3. Functions of SEOC

1. During the disaster, SEOC should act as State level Incident Command

2. The State level Incident Response system is given below

State Level	IRS Designation	Officer
1	Responsible Officer (RO)	Chief Executive Officer of SDMA (Chief Secretary)
2	Incident Commander (IC)	State Relief Commissioner (Principal Secretary, DM)
3	Alternate Incident Commander (AIC)	One of the members of the State Executive Committee as decided by the RO to replace IC after 8 hours of continuous work
4	Deputy Incident Commander (DIC)	Commissioner Land Revenue or Secretary level officer nominated by IC based on need from time to time
5	Operations Section Chief (OSC)	Additional Director General of Police nominated by State Police Chief
6	Logistics Section Chief (LSC)	Additional Transport Commissioner nominated by Transport Commissioner
7	Planning Section Chief (PSC)	Director, Fire and Rescue Services nominated by Director General, Fire & Rescue Services
8	Liaison Officer (LO)	Head, State EOC (Alternated by the Chief Manager, SDMA after 8 hours of continuous work)
9	Safety Officer (SO)	Additional Director, Health Services nominated by Director, Health Services
10	Media Officer (MO)	Additional Director, I & PRD nominated by Director, I & PRD
11	Information Officer (IO)	Hazard and Risk Analyst, SEOC [Alternated by Hazard Analyst (Database) by 8 hours of continuous work]

3. As mentioned in the Incident Response System, during the disaster emergencies the staff of SEOC will work as the General staff of State Relief Commissioner. Also, SEOC is envisaged to have state of art communication facilities for communicating with all stakeholders during the time of emergency or a disaster.

4. Give instructions through mail or WhatsApp, to district disaster management authority and other control rooms by 3 pm, in accordance with the next day’s weather contemplation based on the daily bulletin at 1.pm by the central weather forecasting department.

5. The fisherman should be warned daily in the event of the catastrophe

6. Depending on the intensity of the disaster predicted, the SEOC should communicate the warning alert either through Phone, Fax, Email, and SMS to the District disaster management authority, Control rooms.

7. SEOC shall first inform District Collector directly by phone when an alert/early warning is given, afterward also to District EOC’s.

8. The State EOC should perform weekly inspections of all the satellite phones, mobile phones, land phones, internet services used by district EOCs

9. Prepare and send Hazard Zonation maps for all villages, taluks, districts, and maps showing government offices in each area, hospitals, schools, roads connecting them, important canals, rivers, backwaters, reservoirs as pdfs.

10. All the data from the department concerned should be collected and forward to the central government.

11. The early warning should reach the public through various agencies, newspapers, radio, and television

12. Establish communication among SEOC, DEOC, police department, fire fore, through the hotline

13. State authority will facilitate necessary support for emergency response by availing the services of central forces if demanded

14. Preparation of memoranda of catastrophe to the central government if in need

15. Guidelines on the proper utilisation of the relief fund should be given to the disaster management authorities.

16. Data on damage, the loss should be given to the media by 12 noon a day the day before

17. Maintain a close liaison with the media for dissemination of the warning and response actions related information from SEOC as & when needed.