Public Works Mutual Aid Presentation and Current Member list

Public Works Mutual Aid Agreementand YouPresented by:Los Angeles County Department of Public Works

PURPOSE– PWMAA was established as a means forpublic works agencies to communicatedirectly with one another in order to facilitatethe mutual aid process

HISTORY– Early 80’s: State OES begins a grassrootseffort to establish a Statewide Mutual AidAgreement for Public Works– Late 80’s: Southern California County PublicWorks representatives drafted the PublicWorks Mutual Aid Agreement– 1989: Los Angeles and Orange Countyexecuted the Agreement

BACKGROUND– Public Works agencies had long recognized aneed for a formal mutual aid agreement– PWMAA is based on fire and law mutual aid

TODAY …– 17 counties and 146 citieshave become signatories tothe Agreement– Ultimate goal for thePWMAA is to become atruly statewide Agreement– Los Angeles CountyDepartment of PublicWorks currentadministrative coordinator

WHY IS THE PWMAA IMPORTANT TOYOU AND YOUR COUNTY…– In a major disaster, public works resourcesare vital in the response to life safety andprotection of property– Public works agencies speak the samelanguage – equipment needs– Under Federally/State declared disasters,reimbursement costs for mutual aid could beeligible for FEMA/State reimbursement

BASIC TENETS OF PWMAA– Local emergency must be proclaimed– Jurisdictions are expected to reasonablycommit their own resources first– Requesting party pays direct, indirect,administrative and contracted costs– Mutual aid between operationalareas must follow SEMS– Assistance is voluntary

PWMAA COORDINATOR– Acts on behalf of the jurisdiction on all mattersregarding PWMAA to include requests,response, reimbursement and administrativeissues

BECOMING A PWMAA MEMBER AGENCY– Obtain approval from Board ofSupervisors/City Council– Assign a Public Works Mutual Aid Coordinator– Provide copy of executed PWMAA to thePWMAA Administrative Coordinator (LosAngeles County Department of Public Works)

MUTUAL AID REQUEST PATHS– City to City (same Operational Area)– City to Operational Area– Operational Area to neighboring OperationalArea

PWMAA USE IN PAST DISASTERS– 1991 Sierra Madre Earthquake– 1992 Landers/Big Bear Earthquake– 1994 Northridge Earthquake– 1998 El Nino Storms– 2005 Storms

FOR MORE INFORMATIONwww.pwmaa.org – Official websiteinfo@pwmaa.org – Information by email(626) 458-7340 – Information by phone

PUBLIC WORKS MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT – MEMBER AGENCIESCountiesGlennCitiesOrlandImperialKernLos AngelesMarinMonoOrangeRiversideTaft87 of the 88 incorporated citiesAnaheimBreaBuena ParkCosta MesaCypressDana PointFountain ValleyFullertonGarden GroveHuntington BeachIrvineLa PalmaLaguna BeachLaguna HillsLaguna NiguelLaguna WoodsLake ForestLos AlamitosMission ViejoNewport BeachOrangePlacentiaRancho Santa MargaritaSan ClementeSan Juan CapistranoSanta AnaSeal BeachStantonTustinVilla ParkWestminsterYorba LindaRiversideTemeculaUpdated 3/15/2010 1

PUBLIC WORKS MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT – MEMBER AGENCIESSan BernardinoCountySan DiegoSan Luis ObispoSanta BarbaraSiskiyouSolanoSutterTehamaVenturaTotal: 17 CountiesFontanaOntarioCitiesArroyo GrandeGrover CityMorro BayPismo BeachSan Luis ObispoTempleton Community Services DistrictBueltonCarpinteriaGoletaGuadalupeLompocSanta BarbaraSanta MariaSolvangCamarilloFillmoreMoorparkOjaiOxnardSanta PaulaSimi ValleyThousand OaksVenturaTotal: 146 CitiesContact Information:Official website – www.pwmaa.orgInformation by email– info@pwmaa.orgInformation by phone – (626) 458-7340Updated 3/15/2010 2