Incident Business Advisor

Duties

• Establishes and maintains positive internal and external interpersonal working relationships.
• Gathers information necessary to assess incident assignment and determine immediate needs and actions.
• Attends Agency Administrator or outgoing Incident Commander briefing.  Obtains available incident information and incident agency guidelines and policies.
• Collects information from outgoing Finance/Administration Section Chief, outgoing Incident Commander or other personnel responsible for incident prior to your arrival.
• Evaluates and shares with IMT pertinent information with them, which may affect Incident Management Team operations.
• Ensures reports and forms are complete, accurate and timely.  Checks periodically.
• Reviews contracts, memoranda of understanding and cooperative agreements to ascertain their impact and application.
• Provides financial summary information on current incident operations.
• Participates in the operational period briefing, emphasizing the needs of the agency you represent.
• Interacts and coordinates with all command and general staff.  Receives and provides current information.
• Updates Incident Commander on current accomplishments and/or problems.
• Ensures that performance is documented and provided to Agency and IMT.
• Transitions with incident agency and/or other incident management team members to determine that final finance package is complete/accurate and presented with follow-up items.
• Interacts with Agency and IMT to ensure agency policies are being followed.
• Coordinates with Buying Team, Expanded Dispatch and IMT to ensure all areas are functioning and problems are resolved timely.
• Coordinates with Regional/Agency Incident Business Management Specialist.

Position Knowledge and/or Requirements

• Interpersonal skill level to communicate, verbally or in writing with local, state and national politicians or the private sector
• Ability to deal with complex incidents i.e. Multiple Agency Coordinating Centers, Area Command, high resource value and cost, urban interface, and multiple incidents
• ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents (ICS-200)
• Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents (ICS-300)
• NIMS: An Introduction (IS-700)
• NRF: An Introduction (IS-800B)