How is the supervisor of a task force designated?

• A. Incident commander.
• B. Division supervisor.
• C. Task force leader.
• D. Safety officer.

Answer: (C)

In incident command, a task force is a temporary team assembled to accomplish a specific objective, and it has one person who directs its actions. That person is the Task Force Leader, who coordinates the various resources within the group, assigns tasks, communicates with the Incident Commander, and keeps safety and accountability within the task force. The Incident Commander has overall responsibility for the incident, not the supervision of a single task force. A Division Supervisor leads a geographic or functional portion of the operation, not the entire task force. The Safety Officer focuses on safety across the incident and does not supervise the task force itself.