Duty Officer definition

Duty Officer. The person appointed by the dormitory director to serve as the duty officer purposes of responding to queries and incidents during hours when the dormitory offices are closed.
Duty Officer means an officer either rostered for duty, or appointed on standby to serve as a divisional, branch or regional after hours contact, and to monitor and coordinate both departmental responses and other responses to a variety of situations including, but not limited to, escalating fire weather conditions, wildfires, search and rescue, marine mammal strandings, security alarms, asset damage, risks to visitor safety. The responsibilities of a duty officer are outlined in the Fire Management Manual and NPWS State Incident Plan.
Duty Officer is an employee responsible for initiating and coordinating DENR’s response to a fire incident.

Examples of Duty Officer in a sentence

  • In case of an emergency when the Director of the EMS Agency cannot be reached, the EMS Duty Officer shall act as the primary contact.

  • The Duty Officer must be available on a 24-hour basis through a telephone answering service, must be capable of returning to work as quickly as possible if called and must be fit for duty.

  • If resources are not available within the county, the request will be forwarded to the MEMA Duty Officer for action.

  • The MEMA Duty Officer in coordination with MEMA Staff and, when appropriate, ERT members and/or County Directors, will determine the best resourcing solution based on availability, time/distance factors, equipment and manpower, and training/experience.

  • The County Director will notify the MEMA Duty Officer regarding the actions that have been taken.


More Definitions of Duty Officer

Duty Officer means an employee rostered for duty or operating after hours, as directed by the Chief Executive, to serve as co-ordinator of the Chief Executive's emergency response organisation by receiving and passing on reports and other information, altering reserve resources where necessary, liaising with other organisations involved in emergency response performing normal duties as required.
Duty Officer is an employee responsible for initiating and coordinating DENR’s response to a fire incident. “Employee” includes all persons permanently or temporarily employed by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources including those on a term or casual contract. “Employer” is the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). “Emergency Period” is the period of time from when a xxxx fire is reported to the employer until midday the following day, which allows the employer an opportunity to organise the necessary resources. “Ground Observer” is an employee responsible for gathering ground observation intelligence and transferring this information onto maps and providing situation summaries to the Incident Management Team. “Home” is the place of usual abode. “Incident” is an unscheduled bushfire event requiring emergency response and suppression activities (N.B. Does not include prescribed burning operations). “Incident Management Team” is a group of incident management personnel comprising the Incident Controller, and personnel appointed to be responsible for the functions of planning, operations and logistics associated with developing and managing the implementation of incident management strategies. “Incident Controller” is a person responsible for the management of all incident control functions and activities across a whole incident. “Incident Duties” are all tasks associated with implementing or undertaking incident management strategies from when an incident is reported until declared safe by the Incident Controller. Duties may include, but are not limited to: initial reporting, reconnaissance, organisation of resources, control, mop- up, patrol, recovery and rehabilitation, and may involve office duties or field work, either locally or remotely. “Incident Responsibility Rate” is the classification level and pay rate an employer may assign an employee to during an incident to perform assigned incident duties. Employees will be paid at the assigned incident responsibility rate or their normal rate of pay whichever is the greater. “Information Officer” is an employee responsible for accurate and regular flow of information approved by the Incident Controller both within the incident management structure and to relevant parties external to the incident including media, communities and relevant agencies/stakeholders. “Liaison Officer” is an employee responsible for representing and communicating DENR’s interests during multi-agency response inc...
Duty Officer means an officer rostered for duty or operating after hours, as directed by the Director-General, to serve as co-ordinator of the Director-General’s emergency response organisation by receiving and passing on reports and other information, altering reserve resources where necessary, liaising with other organisations involved in emergency response performing normal duties as required.
Duty Officer means an officer rostered for duty associated with fire fighting organisation including monitoring lookout towers, ground or aerial patrols, receiving and passing on fire reports and other information, altering reserve resources where necessary, liaising with other organisations involved in fire protection and performing normal duties as required.
Duty Officer means a representative of the Tribal Gaming Agency with authority to admit authorized representatives of the State to non-public areas of the Facility.
Duty Officer means a staff member rostered for duty or operating after hours, as directed by the Commissioner (under the Rural Fires Act), to serve as coordinator of the Commissioner’s emergency response organisation by receiving and passing on reports and other information, alerting reserve resources when necessary, liaising with other organisations involved in emergency response and performing normal duties as required.
Duty Officer means a Duty Officer referred to in Section 66;