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In order to broaden our capabilities with speaking with the non-English <br />speaking communities of Indian River County, we subscribe to AT&T <br />Language Line. They are the world's largest provider of 24-hour over - <br />the -phone interpretation. In addition, we have several local residents <br />who have offered their interpreter services. Either of these services <br />would be available to non-English speaking callers. Additionally, <br />public service announcements are also broadcast in Spanish. <br />3. Our office maintains an E-mail/text message alert subscriber list for <br />disseminating weather alerts, or other warnings, to all subscribers <br />(including local law enforcement and governmental <br />officials/organizations). We are capable of immediately delivering <br />neighborhood level content to geographically targeted consumers via <br />cell phone (texting), e-mail and the web. <br />4. To increase our public outreach efforts, Indian River County also <br />utilizes social media to post weather alerts, or other warnings. <br />Residents now have the ability to follow us on Twitter and/or find us <br />on Facebook. <br />5. Indian River County utilizes social network media and users can <br />Cable TV interrupt service allows our office to interrupt currently <br />broadcasting television programs with current weather warnings, or <br />other warnings, pertaining to our immediate area. <br />6. Once the Emergency Operations Center is activated, the EOC will <br />broadcast protective and recovery action information on the <br />government access channel. This channel can be found on cable <br />channel 27 in all of Indian River County. <br />7. An agreement was entered into with WSCF (91.9 FM) radio which <br />allows emergency management staff access to broadcast equipment <br />for informing Indian River County citizens of storm/disaster <br />information such as what protective actions to take, what the <br />evacuation and re-entry plans are, and recovery information, including <br />restoration of utilities. <br />8. Using equipment within the EOC, Amateur radio communications are <br />provided by RACES/ARES volunteers. More specific information <br />related to communications issues can be found in the description for <br />ESF #2 (Communications), located in Annex I - Response Functions. <br />9. The primary EOC has auxiliary power provisions capable of sustaining <br />operations for five days. The secondary EOC has auxiliary power <br />provisions capable of sustaining operations for three days. <br />Indian River County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan Basic Page 90 <br />