O-2010-3212 Interlocal Agreement with Harris County/emergency assistance during disaster declaration

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TERMS: I. The City and Harris County shall each appoint an Emergency Management Coordinator to take all steps necessary for the implementation of this Agreement. II. It shall be the duty of each Party to formulate emergency management plans and programs that incorporate the use of available resources, including personnel, equipment, buildings, and supplies necessary to provide mutual aid and emergency assistance. The plan, approved by the governing body of each Party, shall be submitted to the Governor's Division of Emergency Management. This Agreement shall apply to the dispatch of emergency service responses by either or both Parties in response to a disaster as that term is defined in section 418.004 of the Texas Government Code, and in response to actual and imminent incidents that endanger the health, safety, or welfare of the public and require the use and of special equipment, trained personnel, or personnel in larger number than are locally available in order to reduce, counteract, or remove the danger caused by the incident. This Agreement includes the provision of materials, supplies, equipment, and other forms of aid by and between the Parties including the staffing and equipping of emergency operations, and participation by personnel in exercises, drills, or other training activities designed to train and prepare for, cope with, respond to, or prevent the occurrence of any disaster. In carrying out emergency management plans and programs, the Parties shall, insofar as possible, provide and follow uniform standards, practices and rules and regulations, including but not limited to the following: • Warnings and signals for exercises or disasters and the mechanical devices to be used in connection therewith. • Shutting off water mains, gas mains, and electric power connections, and the suspension of all other utility services. • Selection of all materials, equipment or buildings used or to be used for emergency management purposes to assure that such materials and equipment will be easily and freely interchangeable when used by either Parry hereto. • The conduct of civilians and the movement and cessation of movement of pedestrian and vehicular traffic prior to, during, and subsequent to exercises or disasters. • The safety of public meetings or gatherings. It is acknowledged by both Parties that nothing in this Section or Agreement shall require or indenture either Party to alter any policy or procedure, to change, add or discontinue any service or service level, to purchase any item or equipment, or to otherwise encumber any expense. As further set forth below, each Party shall coordinate the emergency responses within its scope of responsibility under this Agreement. 2