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Excerpts from Strategic Plan
(Position Descriptions)
ADMINISTRATION
FL-TF2 will maintain administrative staffing organized as a Division of the City of
Miami Fire Rescue Department with the following dedicated full time personnel:
• Program Manager: Establish division goals and objectives; coordinate all
task force grant goals to comply with cooperative agreements; oversee day-
to-day task force operations.
• Staff Lieutenant: Responsible for all Finance and Procurement activities
within the organization. Provide supervisory assistance to the Program
Manager.
• Staff Lieutenant: Responsible for all personnel issues within the
organization. (Overtime reporting, time sheets, etc). Provides supervisory
assistance to the Program Manager.
• Fiscal Assistant: Responsible for the overall administration of fiscal
responsibilities related to the administration of this Grant.
Part Time Personnel are also utilized as Discipline Coordinator positions. This
allows for the most cost effective means of personnel allocation. They are utilized
on an as needed basis and do not burden the organization with the cost of full time
salaries.
The following part time positions have been established within the Table of
Organization:
• Administrative Assistant. Responsible for the administrative support of the
team and daily reconciliation of non -emergency paperwork
• Training Coordinator. Responsible for the timely delivery of training in
accordance with the requirements set forth by FEMA. (Approximately 30
courses delivered in a two year period)
• Logistics Coordinator/ Warehouse Manager: Responsible for all response
equipment contained within the organization (over 20,000 individual items).
Also responsible for excess property.
• Financial Officer: Responsible for the financial oversight of team activity.
Assist with day to day financial support and management of grant goals.
• Medical Coordinator: Responsible for the implementation and oversight of
the Medical Team. This responsibility includes response activities during
deployments, readiness activities, and team welfare.
• Communications Coordinator: Responsible for the readiness and
implementation of the communications plan. Ensures communications
equipment is functional and deployable.
• Hazmat Coordinator: Responsible for the WMD component of the Task
Force. (One fully stocked tractor trailer containing about 1.2 million dollars
in equipment.)
• Canine Coordinator: Responsible for the readiness of the K-9 and search
component of the Task Force. Ensures that all search team members are in
compliance with requirements set forth by FEMA.
• Public Information Officer. Ensures that the message released by this Task
Force is in line with the position of the Department of Homeland Security
and the Sponsoring Agency, The City of Miami Fire Department.
• Rescue Team Coordinator. Responsible for the oversight of all Rescue
equipment. Assists with the institution of rescue methodology and the
implementation and maintenance of light, medium and heavy rescue
vehicles.
• Task Force Leaders: Utilized on an as needed basis for special projects
requiring management oversight with regard to higher level administrative
duties. (example: hurricane reimbursements, audits)Additionally responsible
to function as non -department member liaison.
• Transportation Officer: Responsible for the entire task force fleet (3
tractors, 5 fifty foot trailers, 2 box trucks, 3 flatbeds, 2 suburbans, 1 F-350, 1
F-550, 1 Excursion, 2 forklifts, 4 off road ATV's). Establishes and
implements a transportation policy for active drivers and a transportation
plan during deployments.
• Personnel Support Coordinator: Responsible for the administration of the
Personnel Support Program to include Critical Incident Stress Management,
Employee Assistance, Assisting personnel and family with needs during
times of deployment.
• Flood / Swiftwater Coordinator. Responsible for the Flood/Swiftwater
cache, maintenance, and training in support of FEMA Directives.