What Are The Major Activities Of The Planning Section Include?

When it comes to the everyday work of General staff, there are different roles and functions. Here our focus will be on the Major activities of the planning section include, but we will cover every aspect for better understanding. Let’s dive into the topic. 

Different Roles and Functions:

A General Staff has four different kinds of roles and functions. These are as follows.

• Operation Section
• Planning Section
• Logistic Section
• Administration or Finance Section

Before coming to the details, there is a basic difference between the Operation Section and the rest three. In the operation section, staffs make tactical moves and direct responses to others, and they have objectives to achieve. The rest section is more active and supports every response that is directed by the Operation sections.

How Someone Can Expand Incidents?

Supervisory layers can be added by expanding incidents. And it makes an organizational structure strong. Here I am giving you a structure for your better understanding.

Incident Commander➡Sections➡Branches➡Divisions or Groups➡Single Resource/ Task Forces

Check this list out.

Organizational Level	Support Position	Title
Incident Command	Deputy	Incident Commander
Command Staff	Assistance	Officer
General Staff	Deputy	Chief
Branch	Deputy	Director
Group/Division	N/A	Supervisor
Unit	Manager	Leader
Task Force/Strike Team	Single Resource Boss	Leader

Planning Section:

It is time to talk about some major activities of the planning section include, later we will talk about other sections too. If you have found this area interesting, then do not forget to check that out.

So, what are the major activities of the planning section?

1. Collecting

The first thing they need to do is to collect data and information. Whether the incident is important or not, they are responsible for collecting all the data and making a record of that. Sometimes operational managers or a leader do not command to do that, but it is their job to keep all on track. Maybe in the future, less important data will be valuable.

2. Evaluating 

Collecting is not the only responsibility. After that, they need to analyze the information thoroughly and make a comparison. This will help them to understand the information, and they will have an idea of what to do with that information—evaluating helps people to memorize more and when and where to use those data.

3. Displaying

Okay, collection of data: Done, Evaluation: Done- now the time has come to display the information. They need to show all the collection and evaluation stats to the seniors so that they can sit and make new strategies. When it comes to making plans, the more a staff a collection information and evaluates it, the more concrete the plan will be. Also, a good display is recommended.

4. Documentation

All of these above things are worth it when good documentation is done. Otherwise, there will be misunderstanding, and sometimes lack of documentation costs an organization a lot. For example, suppose you have the responsibility to collect and evaluate data and haven’t done any documentation. Two years later, the same data will need, then the organization has to put efforts into the same thing.

5. Tracking

Many people already do this, but still, this point is worth mentioning again and again. Documentation is necessary, but if you have no track of your own work, then what is the point of making documents of those? Try to schedule a time to check your documented information. Keep a good track of those whenever someone asks for any information so that you will be able to show them in a matter of time.

6. Maintain Documentation

Though this point is not necessary to be told, I am still mentioning this because good employees are known for their organizational skills. Maintaining information is essential. You don’t know when and how a small piece of information will be required. If you are properly maintaining documentation, then whenever you need something, the information can be found easily. This will save a lot of time and effort.

7. Developing Plans

If you ask me, what is the purpose of all these? From collecting data to evaluating and maintaining good documentation. So the thing is, you will need all these to develop plans. Suppose you have an idea in your mind, and now you want to execute that. Then all the things mentioned earlier are necessary to develop a strategy or plan. The more you are able to do all these, the more your plan will be solid and concrete.

Planning Section Chief

Now that you know all the major activities of the planning section include, it is time to know what a planning section chief does on a daily basis. This will help you to understand the job clearly. So, here are the main duties and responsibilities of a chief of the Planning Section.

• The first thing is to provide accurate information. After employees collect information, their duty is to make sure that all the information is accurate and credible.
• After getting information or before that, they are responsible for providing essential resources. So that employees can get proper help from their leader.
• One of their main tasks of them is to create action plans. They have information, analysis report, and proper documentation- now they need to develop plans that can be executed.
• You must know that every action has a reaction, so they also need to maintain the chronology of events.

Different Units of Planning Section:

Usually, there are four different units of a planning section. But recently, a fifth unit has been added to the list. Check out the list.

• Resource Unit
• Situation Unit
• Documentation Unit
• Demobilization Unit
• Technical Specialists

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs):

Here are some interesting questions and answers.

To Sum Up

I hope now you have a pretty good idea about the major activities of the Panning Section include, though these are other roles and responsibilities that they need to do. But in proper organizational work, these are the main things, and all the works are properly divided.

If you have any further questions, let us know in the comment section below.

Thank You.

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