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Orange County Ope Nonal Area ntywide Public Mass Notification System Standard Operating Procedures functional need cliental may be established with prior authorization from the Orange County Sheriffs Departmentto ensure no vendor contract violations are occurring. VII. ACTIVATION OF THE SYSTEM Each City Jurisdiction is responsible for launching messages to affected citizens and businesses within their jurisdiction. Determination of authority to request activation of the Mass Notification System rest with local officials, not with the County of Orange or the Orange County Sheriffs Department Emergency Management Division. Water agencies are responsible for launching messages to affected citizens and businesses as identified in their service district. The following is protocol to be followed when an, emergency message is launched anywhere in Orange County. A. Public Notifications 1. The County of Orange is authorized to use the System to send notifications of regional emergencies to any and all residents within the Operational Area (example: Countywide quarantine order for a health alert). Upon sending a countywide notification, Orange County Sheriffs Department Emergency Management Division will, as soon as possible, advise the appropriate local Agency that mass notifications have been sent by the County to residents of their cities. Pre -notification to emergency managers by email or WebEOC of this AlertOC activation before actual delivery of the message will occur if possible. 2. Other than regional emergency notifications, public notifications are the responsibility of the individual City/Local Government. In the event that the geographical location of an incident requires a message to be delivered to multiple jurisdictions, the responsible Agency will inform each Individual Agency so that they can send the message to those affected within their own jurisdiction. Exception: Small unincorporated neighborhoods embedded within City limits will receive mass notification of local city emergency activity from City Officials. This does not include the unincorporated areas of Rossmoor, Midway City, Cowan Heights, Lemon Heights, all canyons, Coto de Caza and Trabuco Canyon areas. Any of the fore mentioned unincorporated areas by names, coordination will have to occur with the Orange County Sheriff's Department/Watch Commander when the EOC is not activated, 3. For a City wishing to send or receive messages to or from a neighboring Agency during time of a multi jurisdictional incident, an MOU should be established between both parties that grants permission for the handling Agency to send emergency notification to residents within the affected Agency. (Exception will be made for cities who have contracted law enforcement services. No MOU will be required and access SHALL be granted). a, In the event no MOU has been established, the local city agency will contact the Police Watch Commander who is the 24 hour warning point for all cities for approval and coordination. 4. Water agencies sending information to the public will do so only to pre -loaded GIS shape files containing their service areas. This procedure must occur due to the overlapping jurisdictional boundary areas. Water agencies will launch messages under the Orange County user account. Pre -notification to the Water Emergency Response of Orange County (WERCC) emergency manager, and impacted city emergency Page 7 of 13