aid Agreements are executed.
C. A Unified Command is established.
D. Local EOCs activate.

Answer 1

Answer:

If an incidents that threatens local emergency personnel becomes large or complex: d) Local EOCs activate

Explanation:

To understand this answer we need to evaluate all of them.

a) is incorrect because even though federal authorities assist. They only do it after local organizations have done it.

b) It is incorrect because even though mutual aid agreements are executed after the local organizations have requested help. They first react to the situation with everything they have.

c) The unified command is the action o give total control and power over forces and the strategy to solve a problem. But to achieve this all the different levels of forces and organization in the jurisdictional scale most be on the area. So it is not immediate.

d) is correct, because it is the quickest reaction. After they couldn't contain the disaster all the above ones take place.

Answer 2

Answer:

D. EOCs locais são ativados.

Explanation:

The EOC stands for the Emergency Operations Center, which is an organization responsible for resolving extreme emergency situations related to disasters or accidents. The function of the EOC is to collect data, information, analyze the situation and make urgent decisions about life. For this reason, when an incident occurs or threatens and the local emergency response team realizes that the situation is too serious or extremely complex, local EOCs should be activated to try to remedy the situation.