What term describes the leadership group comprising the chiefs of the four major functional sections in the Incident Command System?

• A. Incident Command System Team
• B. Command Staff
• C. ICS General Staff
• D. Section Chiefs Group

Answer: (C)

The leadership group comprising the chiefs of the four major functional sections in the Incident Command System is the ICS General Staff. This group brings together the chiefs of Operations, Planning, Logistics, and Finance/Administration to coordinate all major incident activities under the Incident Commander. The Command Staff is a separate set of advisory roles (such as Public Information, Safety, and Liaison) that support the Incident Commander, but they are not the four section chiefs themselves. Other labeled groups aren’t formal terms used for the four-function leadership, so the correct designation is the ICS General Staff.