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Voluntary Pre-Event Collaboration: Create and/or Update Mutual Aid Agreements Where Appropriate Voluntary pre-event collaboration between local jurisdictions and other public sector partners can save lives while also ensuring rapid recovery from an energy emergency. Voluntary mutual aid agreements (MAAs) can help formalize partnerships with other public sector entities. While MAAs typically have not been developed to address energy supply disruptions, they may be used as a template and adapted to address an energy emergency. One of the most important aspects of a mutual aid agreement is that it is entirely voluntary. Mutual aid agreements can cover topics such as dispatching emergency power generation resources, fuel storage and transportation agreements, service redundancies, and emergency personnel support. Typical non-energy mutual aid agreements include topics such as search and rescue, sandbagging, emergency medical care, and debris removal. A mutual aid agreement is a written understanding between governments on how, when, and the extent to which aid will be given from one local government to another upon request. These agreements typically apply to response activities, not planning or recovery. MAAs are practical and cost-effective, as units of government do not have to hire staff and purchase equipment for events and situations that may occur only rarely, as in an energy emergency. Instead of having to carry the costs associated with permanent staff (and other resources necessary for an effective response action) on a sustained basis, the requesting jurisdiction reimburses the lending jurisdiction for ‘loaning’ staff and resources (such as hazmat vehicles) to the requesting jurisdiction on an ‘as needed’ basis. The costs for this ‘loan’ are agreed upon in advance and written into the MAA. In the vast majority of incidents, local and State resources and regional mutual aid will provide the first line of emergency response and incident management support. Tribal and local authorities, not Federal agencies, have the primary responsibility for preventing, responding to, and recovering from energy-related emergencies and disasters. Mutual aid agreements can help line up resources far in advance of a disaster. An organization devoted exclusively to mutual aid agreements is the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC). It was established in 1996 as a partnership between member States. Communities developing EAPs may find much of EMAC’s work to be transferrable to local governments. 41 3.10.2 Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) and Other Partnerships Non-governmental organizations are often overlooked in the planning and response phases of an emergency, and are frequently sought out and deployed only in the recovery phase. Although few would argue that they are not effective in this role, their resources could be leveraged even more effectively if they were included in planning and response team meetings and decisions. There are numerous entities that fall under the general categories of non-profits, faithbased, and charitable organizations that serve the disabled and other vulnerable populations. Organizations such as food/housing/business co-ops also could add value to the efforts of the Salvation Army, Red Cross, and other allied entities in the recovery stage of an emergency. 41 http://www.emacweb.org/?150. 70 | 3 – How to Develop or Enhance a Local Energy Assurance Plan
Local Voices The Salvation Army The Salvation Army continues to work closely with Federal, State, and local authorities to assist in responding to natural and man-made disasters wherever and whenever they occur. In the last few years alone, the Salvation Army has provided onsite support during major emergency situations including the Virginia Tech shootings, the Minnesota bridge collapse, the southern California wildfires, and the Midwest floods. These are just a few examples of the dozens of emergencies to which the Salvation Army responds each and every year. Source: http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/www_usn_2.nsf/vw-text-dynamic-arrays/190F4B74F5ED5E81852 574B70000119F?openDocument. Key Questions …in Developing Partnerships 1. Are there any mutual aid agreements in place or are there joint powers agreements with other local governments that are triggered by an energy emergency, and what are the current responsibilities under these legal agreements? Should they be updated as part of the local EAP? 2. Are new mutual aid agreements needed, and if so, in what areas? 3. Who are the key (internal) local government energy assurance partners, and why? 4. Who are the key State energy assurance partners, and why? 5. Who are the key Federal energy assurance partners, and why? 6. Who are the key regional government organization partners, and why? 7. Where should the energy assurance partners list be kept, in what format, and who is primarily responsible for keeping (and updating) it? 8. How often should our energy assurance partners list be updated? 9. What is the best way to divide the labor associated with contacting and interacting with the key local, regional, State, and Federal government energy assurance partners? 10. With respect to pre-event preparedness, who are the most important government partners, and why? 11. Have all relevant local and national NGO partners been located and contacted? 3.11 Step Ten: Update the Plan on a Consistent Basis 3.11.1 Incorporate Lessons Learned The local EAP is a living document requiring regular updates and adjustments. To ensure that it remains relevant in response to new data and lessons learned, the EAP should be revisited frequently and evaluated for its effectiveness. Incorporating any lessons learned since the energy assurance efforts began is much easier to achieve as part of a formal update to the EAP. Local Government Energy Assurance Guidelines – Version 2.0 | 71
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