Operations Section Chief

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Course Description

This course provides emergency responders with an overview of key duties and responsibilities of an Operation Section Chief - Type III in a Type III AHIMT.

Delivery and Length

This classroom-based Instructor facilitated course requires a minimum of 21 student contact hours, not including scheduled breaks. It is recommended that this course be delivered over 4 days.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

• The duties, responsibilities, and capabilities of an effective Operations Section Chief on an AHIMT.

• Describe the function and components of the Operations Section

• Describe the role and responsibilities of the Strike Team/Resource Team/Task Force Leader.

• Describe the supervision and personnel management responsibilities of the Division/Group Supervisor.

• Describe the supervision and personnel management responsibilities of the Division/Group Supervisor.

• Describe the information gathering and dissemination responsibilities of the Division/Group Supervisor.

• Describe the role of the Division/Group Supervisor in the planning process.

• Describe the risk management and safety responsibilities of the Division/Group Supervisor.

• Describe the interactions with the Command and General staff and other ICS functional areas that are required to perform the Division/Group Supervisor’s job.

Prerequisites:

ICS 300

Target Audience:

Agencies and organizations are responsible to determine who within their organizations requires ICS Position Specific training, based on local incident management organizational planning.

The audience may include students from a variety of agencies and functional disciplines, including fire service, law enforcement, emergency management, public works departments, as well as public health organizations, medical emergency teams and hospitals.