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The Operational Area Emergency Management Organization will assist parties to this agreement <br />to share resources before, during, and after an emergency, as well as to prepare, respond, and <br />recover from disasters that strike Alameda County. The Operational Area Emergency <br />Management Organization will prioritize competing needs according to the policies and <br />procedures approved by the Operational Area Council. <br />Each of the parties to this Agreement will designate individuals to be trained to represent their <br />agency in the Operational Area Emergency Management Organization. The training will be an <br />orientation on the policies and procedures of the Operational Area Emergency Management <br />Organization. Each party to this Agreement will also designate, in writing, a line of succession of <br />officials who are empowered to represent the party to the Operational Area Emergency <br />Management Organization. <br />2. CONSIDERATION <br />The consideration under this Agreement is the mutual advantage of protection afforded to each <br />of the parties to this Agreement. There shall not be any monetary compensation required from <br />any to another party as a condition of assistance provided under the agreement, except for <br />reimbursement of direct costs as designated in mutual aid agreements. Nothing in this agreement <br />shall be construed as altering any preexisting disaster response agreements between the parties. <br />3. STANDARDIZED EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM <br />The Operational Area Emergency Management Organization and its policies and procedures will <br />be regulated by the Standardized Emergency Management System as stated in California <br />Government Code §8607, and its implementing regulations, California Code of Regulations, <br />Title I 9, Division 2, Office of Emergency Services, Standardized Emergency Management <br />System, and guidelines. The incident command system and a multi-agency coordination system, <br />as described in those regulations and guidelines, will be used for coordination and direction of <br />the parties to this agreement participating in emergency efforts. The Alameda County Emergency <br />Operations Plan shall be the primary method and criteria used to conduct Operational Area <br />Emergency Operations Center activities. <br />4. OPERATIONAL AREA COO RD INA TOR <br />The Sheriff/Director of Emergency Services is the Operational Area Coordinator. It is the <br />responsibility of the Operational Area Coordinator to oversee the operation of the Operational <br />Area Emergency Management Organization and to reasonably interpret the terms of this <br />agreement. <br />It is the responsibility of the Operational Area Coordinator to encourage equal representation by <br />parties to the agreement on a day-to-day basis and to include representatives of affected parties <br />to this agreement and mutual aid coordinators in the operational decision making before, during, <br />and after a disaster strikes Alameda County. <br />Alameda County Operational Area Agreement Page 2 <br />146