Wildlife Branch Director. The Wildlife Branch Director is responsible for managing all wildlife operations and personnel. Following a spill notification with a potential for wildlife impacts, the Branch Director is responsible for ensuring that an initial wildlife impact assessment is rapidly conducted to appropriately establish the necessary scope and scale of the wildlife response. The Branch Director activates and supervises wildlife operations in accordance with the IAP and directs its execution, directs the Branch Operations, requests resources, ensures coordination with other sections or units within the Incident Command, and reports to the Operations Section Chief. The magnitude of the event and the potential for wildlife to be impacted will dictate the level of staffing in the Wildlife Branch. Smaller spills will generally have less staff. Under these circumstances, the Branch Director may have to take on additional responsibilities beyond those described below. In addition to the general duties described above, the Wildlife Branch Director’s duties include, but are not limited to: Attending tactics meetings, planning meetings, and Unified Command briefings; Notifying trustee agencies and tribes with interest in oiled wildlife response operations; Developing the Wildlife Branch Plan for the IAP for the next operational period; Determining Wildlife Branch staffing needs (including the need to request volunteers), in accordance with Unified Command procedures and directives; Managing and tracking Wildlife Branch personnel using an appropriate tracking system; Overseeing the preparation of work order forms for IAP preparation and logistics tracking; Providing updates to the Unified Command, Planning Section, and Public Information Officer/Joint Information Center regarding oiled wildlife issues; Ensuring that wildlife samples are collected in coordination with the Sampling Specialist; Identifies methods to minimize collateral damage to wildlife and habitat from recovery, transportation, and reconnaissance operations; Ensuring that qualified personnel perform wildlife recovery and rehabilitation safely and properly; Establishing phone (wildlife hotline), internet, and other reporting mechanisms to enable public reporting of oiled wildlife; Ensuring appropriate use, maintenance, and disposition of ICS forms (documentation); Maintaining Unit/Activity Log (ICS 214); Ensuring that all necessary permits are obtained; Identifying resources that can be ...
Wildlife Branch Director. The Wildlife Branch Director is responsible for managing all wildlife operations and personnel. Following a spill notification with a potential for wildlife impacts, the Branch Director is responsible for ensuring that an initial wildlife impact assessment is rapidly conducted to appropriately establish the necessary scope and scale of the wildlife response.
