Radio Communications Essentials Module 5: Mutual Aid Agreements and Common Use Channels Mark Conrey
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REV REVIEWING IEWING AND/OR AND/OR COMPLETING COMPLETING MUTU MUTUAL AL AID AID AGREE GREEMET METNS NS Mutual aid agreements codify an understanding among two or more entities to provide support in a given context. Parties to agreements can include two, three, or several response agencies, private organizations, hospitals, public utilities, governments, and virtually any type of organization that can bring resources to bear during an emergency. The needs of jurisdictions and organizations will vary greatly; therefore, the set of agreements each concludes will differ as well. But at each tier of mutual aid, jurisdictions should seek out strong, written mutual aid agreements to support response efforts in an emergency
TYP TYPES ES OF OF MUTU MUTUAL AL AID AID AGREE GREEMENTS MENTS Automa utomatic tic Mutu Mutual al Aid Aid Mutual Mutual Aid Aid Ag Agreements eements Regional gional Mutual Mutual Aid Aid Sta Statewide tewide Mutual Mutual Aid Aid Inter Inter-Sta State te Mutu Mutual al Aid Aid
Auto utoma matic tic Mut Mutual Aid ual Aid Qu Quic ickl kly y br bring ing a sm a small all nu numb mber er of of res esou ource ces s fr from ne om neighb ighbor oring ing jurisd jurisdiction ictions s to to the the incide incident nt sc scen ene Un Units its ar are e au auto toma matic ticall ally y disp dispatc tche hed d to to th the e sc scen ene e as as pa part t of of p pred edet eter ermined mined sign signed ed agree eemen ment. t. Must c Mus t clea learly y sp spec ecify w ify wha hat wi t will ll trig trigge ger th r the e au automa tomatic tic resp espon onse se – the the type of type of i inc nciden ident t and an d the the type type of of r resp espon onse se req equir uired ed. Copy Cop y of of a agree eemen ment t sho should be uld be a at di t dispa spatc tch h be beca caus use e this this is is the the au autho thority n rity nee eede ded d to to au automa tomaticall tically r y req eque uest assistan st assistance ce.
Mutual Aid Mutual Aid Ag Agreements eements Basic function is to bring additional resources to bear to an emergency when they are needed – based on a “request” at the time of the emergency. Address liability and reimbursement matters to avoid conflict and litigation during post response . Agree upon procedures to be used at time of implementation. Where interoperability really starts to be an issue.
Regional Mutua gional Mutual l Aid Aid Ag Agreement eements Designed to mobilize a significant amount of resources from several jurisdictions throughout the region during large emergencies. Exist between multiple jurisdictions and are often sponsored by a council of government or similar regional body.
ST STATE TEWID WIDE E MUTU MUTUAL AL AID AID Agreements that coordinate the mobilization of statewide resources for use in local and state declared disasters. Often coordinated by the state emergency management agency designed to incorporate both state assets and local assets in an attempt to increase preparedness statewide.
Int Inter er-St State Ag te Agreement eements Coordinated through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) brings in out-of-state resources to assist when a disaster or incident overtaxes an individual state’s capabilities. Normally supports the response effort towards the end of the first day and onward into the recovery phase.
Mut Mutual Aid ual Aid Init Initia iatio tion Upon conditions specified in automatic aid agreements. Upon request from the on scene incident commander. Dispatch relays the request for mutual aid to the agency requested. Request to the State Emergency Management (EMA) agency who then contacts assisting parties.
KEY KEY ELEMENTS OF ELEMENTS OF MUTU MUTUAL AL AID AID AGREE GREEMENTS MENTS Purpose and Scope Definitions Roles and Responsibilities Procedures and Protocols Training and Drills Reimbursement Liability or Hold Harmless
Pr Procedur ocedures and P es and Proto otocols cols Command - ICS Communications – Should identify the communications protocols (frequencies, terms, etc) to be used during the mutual aid response. Threshold – What exactly triggers the deployment of aid. Most often a direct request. Dispatching - Where are they being dispatched? Incident or staging. Verification of the channel that is being used. Instructions on when to contact IC while enroute.
Mutual Aid Mutual Aid Pr Prohibitiv ohibitive e Pr Practice actice Self Dispatch – Only units properly responding to a mutual aid request or automatic aid agreement should be allowed to participate. All liability and hold harmless agreements do not apply nor would any reimbursement agreement.
COMMUN COMMUNICA ICATIONS TIONS CONSID CONSIDER ERATIONS TIONS Can they talk - interoperate? What channels/frequencies do they have? Can the radio’s be programmed on the host channel and is it covered by required license. What other options are available? What will be the role of dispatch? In the end – how they are going to communicate must be identified and spelled out.
GA GATE TEWA WAYS Interconnect systems that allow for voice interoperability between otherwise incompatible radio communications systems. Radio Consoles RAVEN Switch with SRS Talkgroup (Pilot Project) Raven M4x VOIP module (Pilot Project) ACU 1000 Paracletes Note: Use of a gateway is predicated on the requirements specified in the mutual aid agreements.
SHAR SHARED ED CHANNEL CHANNELS • Any designated licensed channel of the requesting jurisdiction. • Non Federal National Interoperability Channels VCALL 10 – VTAC 14 • UCALL 40 – UCALL 43D • 8 CALL 90 – 8 TAC94D •
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