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Orange County Operationalte Countywide Public Mass Notification System Standard Operating Procedures 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 contalring 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 (WEROC) emergency manager, and impacted city emergency managers will occur prior to the lunch of the message by email containing the AlertOC message before actual delivery of the message will occur. a. The WEROC Emergency Manager is responsible to notify and provide the information to the OA/County Emergency Manager since the identification information will show the County of Orange as the initiator. 5. In the event a participating Agency is unable to send out an emergency message, the Orange County Control One Coordinated Communications Center is available to act on the local Agency's behalf. Agencies that do not have a current MOU with the County may also request Control One to send out an emergency message. Control One will not be available to send internal notifications. All rules and guidelines are applicable. It is still the responsibility of the local agency with the primary responsibility of the incident to receive approval for adjacent jurisdictions on multi jurisdictional events. Attachment B is the launch form containing all information required in orderto launch a message. Authority to request mutual aid assistance from Control One must be requested by a Lieutenant or above (same protocols as requesting a Code Alex), 6. If the Operational Area EOC is activated, agencies may request to utilize the Orange County Information Hotline 714-628-7085 as the Identification phone numberfor residents and businesses to call to obtain additional information. Agencies are requested to send a copy of the AlertOC script to the OA EOC before the message is launched, if possible. 7. Participating Agencies are authorized to develop pre -established notification lists and messages to meet their individual needs. These lists may include special populations (e.g. in-home care, schools, etc) or those susceptible to certain risks (e.g. homes within dam inundation zone). It is the responsibility of the participating Agency to create, maintain and update these lists. B. Emergency Response and Inter -Department Notifications: 1. Each participating Agency is authorized to create employeelvolunteer and department call lists and pre-recorded messages. 2. Any non -city agency wishing to create specialty groups which still contain public contact information (ex: special needs callouts) may do so with prior consent. However, any activation of information to any of these groups needs to be coordinated to ensure clear, concise and accurate information is being dispersed. During emergencies, messages will be coordinated with the Operational Area, Orange County Sheriffs Department Emergency Management Division. 3. It Is the sole responsibility of each participating Agency to maintain these lists and to launch notifications as deemed necessary. Page 8 of 14