Common use of Coordinating Disaster Response Activities Clause in Contracts

Coordinating Disaster Response Activities. Participating Jurisdictions will coordinate, to the extent practicable, their emergency response activities with and through SCDEM in order to minimize death, injury, and damages to property, the economy, and the environment during natural, technological or human-caused disasters. a. During, or in anticipation of disasters as defined by RCW 38.52.010(6), affected Participating Jurisdictions will activate their incident management structure and Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan, and notify SCDEM as soon as practicable. b. When activated, Participating Jurisdictions will request County, state and/or federal resources through established emergency management protocols, i.e., from the SCEOC to the Washington State Emergency Operations Center. The Participating Jurisdictions agree that the County shall remain harmless in the event of non-availability or non-performance of requested resources. c. Participating Jurisdictions shall submit incident-related information to the SCEOC and the SCEOC shall develop and provide comprehensive situation reports to the Participating Jurisdictions, as well as to regional and state partners. d. Participating Jurisdictions will identify appropriate points of contact with whom the SCJIC will communicate to form the information network commonly referred to as the Joint Information System (JIS). e. When requested and practicable, Participating Jurisdictions will deploy liaisons to the Snohomish County EOC to enhance communication between the SCEOC and the incident site(s). f. Upon determining that a disaster as defined by RCW 38.52.010(6) has happened or is imminent, Participating Jurisdictions will, under the provisions of applicable code, initiate through the jurisdiction’s appropriate authority a Proclamation of Emergency for their jurisdiction. Participating Jurisdictions will notify SCDEM as soon as practicable of their intent to proclaim a disaster and provide SCDEM with a copy of the proclamation as soon as practicable.