Which General Staff member directs all responses and tactical actions to achieve the incident objectives?

Question

Question: Which General Staff member directs all responses and tactical actions to achieve the incident objectives?

Options:

1. Planning Section Chief
2. Operations Section Chief
3. Tactics Section Chief
4. Operations Division Director

Answer 1

2. Operations Section Chief

Operations Section Chief directs all responses and tactical actions to achieve the incident objectives.

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Explanation:

Major Activities of Operations Section and is handle by the chief:

• Directs and coordinates all incident tactical operations.
• Is typically one of the first organizations to be assigned to the incident.
• Expands from the bottom up.
• Has the most incident resources.
• May have Staging Areas and special organizations.