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Liaison
Officer
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| Liaison
Officer - General |
The Liaison
Officer - (LO) Incidents
that are multi-jurisdictional, or have several agencies
involved, may require the establishment of the LO position
on the Command Staff.
Only one LO will be assigned for each incident, including
incidents operating under UC and multi-jurisdiction incidents.
The LO may have assistants as necessary, and the assistants
may also represent assisting agencies or jurisdictions.
The Joint Information Center (JIC) Manual should be reviewed
regarding the organization and duties of the LO.
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| Liaison
Officer - Specific Responsibilities |
The LO is assigned to the incident to be the contact for
assisting and/or cooperating Agency Representatives.
- Review Common
Responsibilities.
- Be a contact point for Agency Representatives.
- Maintain a list of assisting and cooperating agencies
and Agency
Representatives. Monitor check-in sheets daily
to ensure that all Agency Representatives are identified.
- Assist in establishing and coordinating interagency
contacts.
- Keep agencies supporting the incident aware of
incident status.
- Monitor incident operations to identify current
or potential inter-organizational problems.
- Participate in planning meetings, providing current
resource status, including limitations and capability
of assisting agency resources.
- Coordinate response resource needs for Natural
Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR)
activities with the Operations
Section Chief (OPS) during oil and HAZMAT responses.
Coordinate response resource needs for incident investigation
activities with the OPS.
- Ensure that all required agency forms, reports
and documents are completed prior to demobilization.
- Have debriefing session with the Incident
Commander prior to departure.
- Maintain Unit/Activity Log (ICS Form 214,
5 KB PDF).
- Coordinate activities of visiting dignitaries
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