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Logistics Service Branch The Logistics Service Branch Director, reports to the LSC and is responsible for the management of all service activities at the incident. The Logistics Service Branch Director supervises the operations of the Food, Communications and Care and Shelter/Animal Care Units. Food Unit The Food Unit Leader is responsible for determining feeding and cooking facility requirements at all incident facilities, menu planning, food preparation, serving, providing potable water, and general maintenance of the food service areas. Communications Unit The Communications Unit reports to the LSC. They are responsible for effective communications planning as well as acquiring, setting up, maintaining, and accounting for internal and external communications equipment. The Communications Unit prepares the Emergency Communications Plan. Care and Shelter/Animal Care Unit The Care and Shelter/Animal Care Unit reports to the LSC. The Care and Shelter/Animal Care Unit identifies community care and shelter needs. The Unit coordinates with the American Red Cross (ARC) and other emergency welfare agencies to identify, set up, staff and maintain evacuation centers and mass care facilities for disaster victims. They work with the ARC to establish and operate shelters. The Care and Shelter/Animal Care Unit also coordinates animal care, rescue operations and sheltering with San Mateo County Animal Services and the Peninsula Humane Society. They coordinate with law enforcement and the San Mateo Sheriff's Office for pet evacuations and animal control issues, such as lost and strayed pets. Medical Care Unit The Medical Care Unit is responsible for developing the overall City response staff medical care plan. The Medical Care Unit develop the Medical Plan (ICS -206) Form and ensure it complies with State and local medical service agency policies. They obtain medical aid transportation for ill or injured staff. Finance Section The Finance Section is established when incident management activities require EOC support to specific finance and other administrative services. Functions that fall within the scope of the Section are recording personnel time, maintaining vendor contracts, compensation and claims, and conducting an overall cost analysis for the incident. Records maintained by the Finance Section are vital to process incident cost recovery action through the State and FEMA. Finance Section Chief The Finance Section Chief (FSC) reports to the EOC Director. The FSC is responsible for developing a comprehensive understanding of the incident/situation from a financial perspective. They establish and maintain overall finance requirements (e.g. source of funds, different agency spending authorities, documentation requirements, etc.) The FSC identifies specific finance requirements of each operational period and implements them in accordance with City fiscal policy. 62