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Who are the command staff?
Command Staff: The staff who report directly to the Incident Commander, including the Public Information Officer, Safety Officer, Liaison Officer, and other positions as required.
What is an ICS position?
In an ICS organization, Incident Command consists of the Incident Commander and various Command Staff positions. Three staff positions are typically identified in ICS: Public Information Officer, Safety Officer, and Liaison Officer.
What are the three major activities of the command staff?
The Command Staff provides Information, Safety, and Liaison services for the entire organization. The General Staff are assigned major functional authority for Operations, Planning, Logistics, and Finance/Administration.
Which command staff member serves as the incident commands point of contact?
Liaison Officer
The Liaison Officer who serves as the incident command’s point of contact for organizations not included in the Incident Command or Unified Command.
Which command staff member approves the incident action plan and all requests pertaining to?
Incident Commander
The Incident Commander: Has overall incident management responsibility delegated by the appropriate jurisdictional authority. Develops the incident objectives to guide the incident planning process. Approves the Incident Action Plan and all requests pertaining to the ordering and releasing of incident resources.
What is Air Command and Staff?
Air Command and Staff College (ACSC), the Air Force’s intermediate professional military education (PME) school, prepares field grade officers of all services (primarily majors and major selects), international officers, and US civilians to assume positions of higher responsibility within the military and other government arenas.
What is Northwestern School of staff and command?
Northwestern Univerity School of Police Staff and Command. The School of Police Staff and Command (SPSC) is an intensive ten-week program that prepares law enforcement managers for senior positions by uniquely combining academic principles with practical applications.
What is Army Command Staff?
Mission. The US Army Command and General Staff College educates, trains and develops leaders for Unified Land Operations in a Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental , and Multinational operational environment; and advances the art and science of the profession of arms in support of Army operational requirements.