Deck 3: Building an Effective Emergency Management Organization

Question 1

One stage in the development of an EOP is publishing a planning directive that coordinates the efforts of other agencies with the _________________.

Answer 1

CAO's delegated authority.

Question 2

EOP draft plans should only reviewed within the LEMC and released to the community only in the plans final form. True or False?

Answer 2

False

Question 3

LEMCs are more effective when everyone contribute to all tasks. True or False?

Answer 3

False

Question 4

As the local emergency manager, you will report to the __________________ during emergencies.

Question 5

For FEMA funding programs, continued financial support has little to do with meeting performance and financial requirements. True or False?

Question 6

Emergency managers will work mostly with the Police, Fire, emergency medical services, and public works departments. True or False?

Question 7

In many communities, only one person staffs the LEMA. True or False?

Question 8

Usually, the CAO is an expert in public safety, emergency medicine, or emergency management. True or False?

Question 9

The more effective LEMA networks:

A) Have a narrow range of local contacts
B) Have personal experience in managing routine natural hazards such as floods
C) Are more familiar with the general policies of the local community
D) Have little or no representation by elected officials and by citizens' groups

Question 10

In emergency planning, you can use multiple strategies and the extent to which you use each one will depend on the following except:

A) Size of the community
B) Available funding
C) Your own personal characteristics
D) Community's vulnerability to hazards

Question 11

Frequent, recent, and severe impacts can lead to a _________________ in which residents adopt routines to prepare for disasters.

Question 12

Only regional LEMA's need an Emergency Operations Plan, a Recovery Operations Plan, and a Hazard Mitigation Plan. True or False?

Question 13

FEMA has advised emergency managers to set quarterly goals for major areas

Question 14

The emergency planning process consists of eight principal functions. True or False?

Question 15

In a community, a LEMA might be known by as the:

A) Office of Civil Defense
B) Storm Management
C) Immediate Services
D) Community Security

Question 16

What is a contingency fund?

Question 17

What is a capability shortfall?

Question 18

The most obvious source of funding for the LEMA is from the:

A) Federal government
B) State government
C) Chief administrative office
D) County government

Question 19

Emergency management organizations are often judged based on education efforts, such as brochures and websites. True or False?

Question 20

Resources allocated to the LEMA can be effected by community support from the news media. True or False?

Question 21

To prepare a disaster, there are six effective strategies to involve others. One of the approaches is the constituency strategy. Describe this strategy.

Question 22

An effective LEMA has three components. Name and describe two of them.