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Chapter 1 1-8 ATP 3-91.1/AFTTP 3-2.86 17 April 2019 Chief of Fires 1-23. The chief of fires is the senior fires officer at division and higher headquarters who is responsible for advising the commander on the best use of available fire support resources, providing input to necessary orders, and developing and implementing the fire support plan. The chief of fires may be given authority by the commander to— Provide for consolidated and focused fires training, readiness, and oversight of personnel management, and equipment issues. Facilitate establishing standard operating procedures across the force to save time and create efficiencies between division fires cells, division artillery (DIVARTY), and other echelons. Ensure resourced training packages to limit requirements for force taskings and cut down on coordination requirements between units. Plan for the allocation of field artillery assets. 1-24. Members of the fires cell assist the chief of fires in these duties. The chief of fires facilitates the fires warfighting function and works closely with the division G-3 to ensure mutual understanding of all aspects of planning, preparation, execution, and assessment of fires for operations. 1-25. When a field artillery brigade, separate from the DIVARTY, is designated as the force field artillery headquarters by a supported division commander, the field artillery brigade commander assumes the responsibility as fire support coordinator (FSCOORD) for the division. The division chief of fires assumes the DFSCOORD position and takes direction and guidance from the FSCOORD, but will remain the primary division fires staff officer and, normally, will not assume JAGIC chief duties. If the field artillery brigade is not designated as the force field artillery headquarters, then the DIVARTY commander is expected to serve as the FSCOORD and the division chief of fires remains the DFSCOORD. Although the JAGIC chief, in these cases, is usually a FSO, the DFSCOORD, when directed by the G-3, must be prepared to provide oversight of JAGIC functions. Deputy Fire Support Coordinator 1-26. The division chief of fires has oversight of fire support personnel in the JAGIC, and as stated above, will most likely become the DFSCOORD. In cases when there is a FSCOORD, division chief of fires, and a DFSCOORD who is not the chief of fires, then the DFSCOORD could potentially become the JAGIC chief. However, due to conflicting responsibilities, a FSO is usually the senior Army officer in the JAGIC. The DFSCOORD leads fires coordination, synchronization, and employment responsibilities integrated with air operations. When performing JAGIC duties, the DFSCOORD is referred to as the JAGIC chief. There may be times when the authority and responsibilities of JAGIC chief will be delegated to another Army officer in the JAGIC when the DFSCOORD or the assigned FSO are not available. Fire Support Officer (Formerly the Assistant Fire Support Coordinator/JAGIC Chief) 1-27. A FSO oversees Army fires operations in the JAGIC and commonly serves as the JAGIC chief. This officer is not only responsible for the fires cell portion of the JAGIC, but also the JAGICs overall performance to integrate airspace users’ lethal and non-lethal effects. The selected FSO determines target attack methods, establishes or modifies FSCMs, and oversees fire mission execution. A FSO, serving as the JAGIC chief, makes recommendations on field artillery target attack methods to the DFSCOORD, only in cases when the DFSCOORD is serving as the JAGIC chief. Targeting Officer(s) 1-28. Not to be confused with the division targeting officer, primarily responsible for the targeting working groups and targeting briefs to the commander during the targeting cycle, the JAGIC’s targeting officer analyzes each target that enters the JAGIC to determine its validity in accordance with the commander’s guidance then makes recommendations to the JAGIC chief. Additionally, the targeting officer refines target selection standards and attack guidance, recommends high-payoff targets, conducts target mensuration, performs collateral damage estimation when required to support current operations, and updates and validates preplanned air interdiction (AI) targets in the division’s area of operations. Air interdiction is air operations conducted to divert, disrupt, delay, or destroy the enemy’s military surface capabilities before it