Question

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

Answer 1

Answer: B. ICS provides a structure for organizing field-level operations for a broad spectrum of incidents.

Explanation:

The ICS which is short for the Incident Command System refers to command and control structures that are widely used by government, NGOs and even organisations in the Private sector.

By structuring incident responses into 5 areas namely; Command, Operations, Planning, Logistics, and Finance/Administration, the ICS provides a framework to organize operations for a broad spectrum of events in the field.