Mitchell Soto Torres

This assignment involves a perceptive understanding of state and federal regulations, as well as local government requirements in relation to declared emergencies and recovery programs. Emergency Services Coordinator (ESC) are a part of a team of field Coordinators with the Regional Operations Coastal Branch, and they must be able to work independently as well as be a contributing team member.

Emergency Services Coordinator (ESC) functions in a demanding and changing environment, which requires to act with great independence while effectively maintaining a routine workload and regularly responding to short term tasks. Demonstrates effective interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills, and functions effectively and efficiently in a fast-paced environment with competing and changing priorities and must be able to respond to all forms of disasters and emergencies, at any hour anywhere in the state, within short time frames. Required to meet regulatory and internal deadlines on all assignments.

Serves as the interface between local and state government, as such, they must be able to function as a project lead, think creatively and possess solutions-oriented work principles. Possess an attitude of self-sufficiency in order to overcome unforeseen physical and mental challenges when support from others is unavailable. Responsibilities include a wide variety of emergency management advisory functions in support of local and tribal governments, regional staff, and state agencies.

• As a member of the United States Coast Guard District Eleven Response Management Branch I have primarily been working within the National Incident Management System and Incident Command System by getting qualified as a Situation Unit Leader, Communication Unit Leader, Resource Unit Leader, and Demobilization leader, to learn how to effectively manage personnel and resource management to respond to incidents of regional and national significance
• In this role I have participated in District and PAC Area training exercises participating in the operational period by supporting the planning process, as well as managing the operational period by determining tasking, gathering and monitoring data, analyzing incident data, and disseminating incident information through varying means, and later transitioning into demobilization

• Under the United States Coast Guard Sector San Francisco's Prevention Department, the role of Vessel Traffic Control Specialist consists on ensuring the safe transit of all maritime traffic in the waters of San Francisco Bay, its approaches and tributaries
• Daily tasks include gathering, analyzing, and disseminating data to ensure that all maritime traffic complies with federal regulation
• Additionally, the role consists of operating a variety of sensors, communication, and data processing equipment, provide analytical information regarding search and rescue, law enforcement, and military missions

• As the Logistics Officer I assisted in managing a $30,000 annual budget for purchasing operational equipment, office equipment, government-mandated training, and daily maintenance of the Operations Center
• Worked with junior members and senior command leadership to manage the budget, provide training on Coast Guard regulations, and meet operational demands
• Additionally I drafter memorandums for the command to outline the units needs, requests, and provide evidence of the chain of custody during the acquisition process