1st level: Citizens of Columbia.

2nd level: Legislative, Executive Governor, and Judicial

The first part of the organizational chart is the Legislative level which includes the Senate and the House.

The second part of the organizational chart includes the Executive Governor. Under the Executive Governor is the Department of Homeland Security, Emergency Management, Secretary of State, Attorney General, and the National Guard.

The Lieutenant Governor reports to the Department of Homeland Security. Office of Trade and Office of Tourism both fall under the Lieutenant Governor.

Under the Secretary of State is the Cabinet. The following are under the Cabinet: Dept. of Labor, Dept. of Economic Development, Dept. of Revenue, Dept. of Transportation, Dept. of Wildlife & Fisheries, Dept. of Agriculture, Dept. of Environment Protection, Dept. of Public Safety, Dept. of Civil Service, Dept. of Social Services, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Dept. of Treasury, State Health and Human Services Department, and Dept. of Natural Resources and Conservation

The final part of the organizational chart contains the judicial system which includes the Supreme Court, Circuit Court, and District Court.

1st level: Voters

2nd level: Sheriff (elected official), Clerk of Courts (elected official), District Attorney (elected official), Board of Schools (elected official), Treasurer (elected official), and Recorder of Deeds (appointed official)

3rd level: Board of Supervisors (5) Chaired by President (elected officials) and Boards (elected official). Under the Board of Supervisors is the County Clerk (elected official) and the County Attorney (elected official).

Beneath the County Clerk and County attorney: County Manager (appointed official), Public Information (appointed official), and Inspector General/Audit (appointed official).

The final set of positions in the organizational chart: Deputy County Manager (appointed official), Assistant County Manager (appointed official), and Chief Financial Officer (appointed official).

Under the Deputy County Manager: Public Health Department (appointed official), Public Works Department (appointed official), Emergency Management* (appointed official), Housing & Human Services (civil service).

Under the Assistant County Manager: Human Resources Department (civil service), Information Technology Department (civil service), Planning & Zoning (appointed official), Community Services Department (appointed official).

Beneath the Community Services Department: Public Library (civil service), County Transit (civil service), parks & recreation (appointed official), and Economic Development (civil service).

Under Boards: Economic Development, Public Library, Water & Sewer (includes East Lake Dam), Planning & Zoning, Parks & Recreation, County Transit (includes Airport and Seaport). All these positions are appointed officials.

*An expanded organizational chart has been developed for the Emergency Management Organization and it is located in the Emergency Management Section

1st level: Voters

2nd level: City Council (elected official)

3rd level under the City Council: Advisory City Boards (appointed officials) – includes Planning & Zoning, Parks & Recreation, Housing & Economic Development, and Public Library. These positions are all appointed officials.

Continuing under City Council is City Clerk (elected officials), Treasurer (elected officials), and City Attorney (elected officials).

4th level: City Manager (appointed official) includes the Deputy City Manager and Assistant City Manager. Both positions are appointed officials.

Under the Deputy City Manager are the following departments: Fire, Police, Public Works, and Community Service. All of these positions are appointed officials.

Under the Community Service Department: Parks & Recreation (appointed official), City Transit (civil service), Public Library (civil service), and Housing & Economic Development (civil service).

Under the Assistant City Manager are the following departments: Human Resources (civil service), Information Technology (civil service), Planning & Zoning (appointed official), and Finance Department (appointed official).

Under the Finance Department: Finance Office, Purchasing Office, and Tax Administration. All three of these positions are civil service.

1st level: Voters

2nd level: City Council (elected official)

3rd level under the City Manager (appointed official)

4th level: Fire Department (appointed official), Police Department (appointed official), Public Works Department (appointed official), and Administration (civil service)

1st level: Local Public Information Officer

2nd level: JIC Facility Liaison

3rd level: Information Gathering, Information Dissemination, Operations Support

4th level: Response Partners and Research and Writing fall under Information Gathering. Media Phones and Web Support fall beneath Information Dissemination. Special Needs and Multilingual fall beneath Operations Support.

1st level: Local Public Information Officer

2nd level: JIC Facility Liaison

3rd level: Information Gathering, Information Dissemination, Operations Support, and Liaisons

4th level: Under Information Gathering: Response Partners, Media Monitoring and Analysis, and Research and Writing. Under Information Dissemination: Rapid Response, Media Phones, Status Board, and Web Support. Under Operations Support: Facility Support and Special Needs and Multilingual. Under Liaisons: VIP Escort

1st level: Lead Public Information Officer

2nd level: JIC Facility Liaison

3rd level: Information Gathering, Information Dissemination, Operations Support, and Liaisons

4th level: Under Information Gathering: Response Partners, Media Monitoring and Analysis, Strategy and Messaging, Research and Writing, and Audio-Visual. Under Information Dissemination: Rapid Response, Briefing and Special Events, Media Phones, Status Board, and Web Support. Under Operations Support: Facility Support, Media Reception, Special Needs and Multilingual and Administration. Under Liaisons: Field PIO, VIP Escort, and Community Relations

Delegation of Authority for the
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The __________________Incident Management Team has been requested to support the delivery of public safety at the venues that make up the ____________. You have full authority and responsibility to establish a Unified Command and for managing the public safety activities within the framework of laws, policy, and direction provided through Liberty County/Central City Multiagency Coordination Group (MAC Group).

