What Does The Operations Section Chief?

The Operations Section Chief “is responsible for developing and implementing strategy and tactics to accomplish the incident objectives.”

For instance, during a large wildfire, the Operations Section Chief would be in charge of coordinating firefighting teams, ensuring they have the necessary resources, and directing their efforts to contain and extinguish the fire in the most effective manner.

Source: https://training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/is100c/english/student%20manual/is0100c_sm.pdf

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