Editing Incident Command System (section)

===Span of control===
To limit the number of responsibilities and resources being managed by any individual, the ICS requires that any single person's [[span of control]] should be between three and seven individuals, with five being ideal. In other words, one manager should have no more than seven people working under them at any given time. If more than seven resources are being managed by an individual, then that individual is being overloaded and the command structure needs to be expanded by delegating responsibilities (e.g. by defining new sections, divisions, or task forces). If fewer than three, then the position's authority can probably be absorbed by the next highest rung in the chain of command.<ref name="autogenerated2007"/>