Scenario: As phasedown of shelter operations has begun, the American Red Cross Disaster Operations Supervisor has directed you to begin re-assigning shelter staff personnel and release those that are no longer required. As a supervisor, you direct released staff to checkout. What NIMS Management Characteristics are you supporting?

Dispatch/Deployment

Explanation:

Dispatch/Deployment is the 11th management characteristic of NIMS and relates to when resources should be deployed only when requested or when dispatched by an appropriate authority through established resource management systems.

In the scenario we see that the supervisor directed the staff to checkout only when requested, secondly he did so with an appropriate authority because his own boss - the American Red Cross Disaster Operations Supervisor has directed you to begin re-assigning shelter staff personnel

Dispatch/Deployment

Explanation:

Resources should be deployed only when requested or when dispatched by an accredited authority through created resource management systems.

Resources not asked for should stop from self-dispatching to avoid overloading the incident command.