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GDP - Gross Domestic Product

A group of incident management personnel organised according to function and reporting to the IC. The General Staff normally consists of the Operations Section Chief, Planning Section Chief, Logistics Section Chief, and Finance/Administration Section Chief. An Intelligence/Investigations Chief may be established, if required, to meet incident management needs.


General Staff

A group of incident management personnel organised according to function and reporting to the IC. The General Staff normally consists of the Operations Section Chief, Planning Section Chief, Logistics Section Chief, and Finance/Administration Section Chief. An Intelligence/Investigations Chief may be established, if required, to meet incident management needs.


GIS - Geographic Information System

is a conceptualised framework that provides the ability to capture and analyse spatial and geographic data. GIS applications (or GIS apps) are computer-based tools that allow the user to create interactive queries (user-created searches), store and edit spatial and non-spatial data, analyse spatial information output, and visually share the results of these operations by presenting them as maps.


Go Kits

A “Go” Kit is a briefcase, satchel or box that contains information and supplies that the owner is certain to need in an emergency.  “Go” Kits should be able to self-sustain a person / operation for 72 hours.


Goal

General statement that indicates the intended solution to an identified problem.



Group

An organisational subdivision established to divide the incident management structure into functional areas of operation. Groups are composed of resources assembled to perform a special function not necessarily within a single geographic area. See also Division.


GSUL - Ground Support Unit Leader

Responsible for transporting personnel, supplies, food, and equipment; fueling, servicing, maintaining, and repairing vehicles and other ground support equipment; supporting out-of-service resources; and developing and implementing the Incident Transportation Plan.