Item 26 - Adoption of the City of Santa Ana Emergency Operations Plan

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City of Santa Ana Emergency Operations Plan Part I Basic Plan mutual aid systems will establish coordination and communications with the EOCs regardless of their work location. 3.5.2 Activation of Mutual Aid Mutual aid assistance may be provided under one or more of the following authorities: • California Master Mutual Aid Agreement • California Fire and Rescue Emergency Mutual Aid Plan • California Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Plan • California Coroners' Mutual Aid Plan • California Emergency Management Mutual Aid (EMMA) Plan • California Medical Mutual Aid Plan • Statewide Public Works Mutual Aid Agreement • Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) • Transit Mutual Assistance Compact (TransMac) • Orange County Operational Area Agreement • Water Emergency Response Organization of Orange County (WEROC) • California Water/Wastewater Agency Response Network (Cal WARN) • Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act When there are not enough resources within the City of Santa Ana to respond effectively to an emergency, the affected City Department(s) will be responsible for identifying and defining the assistance needed and drafting the resource request to secure those resources through the Operational Area or Mutual Aid Coordinator. These resource requests will be routed through the City EOC, when activated, or directly to Operational Area Mutual Aid Coordinators. Resource requests should specify, at a minimum: • Number and type (discipline or skill) of personnel needed. • Type, amount and performance specifications of equipment needed. • Reporting time, location and access routes. • Authority to whom resources should report and contact information. • Estimated duration of operations. • Anticipated risks or hazards. When requests cannot be fulfilled from resources currently available within the Orange County Operational Area, the Operational Area Mutual Aid Coordinator(s) will provide relevant information and submit requests for support to the Cal OES Regional EOC to be filled from regional or statewide mutual aid resources. 3.5.3 Discipline -Specific Mutual Aid Systems 3.5.3.1 Law Enforcement and Coroner Mutual Aid Any Santa Ana Police Department official designated to act as an Incident Commander, or any member of Santa Ana Police Department Command Staff (any Watch Commander, Bureau or Division Commander, Deputy Chief or Chief of Police) may initiate a request for law enforcement mutual aid. The Orange County Sheriff -Coroner Department serves as the Law Enforcement and Coroner Mutual Aid Coordinator for the Orange County Operational Area. The Sheriff's Department maintains a Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Bureau, which is responsible for organizing and coordinating with all law enforcement agencies within the OA for resources to support law enforcement or coroner operations throughout the OA. If the OA Law Enforcement and Coroner Mutual Aid Coordinator is unable to gather sufficient resources from within the OA, they will make a request for additional resources to the Cal OES Southern Regional Law Enforcement and Coroner Mutual Aid Coordinator. 123