SSP Emergency Planning & Response 5 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: When planning for persons with disabilities during emergency evacuations, which approach aligns with ADA compliance?
- Develop individual evacuation plans (PEEPs) for employees with functional needs (Correct answer)
- Rely on individuals to self-evacuate without organizational assistance
- Designate a single universal evacuation route for all occupants
- Limit evacuation drills to physically able-bodied employees only
Correct answer: Develop individual evacuation plans (PEEPs) for employees with functional needs
Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (PEEPs) ensure that individuals with disabilities receive individualized evacuation assistance, which is consistent with ADA obligations.
Question 2: The 'two-in, two-out' rule during structural firefighting operations primarily protects:
- Interior responders by ensuring a rescue team is standing by before they enter (Correct answer)
- Incident commanders by limiting exposure to toxic smoke
- Bystanders from entering the hot zone
- Medical personnel staging at the command post
Correct answer: Interior responders by ensuring a rescue team is standing by before they enter
The two-in, two-out rule (OSHA 29 CFR 1910.134) requires that two responders remain outside ready to rescue the two interior responders if needed.
Question 3: Which component of an Emergency Operations Center (EOC) ensures that resource requests from the field are tracked and fulfilled?
- Resource management and tracking function (Correct answer)
- Public information officer function
- Finance and administration section
- Medical support unit
Correct answer: Resource management and tracking function
The resource management function within an EOC tracks requests, allocates resources, and monitors deployment status throughout the incident.
Question 4: A facility security manager discovers a bomb threat note left in a restroom. The FIRST action should be to:
- Notify law enforcement and follow the facility's bomb threat procedures (Correct answer)
- Immediately evacuate the entire building without notifying anyone else
- Ignore the note as it is likely a hoax
- Post the note on a bulletin board to alert employees
Correct answer: Notify law enforcement and follow the facility's bomb threat procedures
Bomb threats must be reported to law enforcement immediately while following established procedures, as every threat must be treated as credible until cleared.
Question 5: During an active threat incident, the Department of Homeland Security recommends the response priority order as:
- Run, Hide, Fight (Correct answer)
- Hide, Run, Fight
- Fight, Run, Hide
- Lock, Alert, Fight
Correct answer: Run, Hide, Fight
DHS's 'Run, Hide, Fight' protocol prioritizes evacuation first, sheltering second, and physical resistance only as a last resort when in immediate danger.
Question 6: Which factor MOST directly influences the time needed to restore operations after a disaster, according to business continuity principles?
- The Recovery Time Objective (RTO) established during the Business Impact Analysis (Correct answer)
- The total number of employees affected by the disaster
- The geographic distance from the disaster area to the recovery site
- The age of the organization's physical infrastructure
Correct answer: The Recovery Time Objective (RTO) established during the Business Impact Analysis
The RTO, set during a Business Impact Analysis, defines the maximum tolerable downtime and directly drives recovery resource allocation and timeline.
Question 7: Which emergency planning principle ensures that plans are tested, reviewed, and updated on a regular cycle?
- Continuous improvement through exercise, evaluation, and corrective action (Correct answer)
- Redundancy through duplicate command structures
- Modularity through scalable ICS organization
- Interoperability through common communications protocols
Correct answer: Continuous improvement through exercise, evaluation, and corrective action
The continuous improvement principle mandates that plans be exercised, evaluated against performance, and corrected to close identified gaps on an ongoing basis.
SSP Emergency Planning & Response 5
When planning for persons with disabilities during emergency evacuations, which approach aligns with ADA compliance?