Public Information Officer

Improvement Item GVW Fire Department should establish PIO (Public Information Officer) position for adequate representation at joint press conferences. This would allow for better coordination between ACSO (Aiken County Sheriffs Office) and the Fire Department Incident Commander. 

Strength ACSO Public Information Officer (PIO) coordinated media through implementation of a media staging area that was clearly identified to media. 

Improvement Item EOC did not have press releases prior to distribution at CP. Hard copies of press releases were not initially distributed at press conferences. Unmanned radio stations limited ability for local alerts to be made. Initial notification did not go out through NOAA Weather Radio, although it was utilized later in the day. EOC (Emergency Operation Center) PIO (Public Information Officer) could not get response from PIOs at CP (Command Post) to coordinate messages for media at EOC. Citizens in shelters had no official information source. 

Public Information Officer (PIO) Person who acts as a liaison between the incident commander and the news media. 

California Air Resources Board (CARB), Methodology for Estimating Emissions from On-Road Motor Vehicles, Vol. I Introduction and Overview, L. Hrynchuk and B. Effa, Planning and Technical Support Division Mobile Source Emission Inventory Branch, 1996. (For information about documents or MVEI7G Model, contact Public Information Office or Transportation Activity Section, California Air Resources Board. We thank Mr. E. E. Yotter and Dr. John Holmes, Chief, Research Division, for providing this information (1999).)... 

A streamlined organizational chart that is consistent with the National Incident Management System (NIMS), which includes nine key positions incident commander public information officer safety officer liaison officer section chiefs for operations, fi-nance/administration, planning, and logistics and a medical/technical specialist. 

Communicate information obtained and coordinate with Public Information Officer. ... 

Obtain Hospital Casualty/Fatality Report (HICS Form 259) from the Public Information Officer and Planning Section Chief and report to appropriate authorities the following minimum data Number of casualties received and types of injuries treated. Current patient capacity (census) Number of patients hospitalized, discharged home, or transferred to other facilitie Number dead. Individual casualty data name or ph reical description, sex, age, address, seriousness of injury or condition. ... 

Public Information Office, National Academy of Sciences. 

You re to take this gentleman to the Public Information Office, he directed. As he spoke, a flurry of rifle firing broke out in the street outside—some forty or fifty shots in all, spattering through several minutes. Our driver was calmly speaking into his radio. 

Comnninicating Science News A Guide for Public Information Officers, Scientists and Physicians. Available from the National Association of Science Writen. 

Command staff— An incident command component that consists of the following functions public information officer, safety officer, liaison officer, and other positions as required, which report directly to the incident commander. 

Public information officer (PIO)—A member of the command staff responsible for interfacing with the public and media and/or with other agencies with incident-related information requirements. Pulse duration— The on time of a pulsed laser it may be measured in terms of milliseconds, microseconds, or nanoseconds. 

Assistance may be provided in various ways. For some minor Incidents, only advice by telephone may be necessary. In some cases the Re onat Coordinating Office may arrange for assistance to be provided at the scene of the incident by knowledgeable persons who are located nearby. If the circumstances warrant, a radiological assistance team will be dispatched by the Regional Coordinating Office to the scene of the incident. For most incidents in which a team is dispatched, the response may be made by one or two individuals. However, for larger or more complex incidents the team may consist of several specialists. Teams may include Team Leader, Radiation Monitors, Medical Officer, Public Information Officer, and other specialists as required. 

Personnel — fire brigade, hazardous materials response team, emergency medical services, security, emergency management group, evacuation team, and public information officer. 

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