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The following organizations share that responsibility in Indian River County: • Indian River County Emergency Management Division • Emergency Support Function (ESF)#2—Communications • Emergency Support Function (ESF)#14—Public Information • Indian River County Sheriff's Office • State of Florida Division of Emergency Management • Federal Government Emergency Alert System (EAS) • National Weather Service NOAA Weather Radio System The State of Florida Division of Emergency Management, Indian River County Department of Emergency Services, and the Indian River County Sheriff's Office hold the responsibility of serving as the State Warning Point(SWP) and County Warning Point(CWP), respectively. Concept of Operations Reliable communications are necessary not only for day-to-day government operations, but for the management of response and recovery efforts, notification of emergency response team members, warning the public of occurring or impending events and coordination with other agencies and organizations. Communications capabilities must be available for emergency management functions in the Emergency Operations Center, alternate EOC, and in the field. Indian River County Emergency Management utilizes various technologies and methods in order to provide primary and secondary methods for communications, warnings and notifications. These technologies and methods give us the capability to initiate, receive and/or relay warnings and vital information to key county decision/policy makers, emergency response team members as well as the public. By having multiple systems and technologies available, Indian River County Emergency Management maintains effective communications across all hazards, threats and operational environments. Many systems are used daily for routine communications and information exchange requirements and some are available for alert and warning situations. To maintain operational readiness, all systems are tested on an established schedule and frequency. A Systems Test Logbook will be kept by the emergency management staff and test logs will be retained in accordance with the standard record retention protocol (1 calendar year). Indian River County Emergency Management is committed to helping our citizens prepare for and recover from any disaster that may impact our community. Our emergency plans subscribe to an all-hazards approach to emergency management, notjust specific types of hazards but increasing preparedness for any type of hazard. This plan has been made an annex of Indian River County's Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (CEMP). A description of all hazards that pose a threat to Indian River County can be found in the hazards analysis section of the CEMP (Basic Plan, pp-7-77). To assist with the development of this plan,the Indian River County Emergency Manager appointed a public information strategyteam with participation bythe CRS Coordinator,emergency management coordinator, emergency management planner and storm water engineer. Indian River County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan Annex VI -4