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x&ir" <br />Effective: June 34 2008 <br />I:., PURPOSE <br />Ther purpose of thks:document is to outlind the Standard Qt <br />and administration of FUartOC, ithe Orange County Put <br />hereinafter referred to as "System This document will prc <br />procedures and notes, and responsibilities at the ,reglo <br />64%tatlon of partloip4hts. IndiOdualjurfsdletionsloencies <br />redtonat concepts, The step•by step procedures for activati <br />a separate document m'aintainad by each jurisdlctlonlagem <br />response plans for overall plantkl'ng and nospcnse efforts, A <br />be maintained In RaspondfiC In the Nor= folder; <br />,atlhg Procedures, for the use <br />Mass Notification System, <br />1'e mane apeciftc step by step <br />I fewel including describing <br />ould create and maintain and <br />and usswill ba maintained In <br />as a part of their arnergency <br />rpy of these procedures shall <br />This daoumant does not supersede any policy and propa0urps outlines in the <br />Memorandums of Understondings signed by participattng agpnofeAr but should 6e, use.d . to <br />supp- ort'the use of the Orange County mgs:s NctitEeatlon System, <br />11, S`F3TEM VESQ. IPTION' <br />The prlmery intent of the Gountyw €de Public Mass Notifrcatlon. System Is to dissemtnata <br />eearty warning arid, time Sensitive jnformaijern to u^ounly bvr messes and residents during <br />time of an emergency event, The Pktbllc Mass Notification System Is only one component <br />of the County of Orange iPpiwic'warning Symmn, As deemed fit by local authorities, the <br />System Should bp, used in aonjunotion witli the other pu6ifcwarning mechanisrns krioluaing, <br />b If aot Ifrniteq.to, routs alerting, the'Emergeney Alert System" sirens, and press releases:. <br />,System Ila available 94/7 a., <br />1141`116ers t[hglrrding uniste <br />eve the option to 'provide a <br />alertoo.oam With Ilnlc acpess <br />authority dedtsion to aotivih <br />he sltuatEon and recomr -nom <br />bousehelda- via telephone, r <br />bean, pre - loaded with Orange <br />countywide geographle. maps, <br />it contact information via self: <br />iunty and all parftelpating enttty <br />lystem wilt be used to send a <br />ion the purolie should' take, to <br />The .County of Qrartgo, Orange County Sheriff'g Department Is the sponsor of the <br />countywide Public T asp Notification ' System initiative and will take appropriate measures <br />to ensure that the System is in a state of operational readiness at all times, It is the <br />responsibility of all panicipaling Agencies to maz itnize eftfaan benefits from the System. <br />While the County's intent for implementing and meintalning the System Is for "emergency" <br />use, upon consent from fatal authorftew, cities may optionally use the System to <br />disseminate tovermnent- related" non- amergenoy notifications to citizens and organization <br />rosouroes within its jurisdiction, See Section V, kthgrizod' 1.4o and Section Vitt, Cost.for <br />policy guideitnes relating to non- emargencyuse. <br />Vaite. F of 11 <br />25H -31 <br />