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LLNL Emergency Plan Rev-22 January 2017 96 action. Personnel assigned to the JIC are there to support their own agencies, as well as the common goal of informing the public of emergency response activities. A single individual, the JIC Manager, will be in charge of JIC operations at all times to handle logistical problems, disputes and questions from JIC staff concerning operations. However, in the event of an emergency with severe offsite public health and safety implications, the senior Alameda County Public Information Officer may serve as the JIC Manager. Per the Emergency Public Information Plan, NNSA/LFO has authorized LLNL PAO to establish, direct, and coordinate JIC operations on its behalf. LLNL PAO representatives may be dispatched to an emergency scene if conditions permit or to a local hospital to meet with news media that may travel to these locations. Per the Emergency Public Information Plan, NNSA/LFO has authorized LLNL PAO to serve on its behalf as the public information officer to an emergency public information team involved in an offsite response deployment. 10.2.3 Robert Livermore Community Center The Palo Verde Room at the Robert Livermore Community Center would serve as a work area for PAO staff and spokespersons, while the Larkspur Room would serve as the News Media Room. If needed, public information officers from Federal, State and local emergency response organizations will come together at the JIC to coordinate and release emergency information to the public through the news media. New emergency information will be released from the JIC via news releases and media briefings. Response to public and media telephone inquiries, employee communication, community relations and rumor control will be handled from the JIC. The JIC will be equipped with telephones, computer hookups, overhead and/or video projection capability, visual aids, informational handouts for news media, public address system, podium, copier, fax machine, toilet facilities and adequate parking space. The Livermore Area Recreation and Parks District is responsible for maintenance of this facility and its associated permanent equipment. LLNL PAO is responsible for maintenance of equipment that it stores at this location for utilization when the JIC is activated. 10.3 Public Education The LLNL PAO has established an emergency public education website (https://www.llnl.gov/about/emergency-communications) to ensure that information is available to the public concerning emergency points-of-contact, protective actions, emergency response activities, and how the public will be notified should an emergency occur. 10.4 Public Inquiries In the event of an Operational Emergency, the PAO will be the single LLNL point-of-contact for the news media and a principal source of information for Laboratory employees and community officials. PAO personnel will respond to calls for information from the general community as resources allow and will use news releases and other approved information to provide emergency public information.