The duties outlined below are typical of those performed by the local civil preparedness Director/Coordinator in non-emergency periods, to develop readiness for operations in emergencies: (1) Develop an Emergency Operating Center (EOC) facility, a protected site from which key local officials control operations (2) Develop EOC staffing and internal procedures to permit key local officials to conduct coordinated operations in emergencies. (3) Conduct tests and exercises to give key local officials practice in directing coordinated operations under simulated emergency conditions. (4) Provide expert knowledge and advice to operating departments on the special conditions and operating requirements that would be imposed by peacetime or attack disasters. (5) Develop local government emergency operations plans, outlining which local forces and supporting groups would do what, in both peacetime and attack disasters, and specifying local organization for major emergencies. (6) Establish system to warn the public of peacetime or attack disasters. (7) Establish system to alert key local officials. (8) Organize radiological monitoring and analysis system, including procurement of instruments and training and exercising of personnel. (9) Coordinate and lead emergency communications planning, secure necessary equipment, and exercise emergency communications (10) Coordinate with doctors, hospitals, and public and private sector medical personnel to develop emergency medical plans and capabilities, as part of local emergency plans. (11) Establish and maintain a shelter system. (12) Establish and exercise an emergency public information system and train personnel to utilize it. (13) Coordinate with welfare offices, and the Red Cross and other voluntary groups, to develop emergency welfare capabilities to care for people needing mass care as a result of peacetime or attack disaster. (14) Coordinate and maintain relationships with industry to develop industrial emergency plans and capabilities in support of local government emergency plans. (15) Assist local operating departments (e.g., fire, police, public works) with radiological defense and other training needs. (16) Coordinate and participate in training programs for the public on disaster preparedness. (17) Assist in the establishment of mutual aid agreements to provide needed services, equipment or other resources in an emergency. (18) Prepare, submit, and justify the annual civil preparedness budget. (19) Secure matching funds and other assistance available through the civil preparedness program, and through other Federal programs (includes preparing annual program papers and other documents required for Federal assistance programs). (DCPA, Standards for Local Civil Preparedness, 1978, pp. 1-2)