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City of Santa Ana Emergency Operations Plan <br />Part 1 Basic Plan <br />3.5.3.5 California Emergency Management Mutual Aid (EMMA) <br />The purpose of Emergency Management Mutual Aid (EMMA) is to provide emergency management personnel <br />and technical specialists from unaffected areas to support local jurisdictions, Operational Area and regional <br />emergency management or EOC operations impacted by a disaster. EMMA is a system that includes organization, <br />information and forms to coordinate the request, reception, assignment, training and demobilization of assigned <br />emergency management personnel. The Orange County Sheriff's Department Emergency Management Division <br />is the EMMA Coordinator for Orange County agencies and jurisdictions. <br />California is a member of the interstate Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC), a congressionally <br />ratified organization that provides form, structure and procedures for rendering emergency assistance between <br />states. After a State of Emergency Proclamation, California can request and receive assistance through EMAC <br />from other member states. The Director of Cal OES and the State's EMAC Coordinator are responsible for <br />facilitating requests for assistance under EMAC. <br />3.5.3.6 Participation of Volunteer and Private Agencies <br />Volunteer agencies and private agencies may participate in the mutual aid system along with governmental <br />agencies. For example, the disaster medical mutual aid system relies heavily on private sector involvement for <br />medical and health resources. Some volunteer agencies such as the American Red Cross, Salvation Army, and <br />others are an essential element of emergency response to meet the needs of disaster victims. Volunteer agencies <br />mobilize volunteers and other resources through their own systems. They also may identify resource needs that <br />are not met within their own systems and may request assistance through the mutual aid system. <br />Some private agencies have established mutual aid arrangements to assist other private agencies within their <br />functional area. For example, electric and gas utilities have mutual aid agreements within their industry and have <br />established procedures for coordinating with governmental EOCs. In some functional areas, services are provided <br />by a mix of special district, municipal, and private agencies and may have mutual aid arrangements that include <br />both governmental and private agencies. Where there is a need for extensive coordination and information <br />exchange, volunteer agencies and private agencies with substantial involvement in emergency response should be <br />represented in EOCs at the appropriate SEMS level. Because most of these agencies span multiple jurisdictions <br />and have limited staff members to serve in EOC's, it is most likely that they would be represented in, or <br />coordinated through, the Orange County Operational Area EOC and the City of Santa Ana would liaison with <br />them through that EOC. <br />Collaborating Organizations Active in Disaster -Orange County (CORD-OC) <br />COAD-OC is an organization in Orange County that focuses on coordinating private sector, nonprofit and <br />community -based organizations with government agencies to support the volunteer and material resources of these <br />organizations. COAD-OC is the official Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) for Orange County <br />and is a member of Southern California VOAD, a State Chapter of National VOAD. National VOAD is a forum <br />where organizations share knowledge and resources throughout the disaster cycle of preparedness, response and <br />recovery to help disaster survivors and their communities. In addition to being part of a national standard, <br />following a disaster, COAD-OC can request resources or other support from Southern California VOAD when <br />requested and in coordination with the Orange County Operational Area EOC. The Operational Area EOC serves <br />as the point of contact for these volunteer organizations in Orange County. <br />3.6 Alert and Warning and Notification Systems <br />Alerting and warning is the process by which governmental entities (including the City of Santa Ana) and the <br />public are made aware of the threat of imminent danger. Depending on the nature or source of the threat and the <br />population at risk, the warning may originate from federal, state, county or local government sources or from <br />private or non -governmental sources, and may be distributed to governmental recipients or to both government <br />and the public at the same time. <br />125 <br />