Public Information Officer

Responsibilities

Organization

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• Review common and leadership responsibilities.
• Receive briefing from the Incident Commander (IC).
• Determine need for additional staff, organize, brief & assign assistants.
• Determine from the IC if there are any limits on information release.
• Brief IC/UC on PIO issues and concerns.
• Develop media strategy and public information plan.
• Monitor incident status to maintain current knowledge of events and incident progress.
• Represent/advise IC/UC on all public information matters relating to the incident.
• Develop material for use in media briefings.
• Obtain IC/UC approval of media releases.
• Inform media and conduct media briefings. Complete Media Contact and Community Inquiry reports as necessary.
• Monitor and use social media as approved by the IC/UC.
• Arrange for tours and other interviews or briefings that may be required.
• Coordinate information sharing and distribution with the Liaison Officer (LOFR).
• Assist in the development of the Information Management Plan.
• Evaluate the need to establish JICs at additional sites.
• Manage a Joint Information Center (JIC) if established.
• Assign a JIC Manager, if established.
• Implement applicable emergency response JIC/PIO policies and procedures.
• Obtain media information that may be useful to incident planning.
• Maintain current information summaries and/or displays on the incident and provide information on the status of the incident to assigned personnel.
• Coordinate w/Environmental Unit Leader (ENVL) and LOFR to address media & stakeholder risk perceptions & obtain technical content for external messages.
• Ensure that all required agency forms, reports and documents are completed prior to demobilization.
• Have debriefing session with the IC prior to demobilization.
• Maintain Form 214a Individual Log and forward to DOCL for disposition. 78

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