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s <br />between the SERT Leader, the affected State ESF and the <br />impacted counties. <br />9. Discussion of Direction and Control for Shelter <br />The decision of opening shelters is a responsibility of the <br />Emergency Management Director. Should a request for assistance <br />be made to the SEOC, it will be to support the local sheltering plan <br />with assistance in staffing shelters; identifying additional shelters; <br />and managing shelters with a shortfall of resources. The SEOC <br />will coordinate through ESF #6 (Mass Care) any requests for <br />assistance from other ESFs that will be needed to support multi - <br />county, regional and interregional shelter operations. <br />a. The SERT Leader, following discussions with the GAR, ESF <br />6 (Mass Care) and the representatives of the impacted <br />counties, will provide information regarding the status of <br />evacuation orders and the potential for shelter needs on a <br />county, regional, inter- regional, and/or statewide basis. <br />All state assistance and support of sheltering will be <br />coordinated from the SEOC through ESF #6 (Mass Care), <br />under the direction and control of the SERT L, !ader. <br />Decisions on sheltering issues will be made after <br />coordination between appropriate State ESFs, impacted <br />counties and the SERT Leader. <br />10. Discussion of Relationship Between Primary and Support Agencies <br />in the ESFs: <br />a. An agency may be designated "the primary" for an ESF for <br />a number of reasons. The agency may have a statutory <br />responsibility to perform that function, or through its <br />programmatic or regulatory responsibilities, the agency may <br />have developed the necessary expertise to lead the ESF. In <br />some agencies, a portion of the agency's mission is very <br />similar to the mission of the ESF; therefore, the skills to <br />respond in a disaster can be immediately translated from the <br />daily business of that agency. Whatever the reason an <br />agency is designated as the " primary" agency, that agency <br />has the necessary contacts and expertise to coordinate the <br />activities of that support function. For a list of primary <br />Indian River County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan Basic Page 64