Your primary responsibility is to organize and direct your assigned resources for efficient and effective protection of the public within the priorities of life safety, a stable event protection of property, and conservation of the environment. You are accountable to the MAC Group and should report event status through the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) on a periodic basis but not less than 3 times per day.

Specific directions for this incident, covering management and environmental concerns follow:

1. Protection of life and private property is your highest priority task:

• Use management tactics that will facilitate efficient and safe achievement of management objectives;
• Give special consideration to staff safety, especially with respect to LCES, work/rest guidelines (2:1 ratio), marine, and aviation operations;
• Conduct reconnaissance to hazards to civilians.

2. Wildlife, watershed, and heritage constraints and considerations have been documented in the planning process.
3. Manage the human resources assigned to the event in a manner that promotes mutual respect and is consistent with policies for preventing discrimination and sexual harassment.
4. Be cost effective; you are authorized to spend up to $10,000 without recourse to the bidding process. For authority to expend more than that, the membership of the MAC Group have been authorized to approve amounts over $10,000. Utilize local vendors and contractors for fire supplies and services, as much as possible.
5. The IMT will have the authority to close down any venue location or support area as required. However, cancellation of the entire event will require prior approval of the Agency Administrators.
6. Public information will remain a shared responsibility of the Joint Information System and the Public Information Officers assigned to the EOC and IMT.
7. Notify the MAC Group of any accidents or unusual events.
8. Coordinate resources requests through the Liberty County/Central City Emergency Operations Center.
9. You should take over management of the incident on or before _______________.

The Liberty County/Central City Emergency Manager will serve as the designated Agency Administrator representative and will be available and reachable unless the need for a designated acting designee should arise. You will be kept informed of any changes in authority.

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1st level: Fire Chief

2nd level: Assistant Chief

3rd level: Deputy Chief; Fire Marshal; and Administrative Director

Branched below the Deputy Chief: Battalion 2; Field Units; Battalion 8; Field Units

Branched below the Fire Marshal: Code Enforcement; Fire Inspection; Fire Prevention; Public Education; Arson Squad

Branched below the Administrative Director: Personnel; Fiscal; Building Maintenance; Vehicle Maintenance; and Warehouse

1st level: Incident Commander (Field Deputy Chief)

2nd level: Safety (Training Officer); Liaison (1st Deputy Fire Marshal); Information Officer (2nd Deputy Fire Marshal)

3rd level: Operations Section (1st Battalion Chief); Planning Section (Assistant Chief); Logistics Section (Chief Fire Marshal); Finance/Admin Section (Administrative Director)

1st level: EMS Director

2nd level: Medical Director

3rd level: 2 Assistant Director

Branched from the first Assistant Director is: Training; Quality Improvement; Apparatus/Equipment/Supplies. Public Information/Education is branched from Apparatus/Equipment/Supplies.

Branched from the second Assistant Director is: Field

1st level: State Dept of Health and Human Services; Liberty County Public Health Department; and Director EMS Systems.

2nd level: Chief Howard, Central City EMS; Chairman, Medical Control Board; and Health Dept., Liberty County EMS Coordinator.

There is a box branching from Chief Howard, Central City EMS: QA Manager, Staff Assistant, Billing, Training Coordinator, Contracts Mgt., HR. Below Chief Howard, Central City are three boxes: Fred Edling (Shift Supervisor A), Peter Acjer (Shift Supervisor B), and Susan Jolly (Shift Supervisor C).

Below all three is a box for Paramedics EMTS. All these positions are within the Central City EMS.

Under Chairman, Medical Control Board is Dr. Anacker, Central City EMS Director (medical oversite all medics) and Dr. Phillips, RRTC Medical Director.

Branching from Dr. Phillips: Big Rock Branch, Gold Mine Branch, and HIS Branch. All these positions are within the RRTC EMS.

Branching from the Health Department, Liberty County EMS Coordinator: Harvest Junction EMS Chief, Fisherville EMS Chief, Apply Valley EMS Chief, Blue Water EMS Chief, Bayport & Gish Island EMS Chief, Kingston EMS Chief, Airport EMS Coordinator, and Communications Center. All of these positions are within the County EMS.

A Medical Operations Coordination Center (MOCC) is activated when multiple healthcare facilities experience surge. The MOCC for Liberty County facilities is located within the Central City Hospital Operations Center.

