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Approve and authorize the Director of Health, the Assistant Director of Health, or the Emergency Medical Services Director, to execute a California Statewide Agreement for Emergency Medical and Health Disaster Response Mutual Aid and Mutual Assistance Agreement.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Approve and authorize the Director of Health, the Assistant Director of Health, or the Emergency Medical Services Director, to execute a California Statewide Agreement for Emergency Medical and Health Disaster Response Mutual Aid and Mutual Assistance Agreement.
SUMMARY:
The Health Department seeks authorization to execute a California Statewide Agreement for Emergency Medical and Health Disaster Response Mutual Aid and Mutual Assistance Agreement. The Medical Mutual Aid/Assistance system for California strictly follows the California Department of Public Health's statewide Public Health and Medical Emergency Operations Manual (EOM). Compliant with the State Emergency Management System (SEMS) and the Incident Command System (ICS), the EOM dictates the pathway for situational awareness and resource requests during a disaster, from the event to the county/operational area, region, and state.
Monterey County (County) belongs to California Medical Mutual Aid Region II (Region II). In addition to the County, the Region II operational areas and local public health jurisdictions are: City of Berkeley, the City and County of San Francisco, and the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, and Sonoma.
Monterey County signed an agreement between the counties in Region II on January 9, 2018 to formalize the medical and health mutual aid/assistance program. Since signing the Region II MOU Monterey County has responded to disasters within Region II and to counties outside of the region to support the medical and health needs of Counties ...
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