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} I II The Operational Area Emergency Management Organization will assist parties to this agreement to share resources before, during, and after an emergency, as well as to prepare, respond, and recover from disasters that strike Alameda County. The Operational Area Emergency Management Organization will prioritize competing needs according to the policies and procedures approved by the Operational Area Council. Each of the parties to this Agreement will designate individuals to be trained to represent their agency in the Operational Area Emergency Management Organization. The training will be an orientation on the policies and procedures of the Operational Area Emergency Management Organization. Each party to this Agreement will also designate, in writing,,a line of succession of officials who are empowered to represent the party to the Operational Area Emergency Management Organization. 2. CONSIDERATION The consideration under this Agreement is the mutual advantage of protection afforded to each of the parties to this Agreement. There shall not be any monetary compensation required from any to another party as a condition of assistance provided under the agreement, except for reimbursement of direct costs as designated in mutual aid agreements. Nothing in this agreement shall be construed as altering any preexisting disaster response agreements'between the parties. 3. STANDARDIZED EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM The Operational Area Emergency Management Organization and its policies and procedures will be regulated by the Standardized Emergency Management System as stated in California Government Code§860 7, and its implementing regulations, California Code of Regulations, Title 19, Division 2, Office of Emergency Services, Standardized Emergency Management System, and guidelines. The incident command system and a multi-agency:coordination system, as described in those regulations and guidelines, will be used for coordination and direction of the parties to this agreement participating in emergency efforts. The Alameda County Emergency Operations Plan shall be the primary method and criteria used to conduct Operational Area Emergency Operations Center activities. 4. OPERATIONAL AREA COORDINATOR The Sheriff/Director of Emergency Services is the Operational Area Coordinator. It is the responsibility of the Operational Area Coordinator to oversee the operation of the Operational Area Emergency Management Organization and to reasonably interpret the terms of this agreement. It is the responsibility of the Operational Area Coordinator to encourage equal representation by parties to the agreement on a day-to-day basis and to include representatives of affected parties to this agreement and mutual aid coordinators in the operational decision making before, during, and after a disaster strikes Alameda County. Alameda County Operational Area Agreement Page 2