Starting at the left there are two boxes: State EOC and Regional Operations Center (If Operational). There is a double headed dotted arrow between the two boxes. There is a diagonal double headed arrow from the State EOC to Liberty County EOC.

There is a double headed dotted arrow between the Regional Operations Center and the Liberty County EOC.

From the Liberty County EOC there is a diagonal double headed arrow pointing to the Central City Hospital Operations Center. There are nine double headed arrows pointing from the Central City Hospital Operations Center. They are pointing to individual hospitals: Bayport Clinic; Columbia Veterans; Faith Hospital; Harvest Junction; Kingston Regional Medical Facility; Levine Hospital; Noble General Hospital; and Roaring River Tribal Hospital.

1st level: Department of Health & Human Services

2nd level: Communicable Disease Control Branch; Emergency Management & Preparedness Branch; Prevention Branch; Health Services Branch

Below Communicable Disease Control Branch: Disease Control; Epidemiology; Laboratory; Surveillance

Below Emergency Management & Preparedness Branch: ChemPack; Communications; Readiness Assessment & Preparedness Planning; Strategic National Stockpile

Below Prevention Branch: Health Alert Network; HIV/AIDS Prevention; Immunizations Below Health Services Branch: Public Health Record & Statistics; Social Services

1st level: Health Director. There is a dotted line to the left connecting the Health Director to the Local Board of Health.

2nd level: Deputy Health Director; PIO/Health Educator; Finance Officer; Human Resources

3rd level: Environmental Health; Operations Manager; Clinical Services

Below Environmental Health there are three divisions: EMRAP; Inspections; Sewage & Solid Waste

Branched from the Environmental Health is Air & Water Quality and Vector Control

Branched from Inspections is Health Facilities; Pool; and Restaurant

Below Operations Manager there are five divisions: Laboratory; Medical Examiner; PH Emergency Management; Pharmacy Services; Poison Control Center

Below Clinical Services there are three divisions: Communicable Disease Control; Community Health Clinics; Substance Abuse

Branched below Communicable Disease Control: Disease Surveillance; Immunizations; TB Control

Branched below Community Health Clinics: Family Services and School Nurse Program

1st level: Public Health Incident Commander

2nd level: PIO/Risk Communication; Safety Officer; Liaison Officer; Technical Advisor

There is a double headed arrow from the Liaison Officer to a call out box that includes State EOC, Local HDs, and Hospitals

3rd level: Operations; Planning; Logistics; Finance/Administration

Under Operations: Data Collection; Laboratory; Medical Management; Points of Dispensing; Surveillance

Under Planning: Documentation; Intel/Epidemiology; Resources; Situation Status

Under Logistics: Food; Supply; Support

Under Finance/Administration: Claims; Time/Compensation

1st level: Governor’s Authorized Representative with a dotted arrow pointing to the State Emergency Operations Manager. There is a dotted line leading from the State Emergency Operations Manager to Technical Advisors: State Health Director; State EMS Director

2nd level: Public Information Risk Communication

3rd level: Operations; Planning and Intel; Logistics; Finance

Under Operations: Emergency Services Disaster Teams; Public Health Team; Human Services; Infrastructure. There is a dotted line leading from Technical Advisors: State Health Director and State EMS Director to the Emergency Service Disaster Teams and Public Health Team

Under Planning and Intel: Situation Unit; Documentation (Plans & Reports); Resources. Branched beneath the Situation Unit is Geographic Information System/Technical

Under Logistics: Support Unit; Supply Unit; Communications. Branched beneath the Support Unit is Military Support and branched below the Military Support is Federal & Emergency Management Assistance Compact. Branched below the Supply Unit is Donations. Branched below Communications is Information Technology and Interoperability.

Under Finance: Federal Reimbursement and Procurement

1st level: Governor’s Authorized Representative with a dotted arrow pointing to the State Emergency Operations Manager. There is a dotted line leading from the State Emergency Operations Manager to Technical Advisors: State Health Director; State EMS Director

2nd level: Public Information Risk Communication

3rd level: Operations; Planning and Intel; Logistics; Finance

Under Operations: Emergency Services Disaster Teams; Public Health Team; Human Services; Infrastructure. There is a dotted line leading from Technical Advisors: State Health Director and State EMS Director to the Emergency Service Disaster Teams and Public Health Team

Under Planning and Intel: Situation Unit; Documentation (Plans & Reports); Resources. Branched beneath the Situation Unit is Geographic Information System/Technical

Under Logistics: Support Unit; Supply Unit; Communications. Branched beneath the Support Unit is Military Support and branched below the Military Support is Federal & Emergency Management Assistance Compact. Branched below the Supply Unit is Donations. Branched below Communications is Information Technology and Interoperability.

Under Finance: Federal Reimbursement and Procurement