Activation of Organizational Elements (Continued)

An important concept is that many organizational elements may be activated in various Sections without activating the Section Chief.

For example, the Situation Unit can be activated without a Planning Section Chief assigned. In this case, the supervision of the Situation Unit will rest with the Incident Commander.

A graphic of a partial organization chart: 1st level: Incident Commander 2nd level: Safety Officer, Operations Section, Situation Unit (highlighted). Under Operations Section is a third level, which includes Victim Decontamination Group and Immediate Treatment Group.