The General Staff is a group of incident management personnel organized according to function.

The ICS General Staff consists of 4 Sections:

• Operations
• Planning
• Logistics
• Finance/Administration

Each ICS General Staff Section is led by a Section Chief who reports directly to the Incident Commander or Unified Command.

These individuals are responsible for managing tasks within their functional area.

The Incident Commander or Unified Command activates these section chiefs as needed.

The Incident Commander or Unified Command is responsible to perform each General Staff function until a section chief is assigned to manage that function.