ECom
Emergency Coordinator
Test 2 of 2

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51. Your district does NOT need an Emergency Operations Plan


52. An Emergency Operations Plan should have


53. Debriefing is unimportant


54. Event or Incident debriefing should


55. When the "Feds arrive" everything will change


56. Once FEMA or other federal organization arrives at an incident a "Red Card" or other federally recognized identification WILL be helpful.


57. What process will help us expedite message flow?


58. We should never use the telephone to deliver messages


59. Murphy was wrong. Nothing ever goes wrong


60. Exercises should never be fun


61. You don't need to set specific goals for an exercise


62. You should always do the same exercise


63. You should usually vary the skills being used during an exercise


64. Testing all aspects of your operation wastes time


65. Full scale exercises should be used at least once per year


66. Table top exercises are never worth the time


67. A scenario needs a: start point, one or more tests and an end point


68. Working with people in your group will always be easy and fun


69. No one will ever be mad when they arrive at an exercise or meeting


70. No one will ever have a hidden agenda


71. You can make your meetings better by:


72. Friendly discouragement of off-topic conversations can speed meetings


73. Conflicts must be avoided at meetings, no matter what


74. Effectively managed conflicts, during meetings, can produce positive results


75. I should encourage disagreement during meetings if everything is discussed at a technical, non personal, level


76. During meetings I should never place emphasis on common goals that everyone can help with


77. If you experience little disagreement in any of your meetings you should


78. The last time anyone questioned me at a meeting I


79. Group expectations for meetings can be good if they include


80. At the last incident, walk-ons saved our butts because they were all expertly trained and well experienced


81. Walk-ons will probably fit best in non critical areas


82. Some walk-ons may actually be well trained


83. Walk-ons can be assigned to backup a trained member and moved to an area of higher responsibility later if they have good skills


84. Walk-ons that are from an evacuated area will always have excellent skills


85. It may be helpful to have a training handout for walk-ons at your incident


86. A walk-on will


87. When training others, everyone learns at the same speed


88. Some people learn faster if they have pictures or diagrams to reference


89. As you teach it is never necessary to stay on the subject


90. Every lesson needs to be presented at the same speed, regardless of technical content


91. Well organized material makes it easier for students to learn


92. When you break down material into smaller segments for teaching, it will be easier for the student to understand.


93. Having specific learning goals for each segment you teach does nothing to help your students


94. If you have fun while you teach, your students will never know


95. In staffing, information such as a persons: likes, dislikes, temperment, personal hygiene history, limitations and work history, are of no consequence


96. Information about a persons likes, dislikes, temperment and such must


97. Staffing should be handled ONLY by the EC


98. Staffing should be handled by two or three people


99. An After Action report summary may save me "learning the hard way"


100. The lessons learned from various AA reports are a waste of time



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