1. State Watch Office SITUATIONAL AWARENESS Eric K. Conklin Deputy Chief of Operations 850-528-7526 eric.conklin@em.myflorida.com

2. Watch Office Operations Brief background for non-activation operations: Formerly, State Warning Point (SWP) 24-7-365 Weekday staffing 0700 to 1800: Duty Officer; Plans Officer; Meteorologist; Operations Officer/Operator; Operations Supervisor Weekend staffing 0700 to 1800: Duty Officer; Operations Officer/Operator; Operations Supervisor

3. Watch Office Operations From 1800-0700 minimum of one Operations Officer/Operator in Watch Office at all times After 1800: the Duty Officer is On-Call (Watch Office activation staffing level varies depending on level and/or requirements: for example, two 12 hour shifts (A/B); multiple Operations Officers/Operators)

4. Situational Awareness Daily: Operations Staff monitor major television networks, online news websites, online radio news stations, and email-based “Breaking News Alerts” Also monitor other websites of interest related to EM, Domestic Security, and potential threats to the State Draw information from Regional Coordinators, County Warning Points, other field employees, and other State/Federal agencies

5. Situational Awareness Meteorology Staff: monitor the weather and produce a variety of weather products for the SERT All SWO staff ensure emergency notifications are made to the Division, SERT, County EM Officials, and others Operations Staff also produce a Daily Situation Report, which is not to be confused with the Situation Report produced during activation times by ESF 5/Plans

6. DAILY SITUATION REPORT Published daily, normally between 0900-1000, depending on workload Target audience is the Florida EM community Distributed via email to County EM Directors, other SERT members, and Division staff Also posted on www.floridadisaster.org THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC; NOT A VENUE FOR SENSITIVE INFORMATION

7. DAILY SITUATION REPORT Content: 1.Contact Information for Duty Officer, Plans Officer, PIO 2.Executive Summary 3.Weather Products (vary depending on season) 4.EMAC 5.Significant Events (political rallies, large gatherings) 6.Open Source News (only reliable sources….) Content can change depending on the needs of the day (for example, we do not always have EMAC missions)

8. Contact Information/Exec Summary

9. Weather

10. EMAC/Significant Events/Open Source News

11. Open Sources My Opinion There is quite a bit of free Open Source news on the internet; you can pay for it if you like You do not have to have access to classified information to have actionable intelligence Open source news/intelligence needs to be taken for what it is—unvetted/non-ground truthed information; it’s a starting point, a red flag

12. BBC News Americas http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/default.stm An objective, free, international online news website.

13. CNN.com http://www.cnn.com/ A free, national/international online news website.

14. Google News http://news.google.com/news A good, free, open-source news search engine.

15. DHS Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report http://www.dhs.gov/xinfoshare/programs/editorial_0542.shtm Free subscription service; report is emailed to you (Sun, Mon, Tues, Weds, Thurs).

16. Please Contact Me Eric Conklin, Deputy Chief of Operations Cell: 850-528-7526 eric.conklin@em.myflorida.com Let me know what type of content you want to see in the Situation Report; suggestions/comments.

17. Please Contact the SWO 1-800-320-0519 or 850-413-9900 swp@em.myflorida.com Let us know about any significant events that will occur in your county; or anything that should have statewide visibility. We will put them in the Situation Report, with your approval.

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