Liaison Officer

Responsibilities

Organization

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• Review common and leadership responsibilities.
• Receive briefing from the Incident Commander/Unified Command (IC/UC).
• Determine need for additional staff, organize, brief & assign assistants.
• Make required and courtesy notifications to regulatory agencies and potentially affected parties as requested by the IC/UC.
• Brief the IC/UC on agency issues and concerns.
• Serve as the primary coordinator for the liaison network, including government, country or agency representatives (AREPs), if appropriate, and state/provincial, tribal/first-nations and local governments.
• Coordinate activities of visiting dignitaries.
• Maintain a list of assisting and cooperating agencies, including name and contact information. Monitor check-in sheets daily to ensure that all appropriate personnel are identified.
• Prepare for and Participate in the planning cycle process meetings and briefings as required.
• Assist in the development of the Information Management Plan, if established.
• Develop stakeholder coordination/engagement plan, including public meeting schedules, if needed.
• Keep agencies supporting the incident aware of incident status.
• Arrange consultations with nationally recognized tribal/first-nations organizations, as appropriate.
• Obtain input on issues and concerns from identified organizations, vet with appropriate response personnel, and communicate resolutions back to the organizations.
• Implement applicable plans, policies and procedures.
• Monitor incident operations to identify current or potential inter-organizational problems.
• Determine a need for a volunteer coordinator. Work with the volunteer coordinator to ensure volunteer training and activities are aligned with direction provided by the IC/UC. Note: Position will transition from LOFR to Planning Section Chief (PSC) as necessary.
• Coordinate response resource needs for Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) activities with the Operations Section Chief (OSC) during oil and HAZMAT responses.
• Coordinate resource needs for incident investigation activities with the OSC.
• Coordinate with Public Information Officer (PIO) on media and stakeholder's perception of risk associated to the incident.
• Coordinate information sharing and distribution with the PIO.
• Coordinate with PIO to develop and implement a social media strategy identifying stakeholder/public interface and usage.
• Coordinate with the Environmental Unit Leader (ENVL) to obtain information and materials to address the community's environmental & health risk concerns.
• Establish a Liaison area near the Command Center to assist local government agencies.
• Coordinate with the Situation Unit to ensure the Incident Event Log is being maintained regarding liaison related key events and actions.
• Be a contact point for non-jurisdictional agencies, NGOs, special interest groups, or other organizations seeking input to the response.
• Have debriefing session with the IC prior to departure/demobilization.
• Maintain Form 214a Individual Log and forward to Documentation Unit Leader (DOCL) for disposition.

Forms to Complete

Meetings to Attend