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- 1What does FEMA stand for?Federal Emergency Management Agency
- 2Which support component helps survivors register for disaster assistance?DSA
- 3Which support component of the JFO is responsible for collecting, analyzing, and synthesizing programmatic and disaster specific information?Planning
- 4True or False The Stafford Act requires the Governor or Tribal govt Chief Executive to submit a letter to the President requesting Federal Assistance before PDA's can begin.False
- 5What are the steps in the disaster declaration process sequence for a non-expedited major disaster declaration?* Event
* PDA's
* Governor's request
* Region
* HQ
* DHS
* White House
* DR - 6True or False FEMA's disaster assistance resources should always be used before those of other federal agencies.False
- 7What does DRC stand for?Disaster Recovery
- 8What is the sequence of delivery for Individual Assistance?
- 9What housing needs are covered under the Individuals and Households Program?* Temporary housing
* Repairs
* Replacement - 10True or False Under FEMA's Individual and Households Program, costs for Housing Assistance and Other Needs Assistance are shared 75% Federal and 25% State.False
- 11What declarations and activities are within the Stafford Act?* Major disasters
* Emergencies
* Defense emergency
* Fire Mgmt Assistance
* Pre-disaster declaration activities - 12What is the only phase of Emergency Management specifically dedicated to breaking the cycle od damage, reconstruction, and repeated damage.Hazard Mitigation
- 13What does MA stand for?Mission Assignment - A work order issued to a federal agency by FEMA, directing completion by tgat agebcy if a specified task and sets aside funding.
- 14What are the two types of mission support?Federal Operations Support (FOS) - Is 100% federally funded. Is eligible before or after a disaster.
Direct Federal Assistance - requested by State. Subject to State cost share. Only eligible after declaration. - 15What activity is not declared but require FEMA's expertise in consequence management?Federal-to-Federal
- 16Explain the Mission Assistance process?
- 17What is the goal of risk reduction?To reduce risk to life and property through the use of land use controls, building practices, and other tools.
- 18What does SCO stand for?State Coordinating Officer
Appointed by Governor - 19What is Protection?The capabilities necessary to secure the homeland against acts of terrorism and human caused or natural disasters.
- 20What are the 4 basic components of a PA Grant?* Eligible Applicant
* Eligible Facility
* Eligible Work
* Eligible Cost - 21What is Prepardness?Actions taken to plan, prganize, equip, train, and exercise to build and sustain the capabilities necessary to prevent, protect against, mitigate the effects of, respibd to, and recover from those threats that pose the greatest risk.
- 22What are the grant program key activities?* Grant program development
* Application submission and review
* Award determination and obligations
* Award management
* Evaluation and closeout - 23What is resilience?The ability to adapt to changing conditions and withstand and rapidly reciver from disruption due to emergencies.
- 24What does PKEMRA stand for?The Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006.
- 25What does MDRC stand for?Mobile Disaster Recovery Centers
- 26What is mitigation?The effort to reduce loss of life and property by lessening the impact of disasters.
- 27What does IRR stand for?Initial Response Resources
- 28Where are primary distributions centers located?Atlanta, GA
Fort Worth, TX
Cumberland, MD
Frederick, MD
Moffett Field, CA
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
Guam - 29What does IMAT stand for?Incident Management Assistance Teams
- 30—RRCC
- 31What FEMA authority is Entitled "Emergency Management and Assistance?Title 44
- 32Which mission seeks to reduce the loss of life and property and protect the Nation by planning, training, exercising, snd building the emergency management profession?Prepardness
- 33Which group sets priorities and provides leadership for a unified response at all levels?United Coordination Group (UCG)
- 34True or False Under the Sandy Recovery and Improvement Act, recognized Tribal gov't in a declared State or Designated Area must apply for Public Assistance as a recipient only.False
- 35What is Hazard Mitigation?Any sustained action taken to reduce or eliminate long-term risk to people and property from natural hazards and their effects.
- 36What does FQS stand for?FEMA Qualification System
- 37What does SCO stand for?State Coordinating Officer
- 38What are the activities within FQS?I'm Is As Me
Incident Mgmt
Incident Support
Ancillary Support
Mission Essential - 39What does EMAC stand for?Emergency Management Assistance Compacts
- 40What are the steps in the Declaration Process?Event
PDA's
Govenor's request
Regional
National
DHS
President
DR - 41What is FEMA's Mission?Support our citizens and 1st respinfers to ensure that we work together as a nation to build, sustain, and improve oyr capacity to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards.
