ICS recognizes that an Incident Commander may not be necessary if an Operations Section Chief is assigned
ICS recognizes that an Incident Commander may not be necessary if an Operations Section Chief is assigned
The Operations Section Chief:
The Operations Section Chief:
An individual assuming the role of the Deputy Incident Commander must FEMA
Operations section chief
The Operations Section Chief:
The Operations Section Chief:
Yes, under ICS, there is always an incident commander (or a unified command) to which the operations section chief reports.
The Operations Chief function of emergency management is associated with ICS or the Incident Command System. As for this chief's major responsibilities - those include: Reviewing the current situation and maintaining situational awareness of an incident, aiding in the developing of the IAP or Incident Action Plan, briefing and assigning personnel within the operations section, resource needs and requests, activating and deactivating 'strike teams' and to maintain section logs.
c. Planning Section
Finance/Administration Section chief