As a new GISS, one of your first items of business is get a sense of how the organization is structured and find out who you’ll be working with. This lesson will help you do that.
Let’s start with an overview of the incident management structure you’ll be working within. All FEMA incident management activities are organized according to the Incident Command System (ICS) structure. Under the leadership of the Unified Coordination Group (UCG), a FEMA Joint Field Office (JFO) includes the following four Sections: Operations, Planning, Logistics, and Finance & Administration. The Geospatial Information Unit (GIU) is organized within the Planning Section.
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