- 42What does USAR stand for?Urban Search and Rescue
- 43What does PSMA stand for?Pre-scripted Mission Assignments
- 44Which agencies could participate in PSMA's?* HHS
* U.S.Corps of Engineers
* Department of Defense
* U.S. Coast Guard - 45What does OPSEC stand for?Operations Security
- 46What are the response doctrine key principles?* Engaged Partnerships
* Tiered Response
* Scalable, Flexible, and Adaptable Operational Capabilities
* Unity of Effort Through Unified Command
* Readiness To Act - 47What does NDRF stand for?National Disaster Recovery Framework
- 48What does the NDRF do?The NDRF is a guide to promote effective recovery, particularly for large-scale or catastrophic incidents.
- 49What does term Recovery refer to?Refers to those capabilities necessary to assist communities affected by an incident to recover effectively.
- 50What are the key activities of response?* Taking immediate action
- 51At the onset of an incident, initial decisions, and objectives are established based on what priorities?* Life and health
* property protection
* Continuity of Operations - 52Recovery is focused on a timely restoration, strengthening, and revitalization of what?* Infrastructure
* Housing
* Sustainable economy
* Health, social, cultural, historic, and environmental fabric of communities affected by a catastrophic incident - 53When does recovery begin?Immediately
- 54How long does recovery take?As long as it takes
- 55What is the recovery process?A sequence of interdependent and iften concurrent activities that progressively advance a community toward a successful recovery.
- 56Developing and implementing a disaster recovery plan will help guide the community through the recovery process. True or FalseTrue
- 57What are FEMA's core missions?* Prepardness
* Protection
* Response
* Recovery
* Mitigation - 58What is the role of the CFO?* Provides funds control & financial info, operations, and policy support
* Serves as the principal advisor to the Administrator on financial matters
* Oversees the External Coordination and Liasion Unit
* Manages the Disaster Relief Fund - 59What does LDRM stand for?Local Disaster Recovery Managers
- 60Who should you contact regarding ethics questions?Ethics Officer
- 61What does FEKC stand for?FEMA employee knowledge center
- 62What function does ESF perform?Groups of government, nongovernmental, and private sector organizations that provide the people, facilities, supplies, and equipment to respond to disasters.
- 63What does RRCS stand for?Regional Response Coordination Staff
- 64What does NRF stand for?National Response Framework
- 65What is the role of an ESF Coordinator?To manage oversight for a particular ESF.
- 66What facility handles phone registrations for FEMA disaster assistance?Recovery Service Center
- 67What is the mission of the Public Assistance Program?To assist conmunities in recovering from the devastating effects of disasters by providing technical assistance and financial grants in an efficient, effective, consistent, and customer-friendly manner.
- 68Where can regulations regarding Federal Disaster Assistance be found?44 CFR 206
- 69What types of grants does FEMA issue?* Individual Assistance
* Public Assistance
* Hazard Mitigation - 70What facility would disaster survivors go to receive information on disaster assistance in person?Disaster Recovery Centers
- 71What are we trying to do in the IA program?Safe, Sanitary, and Functional
- 72What general duties does the ESF perform?* Have authority to commit agency assets
* Approve abd implement mission assignments
* Maintain situational awareness and report on ESF operations
* Represent the agency on task forces and ad hoc groups
* Serve as technical experts - 73What does NRCC stand for?National Response Coordination Center
- 74What does RA stand for?Regional Administrator
- 75What is ESF 15?External Affairs
- 76What is ESF 10?Oil and Hazardous Materials
- 77What is ESF 7?Logistics
- 78What is ESF 8?Public Health and Medical Services
- 79What is ESF 3?Public Works and Engineering
- 80What is ESF 1?Transportation
- 81What is ESF 4?Firefighting
- 82What is the mission of FLETC?We train those who protect our homeland
- 83What 3 recovery programs does the Human Services function provide under the Individual Assistance Program?* Individual
* Household
* Community Services - 84What response function is a critical element of prepardness and all phases of response operations?Planning
- 85What are the 2 components of the IHP?* Housing Assistance
* Other Needs Assistance