Incident management personnel organized according to function (i.e., Operations Section Chief, Planning Section Chief, Logistics Section Chief, and Finance/Administration Section Chief) and who report directly to the Incident Commander
General Staff: A group of incident management personnel organized according to function and reporting to the Incident Commander. The General Staff normally consists of the Operations Section Chief, Planning Section Chief, Logistics Section Chief, and Finance/Administration Section Chief. An Intelligence/Investigations Chief may be established, if required, to meet incident management needs.
Incident management personnel organized according to function (i.e., Operations Section Chief, Planning Section Chief, Logistics Section Chief, and Finance/Administration Section Chief) and who report directly to the Incident Commander.
command staff and general staff
In the Incident Command System (ICS), General Staff refers to the following Sections:OperationsPlanningLogisticsFinance/AdministrationOperations manages the incident. Planning is for planning the objectives and strategies of the incident. Logistics is about resources and tracking. Finance and Administration is for time keeping, cost analysis and related.
Incident Commander
Incident command, General staff, Branch directors.... not PIO
A complex incident requires a complex ICS structure, i.e., one in which all command staff and general staff positions are filled.
incident commanders must concur on the selection of general staff section cheifs
incident commanders must concur on the selection of general staff section chiefs
The Logistics Section Chief is part of the general staff of an Incident Command System. The duties of this position include proving all necessary resources, services, and support for an incident.
Finance/Administrative Section Chief.
General Colin Powell graduated from the Command and General Staff College in 1968.
The only position needed in EVERY incident is an "incident commander". All other command staff, general staff and subsidiary positions would be filled as necessary. Under HAZMAT regulations in the USA, an "incident safety officer" is also required when there is a HAZMAT incident, off-loading these duties from the Incident Commander.
officer