Title
Adopt Resolution to:
Authorize the CAO/Director of Emergency Services to respond to a request for assistance under the Emergency Management Assistance Compact by sending county personnel, equipment or commodities to areas affected by Hurricane Sandy.
StaffReport
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors approve a Resolution (a) authorizing the CAO/Director of Emergency Services to respond to a request for assistance under the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) by sending county personnel, equipment and commodities to areas affected by Hurricane Sandy; and (b) Monterey County employees directed to respond to a request for aid or assistance under the EMAC shall continue to receive their regular compensation and other benefits; and (c) the CAO/Director of Emergency Services is authorized and directed to seek reimbursement for any expenses incurred in providing a response under the EMAC from all appropriate sources; and (d) the CAO/Director of Emergency Services is further authorized to take such other and further actions as may be necessary to implement the intent and purposes of this resolution.
SUMMARY:
The Emergency Management Assistance Compact is a national disaster-relief compact signed by all fifty (50) states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands and ratified by Congress and signed into law in 1996 (Public Law 104-321). The State of California joined EMAC in 2005.
EMAC offers assistance during a governor-declared state of emergency through a responsive, straightforward system that allows states to send personnel, equipment and commodities to help disaster relief efforts in other states. The strength of EMAC and the quality that distinguishes it from other plans lies in its governance structure; its relationship with federal organizations, states, counties, territories and regions; the willingness of states and response and recovery personnel to deploy; and the ability to mov...
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