Which of the following are core capabilities for response? a. identity verification; interdiction and disruption; and long-term vulnerability reduction b. fire management and suppression; fatality management services; and environmental response/health and safety c. supply chain integrity and security; risk and disaster resilience assessment; and infrastructure systems d. housing; forensics and attribution; and screening, search, and detection

B. Fire management and suppression; fatality management services; and environmental response/health and safety

Explanation:

Responsiveness is the act of acting quickly in the face of an extremely important emergency or issue. Usually, agencies dealing with unexpected events such as tragedy, fire, crime and health are urged to respond quickly to address the problem as quickly as possible, with the least impact of human and material damage. For example, in an environmental fire, the fire department must have an immediate response capability to put out the fire.

Answering the question, the core capabilities for response are Fire Management and suppression; fatality management services; and environmental response/health and safety.  This implies the correct answer is B

Fire management and suppression ensure structural and viable firefighting capabilities to control any types of fire accidents and also to ensure that the lives and properties of the public including the environment are well protected.  

The mission area of fire management and suppression is response and they are meant to deal with fires of all types and complexities and also to provide adequate protection for the people in the community where the incident occurred.

The fatality management services are meant to provide help in the area of identifying victims and also to work with government such as state, local and federal to provide mortuary processes and are also meant to share information about any victim with the mass care services.

Sharing victim information with the mass care services is very vital as it will help to unify the family of the victims. Part of their core responsibilities is also to provide adequate counseling to the family of the victims.  The mission area of the fatality management services is response

The core responsibilities of the Environmental response/health and safety are to conduct proper measure and ensure the lives and safety of other people in the affected communities is well protected.

The mission area of the Environmental response/health and safety is also Response

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the correct answer is d