The GENERAL STAFF of incident management personnel consists of the Incident Commander, Operations Chief, Planning Chief, Logistics Chief and Finance Chief.
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The OPERATIONS CHIEF, as the head of the Operations Section, is responsible for the direct management of incident tactical activities, which includes all activities directed towards (1) reduction of the immediate hazard, (2) establishing situation control, (3) restoration of normal operations.
As we learned last week, when the fire exploded, everything changed. The first-in crew was not able to handle much of the fast moving fire. So, the ranking officer used the radio to call for help. Moments later the local fire chief arrived and assumed command from the first-in unit. While those with equipment to fight the fire did so, other events began to take place.
The Incident Command System (ICS) is an organization structure for the management of response situations. As a SYSTEM it was originally developed through a cooperative (local, state, and federal) effort known as FIRESCOPE to efficiently
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