04-13-15 Regular Meeting of La Porte City Council

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Terms: I. If Entity is a county or incorporated city, both Entity and Harris County shall each appoint an Emergency Management Coordinator to take all steps necessary for the implementation of this Agreement. If Entity is an independent school district, public junior college district, emergency services district, other special district, joint board, or other entity defined as a political subdivision under the laws of the State of Texas that maintains the capability to provide mutual aid, or organized volunteer group as defined in Section 418.004(5) of the Texas Government Code, Entity, highest ranking officer, or Emergency Management Coordinator, as applicable, shall 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. Harris County and any Entity that is a county or incorporated municipality shall have an approved Emergency Management Program as defined by the Texas 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 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, recover from, 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 Party 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. 2