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the ESFs located at the EOC. The "recovery phase" will be coordinated and conducted at the EOC with a transition to the DFO as appropriate. E. NOTIFICATION AND WARNING — (Refer to the Indian River County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan, Annex Vl, Communications Plan) 1. AT&T - The primary communication system operative through the Department prior to, during, or after an emergency is AT&T, a commercial carrier telephone service. When a determination has been made that inter -county resources will be required, appropriate DEM personnel will notify the ESF leaders from the required ESF. The ESF leaders will be responsible for alerting or notifying necessary personnel within their respective ESFs. Note: At the time of this writing, Indian River County was in the process of upgrading their phone system to an AT&T secure VoIP system. The advantage of the new system will be less service outages and more reliable service. 2. Public Safety Answering Points (PSAP: 24-HOUR emergency communications center) — There are three PSAPs located in Indian River County (Indian River County Sheriff's Office, Vero Beach Police Department and Sebastian Police Department). However, the Indian River County Sheriff's Office serves as the primary agency and is responsible for answering calls for police, firefighting, and ambulance services 24 hours a day, dispatching emergency services or passing 911 calls on to public or private safety agencies. 3. EMnet - The Indian River County Department of Emergency Services operates a 24-hour emergency communications center, either at the main office location during routine business hours or at the Indian River County Sheriff's Office during off -hours. The primary point to point (County Warning Point to State Warning Point) communication system is the Emergency Management Network (EMnet). The system has a special computer that will automatically failover to a satellite connection if the local internet connection fails. EMnet features electronic messaging, point-to-point voice calling, and voice conference call capabilities. Indian River County is also authorized to transmit Emergency Alert System messages to Florida broadcasters as well as the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System, which can notify citizens via smart phones, weather radios, and other devices. 4. NAWAS - The primary point-to-point (County Warning Point to State Warning Point) voice communications mechanism is currently NAWAS. NAWAS is a 4 -wire telephone system used to convey Indian River County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan Basic Page 133