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County of Orange and Orange County Operational Area • Countywide Public Mass Notification System Operating Guidelines • VI. AUTHORIZED USERS Use of the System by each Agency and Jurisdiction is contingent upon that Agency or Jurisdiction abiding by the contract with the mass notification vendor, and the protocols established by the Emergency Management Council and Operational Area Executive Board. The System is designed to be a countywide asset, available to all Jurisdictions that have a dedicated public safety answering point (PSAP) and/or a residential population for whom they are responsible for making protective action recommendations. An Agency may participate in the countywide System at no charge when used for emergency purposes until December 30, 2029. Entities authorized to join the system at no cost are limited to the County, Orange County Cities, the Municipal Water District of Orange County and Orange County Retail Water Agencies, and the University of California, Irvine. Each participating Jurisdiction must sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and will maintain, at minimum, a Local Administrator responsible for implementing and administering use of the System at the local level. A. County Level 1. County Administrator The OCSD-EMD will assign and maintain a designated County Administrator responsible for overall acquisition, accessibility, maintenance, compliance and management of all components required to provide an effective countywide mass notification system. The County Administrator is responsible for: 1. System acquisition and contract management. 2. Policy management and as needed modification (in consultation with public safety, emergency management and emergency response personnel.) 3. Audit compliance: routine monitoring of System use to insure policy and contract compliance. 4. Access management: record management of signed MOU from each participating Agency, distribution of local administrator accounts and updated Local Administrator contact list. 5. Data management: E911 data acquisition, update and compliance monitoring. Countywide map file acquisition, update and overall geo-coding. 6. Testing: facilitate routine System-wide test exercise, document overall test results and recommend and execute, as needed, corrective action at the County level. 7. User Testing: verify and document County Alert and Warning Users are performing monthly tests. 8. Public education campaign: initiate and facilitate public education campaign aimed at making the public aware of the countywide public mass notification system initiative and individual registration web portal. Page 3 of 14