Question

Which Incident Type requires regional or national resources, all Command and General Staff positions are activated, branches are activated, personnel may exceed 500 per operational period, and a disaster declaration may occur?
A. Type 4.
B. Type 3.
C. Type 2.
D. Type 1.

Answer 1

Answer:

D. Type 1.

Explanation:

                According to the Incident Command System, in the United States the incident Type 1 requires all positions for the General Staff and the Command to be activated, as well as branches to be activated. It requires the regional or the national resources. And personnel can exceed five hundred  per the operational period.

                 The Type 1 incidents are the most dangerous incidents and most complicated incident that the Incident Command System deals with. During a Type 1 incident, all the regional as well as the national resources are alerted and is activated. An incident of this level provides activation of all the position be it be Command or General Staff personnel and also to activate all the branches. This is important because it requires  a proper coordinated approach from the root level to the national level in order to prevent it to become more disastrous.