Emergency Response & Crisis Management Flashcards
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Which of the following best describes 'situational awareness' in emergency response?
Answer: Continuously perceiving, comprehending, and projecting the status of the environment
Situational awareness involves continuously perceiving environmental cues, understanding their meaning, and projecting how the situation may develop.
A 'lockdown' procedure is most appropriate when:
Answer: There is an imminent threat inside or near the facility that requires keeping people in place
Lockdowns are initiated when an immediate, dangerous threat requires confining occupants in secured areas to protect them.
During a natural disaster, coordinating with which external agency is most critical for resource support?
Answer: Emergency Management Agency (e.g., FEMA at the federal level)
Emergency Management Agencies coordinate disaster resources, public assistance, and inter-agency support during natural disasters.
A security supervisor notices signs of a potential workplace violence escalation. The BEST preventive action is to:
Answer: Report behavioral indicators to management and involve the threat assessment team immediately
Early reporting to management and involving a threat assessment team allows intervention before violence occurs.
Which of the following is the correct order of priorities in the NIMS emergency management framework?
Answer: Life safety, incident stabilization, property preservation, environment protection
NIMS prioritizes life safety first, then incident stabilization, property preservation, and environmental protection.
When a medical emergency occurs in a facility, the security supervisor's role before EMS arrives is to:
Answer: Ensure scene safety, call 911, provide first aid/AED within training, and direct EMS to the scene
Security supervisors should ensure safety, call for EMS, apply first aid and AED within their training level, and guide responders to the victim.
The purpose of conducting tabletop exercises for emergency response is to:
Answer: Test plans, identify gaps, and improve decision-making in a low-risk discussion environment
Tabletop exercises walk stakeholders through scenarios to identify plan gaps and improve coordination without the cost or disruption of a full drill.