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The Liaison Officer Position Checklist outlines the key tasks for a Liaison Officer during an incident. These include obtaining briefings from the Incident Commander, gathering information on assisting and cooperating agencies, establishing a workspace, briefing agency representatives, monitoring operations for issues, and participating in planning meetings. The checklist notes that some tasks are one-time while others are ongoing throughout the incident.

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Staff Checkout Form

The Liaison Officer Position Checklist outlines the key tasks for a Liaison Officer during an incident. These include obtaining briefings from the Incident Commander, gathering information on assisting and cooperating agencies, establishing a workspace, briefing agency representatives, monitoring operations for issues, and participating in planning meetings. The checklist notes that some tasks are one-time while others are ongoing throughout the incident.

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Liaison Officer Position Checklist

The following checklist should be considered as the minimum requirements for this position. Note that
some of the tasks are one-time actions; others are ongoing or repetitive for the duration of the incident.

9 Task

1. Obtain briefing from Incident Commander:

ƒ Obtain summary of incident organization (ICS Forms 201 and 203).

ƒ Determine companies/agencies/non-governmental organizations already involved in the


incident, and whether they are assisting (have tactical equipment and/or personnel
assigned to the organization), or cooperating (operating in a support mode "outside" the
organization).

2. Obtain cooperating and assisting agency information, including:

ƒ Contact person(s).

ƒ Radio frequencies.

ƒ Phone numbers.

ƒ Cooperative agreements.

ƒ Resource type.

ƒ Number of personnel.

ƒ Condition of personnel and equipment.

ƒ Agency constraints/limitations.

3. Establish workspace for Liaison function and notify agency representatives of location.

4. Contact and brief assisting/cooperating agency representatives and mutual aid


cooperators.

5. Interview agency representatives concerning resources and capabilities, and restrictions on


use-provide this information at planning meetings.

6. Work with Public Information Officer and Incident Commander to coordinate media
releases associated with inter-governmental cooperation issues.

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Liaison Officer Position Checklist

7. Monitor incident operations to identify potential inter-organizational problems. Keep


Command apprised of such issues:

ƒ Bring complaints pertaining to logistical problems, inadequate communications, and


strategic and tactical direction to the attention of Incident Management Team (IMT).

8. Participate in Planning Meetings:

Sample Planning Meeting Agenda

Agenda Item Responsible Party

1 Briefing on situation/resource status. Planning/Operations Section Chiefs


2 Discuss safety issues. Safety Officer
3 Set/confirm incident objectives. Incident Commander
4 Plot control lines & Division boundaries. Operations Section Chief
5 Specify tactics for each Division/Group. Operations Section Chief
6 Specify resources needed for each Operations/Planning Section Chiefs
Division/Group.
7 Specify facilities and reporting locations. Operations/Planning/Logistics Section
Chiefs
8 Develop resource order. Logistics Section Chief
9 Consider communications/medical/ Logistics/Planning Section Chiefs
transportation plans.
10 Provide financial update. Finance/Administration Section Chief
11 Discuss interagency liaison issues. Liaison Officer
12 Discuss information issues. Public Information Officer
13 Finalize/approve/implement plan. Incident Commander/All

9. Document all activity on Unit Log (ICS Form 214).

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