What is an essential characteristic of learning? Learning and memory work separately to process, retain, and make use of new information. Learning occurs when information moves to short-term from long-term memory. Learning is behavior that diminishes with experience. Learning involves enduring changes in behavior that occur with experience.

Aguiding principle of the national response framework is that: a. response partners use nonstandard structures to allow for flexible and scalable responses. b. unity of effort results when responding agencies are willing to relinquish their authorities. c. effective partnership relies on engaging all elements of the whole community. d. readiness to act encourages response partners to self-dispatch to an incident scene.