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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Organizational Characteristic 14 <br /> <br />Public Information Function Clearly <br />Defined <br /> <br />Caution! <br />Role of news <br />media in disaster <br />situations is not <br />specified in the <br />emergency <br />management plan. <br /> <br />Description of Characteristic <br /> <br />The organizational structure should include a designated public information <br />function in order to provide disaster-related information to the general public and to <br />coordinate with the news media. The disaster public information function should be the <br />focal point for the release of all information concerning the disaster and should <br />coordinate the activities of all other (i.e., non-disaster) public information functions. <br />Ideally, the routine overall government public information function (if it exists) should be <br />the same as the disaster public information function. <br /> <br />Characteristics of Effective Emergenc~v lv1anagement Organization Structures <br /> <br />76 <br />