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... 4 Purpose This section defines the various roles and responsibilities of staff in both the planning process and as players within the EOC. This section encourages airport managers to use a sound organization business model such as the NIMS and ICS or similar organizational system such as Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS)
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... Roles and Responsibilities 5 decontamination units, volunteer organizations, and other specialists typically are brought in from outside the airport when needed during an incident. Those assets and others exist within government structures such as counties, states, or federal agencies.
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... 6 Design Considerations for Airport EOCs emergency, the city or county EOC is often the main point of communication and logistics management. So as not to confuse organizations, some states have mandated that only certain organizations may call their coordination center an EOC.
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... Roles and Responsibilities 7 EOC Director Public Information Officer Situational Awareness Section Planning Support Section Resources Support Section Center Support Section Source: Faith Group, LLC. Figure 3-2.
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... INCIDENT COMMANDER COMMAND POST Planning Section Chief Liaison Officer Safety Officer Logistics Section Chief Operations Section Chief Airline Liaison TSA Liaison Fire Fighting Branch Law Enforcement Branch Emergency Medical Services BranchStaging Area Airfield Branch GENERAL STAFF COMMAND STAFF Source: Faith Group, LLC. Figure 3-4.
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... EOC Support Operations Section Planning Section Finance Section Logistics Section TSA Liaison Airline Liaison Public Information Officer On-Site Incident Commander Or Unified Command Post Branch Director Branch Director Branch Director Branch Director Branch Director Day to Day Section Strike Team/Task Force Strike Team/Task Force Strike Team/Task Force Strike Team/Task Force Strike Team/Task Force Service Support Command Staff Airline Liaison Safety Officer PIO Logistics Deputy Operations Deputy Liaison Officer RESTAT SITSTAT Documentation Demobilization Technical Specialists Time Procurement Comps Claims Deputy OperationsDeputy Logistics Airfield Landside Maintenance Police FireTSA Liaison Staging Public Safety & Security < Line of Communication Groups/DivisionsGroups/Divisions Groups/Divisions Groups/Divisions Groups/Divisions Single Resource Single Resource Single Resource Single ResourceSingle Resource Source: Faith Group, LLC. Figure 3-6.
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... 10 Design Considerations for Airport EOCs ICS Structure Figure 3-4 reflects the ICS structure in its purest form indicating the IC in charge of the field CP supported by the Command Staff and the general staff. The general staff represents what is commonly seen in airports.

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