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staff for collective situational awareness. The ICS 201 should be shared with Field Incident Command Posts and the Operational Area. The ICS 201 will contain at a minimum: • Operational period duration • Operational objectives and their status • Current location and status of resources • Requests for resources from other agencies • Key leadership status information • Relevant maps • Essential information to support the public The Situation Unit must ensure that all displays are frequently and accurately updated to ensure information conflicts do not arise. CWWNIiNfORE► 1e1I[610[4161mil fiQL11 To manage information effectively, the EOC will use the Information Collection Plan in Appendix B to develop and maintain situational awareness and track situation status. The Situation Status Report will provide City staff and other EOCs with current information regarding the operability of City facilities and ongoing response and recovery operations. Situational Awareness Situational awareness refers to the ability to identify, process, and comprehend the critical elements of information about what is happening as a result of an incident, or with respect to a specifically assigned mission. More simply, situational awareness means knowing what is going on around you. Situational awareness is critical for the effectiveness of decision-making in both field operations and the EOC and is critical for ensuring the safety of responders and the public. During an emergency, the EOC Director will convene briefings on a regular basis, at which time the EOC staff will attend and provide verbal and/or written summaries of existing problems, actions taken, priorities, and timetables and potential for new issues for incorporation into the Action Plan. The situational awareness approach will take the form of consolidating situation reports, obtaining supplemental information, and preparing maps and status boards. Situation Status Reports Status reports are essential to providing a picture of the developing emergency and response efforts. They are to be completed by the first person setting up the EOC for the initial shift and updated by the Planning Section for continuing shifts. Status reports should be included in the EOC Action Plan. The Situation Status Report template is included in Appendix E. This form will be used by the City to inform staff, the Operational Area, and other agencies and field units of the status of emergency operations, including EOC activation level, damages to facilities, operational capabilities, and resource status. Once the initial information is gathered and reported, the EOC will transmit a Situation Status Report for each operational period or when requested by the Operational Area. M