Question

Select the TRUE statement: A. ICS provides a structure for organizing field-level operations for a broad spectrum of incidents. B. ICS is primarily a Federal-level operations structure that is activated when a local jurisdiction requests an emergency declaration. C. Under ICS, the Operations Section Chief has overall authority and responsibility for conducting incident operations. D. In an ICS organization, the ,nd Staff typically includes the chiefs of the Planning, Operations, Logistics, and Finance and Administration sections.

Answer 1

Answer: C

Explanation:

 

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer is C. Under ICS, the Operations Section Chief has overall authority and responsibility for conducting incident operations.

Explanation:

The Operations Section Chief, a member of the ICS general staff is responsible for the primary mission. The Operations Section Chief supervises organization elements and directs its execution.

Another Operations Section Chief's role is the preparation of Unit Operational Plans, request resources, makes any expedient changes to the incident action, and reports any changes to the Incident Commander to control the different elements which involve incident operations and implement the objectives established by the Incident Commander.