Liaison Officer Resources

Liaison officer training (Coming Soon): This training covers the roles and responsibilities of Liaison, referring to both the Incident Management Handbook and the Northwest Area Plan Liaison Manual.

Template for Status Board: These documents are used for displaying information in the Liaison Unit. We suggest enlarging into poster size for easy use as a status board. If co-located with the Joint Information Center, we suggest using it as a shared status board.

• Liaison Organization Chart
• Situation Status Board Posters

Template from the Northwest Area Plan Liaison Manual:

• VIP Tour Ground Rules
• Tribal And Other Trustee Technical Coordination Master List
• Town Hall Meeting Logistics Checklist
• Liaison Notifications List
• Liaison Job Aid Checklist 
• Agenda For VIP Tour Briefing 
• Calling Elected Officials Script
• Liaison Plan Template
• Liaison Officer’s Expectations
• Example of Public Health Messages

PHMSA Training Videos for Elected Officials:

Video One

• Overview of Oil Spill Exercise and Response – Covers the history, authorities, and complexities of oil spill response and outlines how the oil spill response community works together on planning, and provides an overview of oil spill exercise and response.

Video Two

• Anatomy of Oil Spill Exercise and Response – Provides examples of roles and responsibilities during oil spill exercises and events and highlights the Unified Command and Incident Command System functions and how the “Planning P” is utilized during an exercise or incident.

The videos are also available for download on PHMSA’s YouTube channel.