Logistics Section Chief Type 3

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 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 IMT at command and general staff meetings.
• Determines section capabilities and limitations.
• Participates in preparation and review of 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.
• Participates in the operational period briefing, emphasizing the needs of the section and noting any changes from the written plan.
• Supervises or performs the duties of 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. Receive and provide 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 and state politicians, or the private sector.
• ICS-400, Advanced ICS.
• Qualified as FACL or GSUL or SPUL or ICT3.

OR

• Completion and Certification of PTB as a Logistics Section Chief Type 3 (LSC3) (All Hazard).