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(3) The county public information officer will be the first to provide <br />information to the public in the event of a terrorist act. He will establish a joint <br />information center (JIC) that includes representatives of the local agencies involved and <br />will coordinate all press releases, media visits and other related matters. As state and <br />federal agencies arrive, he will continue to direct the public information effort until the <br />FBI public information staff arrives and assumes control. The county public information <br />officer will then act as the liaison between the JIC and the local media outlets and advise <br />the state and federal PIO staff on local activities. The PlO will continue to disseminate <br />information specifically required by the citizens of Cabarms County. <br /> <br /> (4) The county PIO will assist municipal PIOs with public information tasks <br />should the event occur within a municipal jurisdiction within the county. <br /> <br />4. Demobilization. <br /> <br /> a. As the response continues and the threat level decreases, assets no longer <br />needed for the response may be released from duty in the same manner as used in other <br />emergency response operations. The incident commander will make the decision to <br />release personnel and equipment after coordinating this with the other members of the <br />unified command team. The EOC staffwill track the status of all departing elements and <br />adjust support operations to reflect the departure of these assets. <br /> <br /> b. At the conclusion of the response, the Emergency Management Coordinator <br />will establish a time and location for an after-action review (AAR) for the operation. He <br />will develop a report containing a description of the lessons learned during the response <br />operations. Municipalities involved in the response will participate in the county AAR. <br />Those municipalities are requested to provide internal Aa& information to the county <br />report to complete the collection of lessons learned during the response. <br /> <br /> c. Critical Incident Stress Debriefing. The nature of a terrorist act may have <br />psychological impact on the personnel responding to the incident. The effect of this <br />stress, plus the increased workload, may reduce the effectiveness of emergency response <br />workers. Each agency shall establish internal procedures for debriefing personnel <br />involved in the incident. The incident commander determines the need for on-scene <br />debriefing of personnel and requests this support. The Emergency Management <br />Coordinator will provide county agencies with combined or common debriefing support <br />for first responders as soon as the crisis phase is over. Municipalities involved in the <br />response will conduct their critical incident stress debriefings in accordance with their <br />internal SOP. If necessary, they may coordinate medical support for these debriefings <br />through the County EOC. <br /> <br />IV. CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT <br /> <br /> A. The line of succession for county government is: <br /> <br />EOP/ANNEX Q 9 <br /> <br />September 2001 <br /> <br /> <br />