What is defined as how an assignment will be accomplished by a deployed resource?

• A. Plan of Action
• B. Unified Command
• C. Tactics
• D. Strategy

Answer: (C)

Tactics describe the concrete methods and maneuvers used by resources to carry out a given assignment. They answer the question “how will we do this?” by outlining the specific actions, sequences, and techniques the deployed team will use to accomplish the task. This is different from strategy, which is the overall approach or plan for achieving the incident objectives (the big-picture direction). Unified Command is about who is in charge across agencies, and a plan of action is a general term for steps, not the defined on-the-ground methods. So the best answer is tactics because it captures the precise actions the crew will take to complete the assignment.