Additional Safety Officer (SOFR) Assistants - Fill as Needed

Responsibilities

Public Health Technical Specialist

Public Health Technical Specialists may provide public/responder health and safety technical knowledge/expertise in events involving oil, hazardous substance/materials, radiation, or health/medical issues. Specialists from government agencies may provide technological assistance in the following areas: human health threat assessment, environmental health threat assessment, exposure prevention, worker health and safety, toxicology and health physics, epidemiology, and public health communications.

Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Specialist

The Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Specialist is responsible for identifying and securing the immediate response and services to provide for the psychological and emotional needs of all incident personnel. Due to the importance of the mental well-being of all response personnel and the highly specialized nature of the program, the CISM Specialist could be assigned to the command level of the organization and would report directly to the Incident Commander/Unified Command (IC/UC).

Responsibilities

Training Specialist

The Training Specialist is responsible for coordinating the training of incident response personnel. The Training Specialist will monitor response operations and identify any additional needs. The Training Specialist is responsible for evaluating compliance of responders with all regulatory-required training.

Medical Specialist

The Medical Specialist is primarily responsible for the development of the Medical Plan, identifying requirements for medical aid and transportation of injured and/or ill incident personnel, and preparation of reports and records.