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VFW Post 8337 - Private
Sector Liaisons
Forming private-to-private and
public-to-public crisis management teams mission ready to respond
anywhere, any time they're called to duty.
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Duties and
Responsibilities |
Post 8337 Liaison |
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Post Commander:
Acts as liaison between fellow VFW Post commanders in
District 8, Wisconsin, and Nationally. The commander
promotes joint operations to test contingency plans and
emergency response protocols, negotiates mutual aid agreements
between VFW Post 8337 and other VFW posts as well as the American Legion, AMVET, and
Marine Corp League posts in Door County;
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VFW Post
8337 Commander: Rich Woldt |
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Law Enforcement
Liaison: Primary
responsibility is to act as liaison between VFW Post 8337 and local law
enforcement to include Door County Sheriff and Sturgeon Bay
Chief of Police. Duties include acting as VFW Post 8337
"Liaison Officer" during any private sector "Unified"
command. This includes identifying and logging in law
enforcement personnel to the EOC and staging areas.
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Post' Vice
Commander
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Fire
Fighter & Emergency Government Liaison:
Primary responsibility is to act as liaison between VFW Post
8337, our Liberty Grove Fire Chief and Director of Door
County Emergency Government. Duties include
identifying and logging in all firefighters and emergency
first responders into our "private sector" Incident Command
EOC, staging areas, and mobile Command Posts.
Also acts as Post' Health/Safety liaison with the private
sector.
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Post 8337
Surgeon Doctor Owen Larson |
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Legislature Liaison:
Primary responsibilities include
acting as liaison between VFW Post 8337 and our State and
Local Government Representatives. Duties include identifying
and logging in all government officials into our "private
sector" Incident Command EOC, staging areas, and mobile
Command Post. Also functions
as Post' Homeland
Security/Contingency Planning Liaison,
overseeing Homeland Security projects as they relate to
creating public-to-private partnerships and "unified"
commands during the next terrorist attack, natural or
man-made disaster, pandemic, or large scale community
crisis.
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John Mahoney acts as
Post 8337 liaison with all levels of government to include
the Liberty
Grove Town Board, Door County Board of Supervisors, State
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History &
Patriotism Liaison: Purple
Heart recipient and retired Gibraltar High School teacher
and guidance councilor George Erickson acts as our Post'
History & Patriotism Liaison. Together with Ladies Auxiliary
member and wife Annett, they oversee our Voice of Democracy
and Patriot's Pen contests, our youth scholarship programs.
George is also our liaison with Purple Heart and Medal of
Honor recipients. |
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Post Historian |
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Chaplain Liaison:
Our Post Chaplain acts as the liaison
with our faith-based community which includes maintaining
contacts with all priests, ministers, rabbis, etc. and
chaplains for other veteran' posts in Door County.
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Post Chaplain! |
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Media Liaison:
Acts as liaison with the media to include news papers, radio
and television stations, and news agencies on the
local, state, and national level.. Acts as "Information
Officer" during a unified command.
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Post' Media
Coordinator |
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Private-to-Public Sector Liaisons: Once private
sector staging areas are established, private-to-public
liaisons should be designated and redundant closed-loop
communication links should be established between the public
sector's EOC and private sectors EOC.
Tutorial: Veterans picked to be Private-to-Public
Sector' liaisons should have a working knowledge of the
public sector agencies with which they'll be involved. From
the following visuals, who do you think would make the most
effective liaison with the public sector? Why? |
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To liaison with naval operations and to teach the private
sector how to navigating waters off Door County? |
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"The number of liaison and Risk
Managers on the front lines is infinite. The more the
better; as long as all understand "Incident Command and
Control" and properly log into the "private" sector staging areas.
Once logged in, liaisons become part of Operations and
should report to the "Staging Area Manager" for marching
orders.
learn more
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Rich Woldt - Commanding VFW Post 8337
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Note form the Commander:
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Private Sector liaisons form one of
three liaison batalions. During peace time, Private Sector
Liaisons collect and channel visual intelligence of
potential terrorist activity to local law enforcement and
through the InfraGard and Department of Homeland Security
reporting systems.
During war time or during a
private sector response to a community crisis, Priavate
Sector Liaisons channel intelligence first through the 9-1-1
system to the public sector incident commander and
subsequently through our private sector incident reporting
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Private sector liaisons are embedded in all Door County
veteran posts, business associations to include the Chamber
of Commerce, Door County Development Corporation, and all
village business associations. Private sector liaisons are
embedded along critical infrastructure support and supply
lines reinforced by liaisons embedded in most community
organizations, clubs, and societies. |
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Liaisons = Special Operations |
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"The number of liaison and Risk
Managers on the front lines is infinite. The more the
better; as long as all understand "Incident Command and
Control" and properly log into the "private" sector staging areas.
Once logged in, liaisons become part of Operations and
should report to the "Staging Area Manager" for their
marching orders. A huge benefit of picking liaisons
wisely comes when the crisis escalates and your forced to
expand your unified command. Knowing who's readily available
and knowing their experience and qualifications can mean the
difference of life or death.
NOTE: Throughout these tutorials, focus more on why I selected each
liaison than who I selected. Liaisons
change without warning. Teach "field expediency" when
selecting your liaisons, expanding unified commands, or
forming private-to-private Homeland Security partnerships.
When forming a unified command I recommend using the 72
minute to 72 hour stand-alone performance standard. Use the
three and five mile standard when establishing your staging
areas and EOCs. |
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Liaisons = Unified Commands |
Following are Door County veterans I'd recommend for any
"Private Sector" unified command!
- Do you recognize them?
- Can you explain why they're qualified to lead
a strike force, mission, or special operation?
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Mission: Assume duties of "Operations Chief," Direct
water rescues and water evacuations from the Door County.
Trained in sea rescue, commercial fisherman. |
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Mission: Assume duties of "Staging Area Manager," and
coordinate all transportation of supplies and heavy
equipment. Former sheriff's chief deputy, owner
transportation company. |
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Mission: Lead a strike force to restore electricity
to shut-ins and shelters. Trained in incident command and
control, electrician and plumber by trade. |
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Mission: Assume duties of "Planning Chief,"
coordinate supply lines and manage responding veterans and
veteran' organizations. |
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Mission: Assume duties of "Logistics Chief" and
manage all private sector emergency communications system. |
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Mission: Assume duties of "Finance Chief," and
coordinate all responding insurance claims adjusters. |
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The most critical mission during any large scale
community crisis involves managing joint operations between
the public and private sector first responders.
- First Operational Period: While during the
immediate operational period private sector first
responders at the scene will take command, the moment
public sector commanders are at the scene there should
be a systematic transfer of command from the private to
the public sector.
- Second Operational Period: The first mission
in the second operational period involves setting up
staging areas and forming a "private sector unified
command."
- Private-to-Public Sector' Liaisons: Once
private sector staging areas are established,
private-to-public liaisons should be designated and
redundant closed-loop communication links should be
established between the public sector's EOC and private
sectors EOC.
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