In a CBRNE incident, to which officer or section do US&R report to receive mission objectives?

• A. Incident Commander
• B. Public Information Officer
• C. Safety Officer
• D. Operations Officer/Section

Answer: (D)

In this kind of incident, mission objectives for field teams like US&R come through the Operations Section Chief. The Incident Commander sets the overall direction, but the Operations Section translates those objectives into specific, tactical assignments and coordinates all frontline actions. US&R teams function as resources within that section, so they report to the Operations Chief to receive their mission objectives and tasking.

Public Information and Safety Officers handle their own roles (communications and safety oversight, respectively) and don’t issue field mission objectives.