RES-8384 Granting Authority to City of Orange Fire Chief to Enter Into Urban Search and Rescue AgreementsRESOLUTION NO. 8384
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ORANGE GRANTING AUTHORITY TO THE
CITY OF ORANGE FIRE CHIEF TO ENTER INTO
URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE AGREEMENTS
WITH THE COUNTY OF ORANGE AND OTHER
PARTICIPATING AGENCIES.
WHEREAS, on January 11. 1994. the City Council of the City of Orange. by
motion. authorized the City of Orange Fire Department to participate in a Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the State of California Office of
Emergency Services (OES) urban search and rescue program; and
WHEREAS, by that motion the City of Orange Fire Department became a
Participating Agency of an Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Task Force as
described by FEMA. and identified as Orange County. California Task Force 5 (CA
TF5). and thereby became a part of the National US&R Response System; and
WHEREAS. the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue memorandum of
understanding (MOAI includes the following definitions:
Urban Search and Rescue IUS&R) "The strategy. tactics and operations for
locating. providing medical stabilization and treatments. and extrication of
entrapped victims encountered in natural and man-made
disasters."Soonsoring Agencv "In this case. the County of Orange. California. a
political jurisdiction providing official sanction to a FEMA-endorsed US&R
Task Force.The Orange County Fire Department. under the direction of
the County Director of Fire Services. will be the administering agency of the US&
R Task Force for
the County."Participating Agencv "A public. private. or individual entity who
has entered into an agreement with a Sponsoring Agency to provide
support (personnel.equipment, services. or funding) for establishment of an Urban
Search and Rescue
Task Force."NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Orange that the City of Orange Fire Chief be granted the authority to
enter into agreements with FEMA. OES. Orange County and other Participants for
the purpose of becoming a Participating Agency in the Urban Search and Rescue
California Task
Force 5.ADOPTED this 27th day of
September.
1994.
ATTEST:4~~~~~City Clerk of e Ci
I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted
by the City Council of the City of Orange at a regular meeting thereof held on the
27th day of September. 1994 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
SPuRGEON, BARRERA, COONTZ, MURPHY
NONE
MAYOR BEYER
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City Clerk of e Ci otOrange
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