LIAISON OFFICER (LOFR)

The Liaison Officer (LOFR) is Command’s point-of-contact for representatives of other government agencies, non-government agencies (NGOs), and private sector to provide input on their agencies’ policies, resource availability, and other incident-related matters.

(1) Review Common Responsibilities.

(2) Provide a point of contact for assisting and cooperating Agency Representatives (AREPs).

(3) Maintain a master list of assisting and cooperating agency and stakeholder group contacts.

(4) Assist in establishing and coordinating interagency contacts.

(5) Assist in development of the Information Management Plan.

(6) Develop the Stakeholder Coordination Plan, including periodic public meeting schedules, if needed.

(7) Keep agencies supporting the incident aware of incident status.

(8) Monitor incident operations to identify current or potential inter-organizational issues and advise the Incident Commander (IC)/Unified Command (UC), as appropriate.

(9) Coordinate with the Public Information Officer (PIO) on news media and stakeholder relations.

(10) Coordinate the activities of visiting dignitaries.

(11) Participate in planning meetings. Provide current resource status information, including limitations and capabilities of assisting agency resources.

(12) Provide information and support to local government officials and stakeholder groups.