Agenda - City of Santa Monica

Santa Monica is within Region I which is divided into two regions for law enforcement
mutual aid: Regions I and Region IA. Each mutual aid region consists of designated
counties. Region I is in the CalEMA Southern Administrative Region.
MUTUAL AID COORDINATORS
To facilitate mutual aid, discipline-specific mutual aid systems work through designated
mutual aid coordinators at the operational area, regional and state levels. The basic
role of a mutual aid coordinator is to receive mutual aid requests, coordinate the
provision of resources from within the coordinator's geographic area of responsibility
and pass on unfilled requests to the next level.
Mutual aid requests that do not fall into one of the discipline-specific mutual aid systems
are handled through the emergency services mutual aid system by emergency
management staff at the local government, operational area, regional and state levels.
Some incidents require mutual aid but do not necessitate activation of the cities or
operational area EOCs because of the incident's limited impacts. When the City's EOC
is activated, all activated department-specific mutual aid systems should establish
coordination and communications with the EOC.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY OPERATIONAL AREA MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION
If the Los Angeles County Operational Area is activated, the Los Angeles County
Sheriff's designated by County Ordinance, will function as the Operational Area
Coordinator and will have the overall responsibility for coordinating and supporting
emergency operations within the County. The Operational Area will also be the focal
point for information transfer and support requests by cities within the County. The
Operational Area Staff will submit all requests for support that cannot be obtained within
the county, and other relevant information, to CalEMA Mutual Aid Region I.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY OPERATIONAL AREA PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE TO
CITIES
When a disaster or emergency occurs, the City will normally use its own internal assets
to provide emergency services. If the City’s internal assets are not sufficient to provide
required services, the City will normally make a request to Area A cities: City of Santa
Monica, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, and Culver City, for pre-arranged mutual aid.
If mutual aid is not available, a request for Operational Area support will be made to the
Operational Area via the West Hollywood Sheriff’s Station EOC or On-Duty Watch
Commander. The City should enter the request into the Los Angeles County
Operational Area Response and Recovery System (OARRS) and forward it to the
appropriate County EOC (CEOC) agency. CEOC staff will analyze the request and
forward it appropriately. The CEOC or County Department will inform the City of the
status of the request. Existing mutual aid agreements and financial protocols will be
followed.
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