Exam 3: Building an Effective Emergency Management Organization

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What is a contingency fund?

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

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

In many communities, only one person staffs the LEMA.

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

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

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

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

The emergency planning process consists of eight principal functions.

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

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

Resources allocated to the LEMA can be effected by community support from the news media.