Logistics Section Chief Type 1

Duties

• Provides for the safety and welfare of assigned personnel to the incident.
• Establishes and maintains positive internal and external interpersonal working relationships.
• Gathers information necessary to assess incident assignment and determine immediate needs and actions.
• Attends agency administrator or outgoing Incident Command (IC) briefing. Obtains available incident information and incident agency guidelines and policies.
• Collects information from outgoing Finance/Administration Section Chief, outgoing IC or other personnel responsible for incident prior to arrival.
• Evaluates and shares with IMT members, pertinent information for the section which may affect Incident Management Team (IMT) at command and general staff meetings.
• Develops and implements a section operating plan.
• Determines section capabilities and limitations.
• Participates in preparation and review of Incident Action Plan (IAP).
• Reviews contracts and agreements to make sure all unit leaders understand them and ascertain their impact on the section.
• Conducts section meeting with unit leaders and other necessary personnel.
• Provides financial summary information on current incident operations.
• Participates in the operational period briefing, emphasizing the needs of the section and noting any changes from the written plan.
• Supervises the section.
• Acts as COR for national (mobile shower and mobile food units) and local contracts.
• Interacts and coordinates with all command and general staff. Receives and provides current information.
• Updates IC on current accomplishments and/or problems.

Position Knowledge and/or Requirements

• Interpersonal skill level to communicate, verbally or in writing, with local, state and national politicians or the private sector.
• Dealing with complex incidents, Multiple Agency Coordinating Centers, Area Command, high resource value and cost and urban interface.
• S-520, Advanced Incident Management.
• Qualified as LSC2.