4-9. When local authorities determine they will not be able to manage the response through support from their neighbors, they request support from the state or territory. The state or territory activates its emergency operations center, and representatives of the state or territory ESFs report to it. The state or territory emergency operations center normally initiates operations from its permanent offices. However, the governor or state emergency manager may displace it if the permanent location is affected by the disaster and would degrade the response, or if the governor needs to be closer to the disaster area. Under certain circumstances and based on state laws, local National Guard commanders may provide immediate response to a local community without orders from the governor through the adjutant general. The local emergency managers may have contingency agreements in place with local armories and nearby National Guard training installations. The National Guard unit commander may not be a permanent full time member and typically is alerted through an alert roster. Soldiers committed locally in an immediate response may be needed subsequently for a larger call up of National Guard forces by the governor. The local commander may limit the immediate assistance in order to support higher priority missions. Frequently, National Guardsmen begin to muster at their units before an official alert order; their experience enables them to anticipate when they will be needed.