CMM Public Safety Administration 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which funding source is specifically designed to help local governments build and sustain emergency preparedness capabilities?
- Community Development Block Grants (CDBG)
- Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) (Correct answer)
- Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP)
- Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers
Correct answer: Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP)
The Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) provides federal funding to support state and local preparedness, response, and recovery capabilities.
Question 2: A city's 911 dispatch center is experiencing prolonged high call volume. The most appropriate immediate administrative action is to:
- Transfer non-emergency calls to a voicemail system
- Activate a surge staffing protocol or mutual aid agreement with a neighboring PSAP (Correct answer)
- Upgrade the dispatch software system immediately
- Hire additional full-time dispatchers through the normal civil service process
Correct answer: Activate a surge staffing protocol or mutual aid agreement with a neighboring PSAP
Activating surge staffing or mutual aid with another Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) provides an immediate response to high call volume without long-term commitments.
Question 3: What is the primary purpose of a 'Critical Incident Review' following a significant public safety event?
- To assign disciplinary action to responsible officers
- To identify systemic lessons learned and improve future response (Correct answer)
- To fulfill state-mandated reporting requirements to the governor
- To determine civil liability exposure for the municipality
Correct answer: To identify systemic lessons learned and improve future response
Critical Incident Reviews (also called After-Action Reviews) are conducted to identify what worked, what didn't, and how to improve future operations.
Question 4: A municipal manager is negotiating a fire services contract with a neighboring county. The key cost variable in such a contract is typically based on:
- Property tax assessed values within the service area
- Number of annual fire incidents responded to
- Population served or assessed property value within the contracted area (Correct answer)
- Number of fire stations providing coverage
Correct answer: Population served or assessed property value within the contracted area
Fire services contracts are typically priced based on the population served or the assessed value of protected property within the contracted area.
Question 5: The Clery Act requires universities and colleges to do which of the following, which also impacts municipal public safety planning?
- Submit annual crime statistics reports to the federal government (Correct answer)
- Establish on-campus police departments
- Share arrest records with local law enforcement automatically
- Conduct annual fire evacuation drills for all dormitories
Correct answer: Submit annual crime statistics reports to the federal government
The Clery Act requires higher education institutions to disclose campus crime statistics annually, which informs local public safety resource planning.
Question 6: In emergency management, 'mitigation' activities are best described as actions taken to:
- Respond to an active disaster event in real time
- Recover critical infrastructure after a disaster
- Reduce or eliminate the long-term risk of loss from hazards (Correct answer)
- Prepare communities with training and resources before a disaster
Correct answer: Reduce or eliminate the long-term risk of loss from hazards
Mitigation involves long-term actions that reduce or eliminate the risk of damage from natural or human-made hazards before they occur.
Question 7: Which management model involves police officers being assigned to and responsible for specific geographic areas on a long-term basis to build community relationships?
- CompStat policing model
- Community-oriented policing (COP) (Correct answer)
- Hot-spot policing
- Problem-oriented policing (POP)
Correct answer: Community-oriented policing (COP)
Community-oriented policing (COP) assigns officers to consistent geographic areas to build long-term relationships with residents and address root causes of crime.
CMM Public Safety Administration 3
Which funding source is specifically designed to help local governments build and sustain emergency preparedness capabilities?