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and/or its municipalities are inadequate to fulfill the needs of <br />the citizens, then aid and assistance may be requested from <br />the State of Florida and the Federal Government. Such <br />requests for State and Federal assistance will be made <br />through the Indian River County Emergency Management <br />Division to the Florida Division of Emergency Management. <br />Assistance required may be in the form of information, <br />technical expertise or substantial financial, material or resource <br />needs. A Declaration of State of Local Emergency is a <br />prerequisite to receive State and Federal disaster assistance. <br />A diagram depicting the declaration process is attached to this <br />document and identified as Figure 8. <br />e. When the County is under a warning or threatened by an <br />impending disaster, emergency workers will be relieved in <br />shifts to prepare their families and property. While no special <br />provisions have been made for the safety and welfare of <br />families of emergency workers, they have been encouraged to <br />develop their own family disaster plan. <br />The Emergency Management Director, or his designee, is <br />responsible for establishing a liaison with the state response <br />and recovery agencies and teams. ESFs will interface with <br />State RIAT and RRTs to assist in the impact assessment and <br />rescue/recovery operations. See Annex II - Recovery and <br />Mitigation Actions, for more information. <br />Indian River County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan Basic Page 139 <br />