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- Light transport flights for emergency movement of <br />personnel and supplies; <br />- Aerial photographic and reconnaissance flights; <br />- Search and Rescue (including aircraft ramp checks for <br />missing craft and aerial and ground search activities); <br />- Radio communications; and <br />- Other activities as approved by the Wing Commander, <br />CAP, and Director, Florida Department of Emergency <br />Management. <br />2.6.4 RACES - Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service <br />The Indian River County Department of Emergency Services <br />will coordinate volunteer amateur radio communicators who <br />will be responsible for providing communication between <br />primary shelters and, as needed, remote sites to the EOC and <br />local officials. The communications include CB, RACES, Ham, <br />2 -meter, LGR, and Packet Radio. <br />3.0 DIRECTION & CONTROL <br />3.1 GENERAL <br />This section describes the coordination and management of emergency <br />response operations between local, state and federal agencies. <br />3.2 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ROLE <br />3.2.1 Decision-making authority <br />a. The on -scene commander or commanders in an <br />emergency response are local officials, usually a <br />representative from emergency management, law <br />enforcement or fire rescue. Overall, local coordination <br />and commitment authority for local assets is retained by <br />local elected officials, and delegated to the County <br />Emergency Management Director. In this capacity, the <br />incident commander would be responsible for: <br />- Coordination of local resource deployment and <br />local emergency response activities; <br />Indian River County Emergency Plan for Hazardous Materials Page 22 <br />