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Memorandum of Understanding
The County Board of Kano County - the State of Illinois and the
Mayors and City Councils of the incorporated and unincorporated cities,
communities and townships within Kane County will plan to initiate
the following memorandum.
This memorandum of understanding evidences the common concern of the Executive
Authorities of all. of Kane County and of the incorporated areas
and unincorporated areas within that county and the organization, training and
operations necessary to establish an effective Emergency Services and Disaster
Agency program in both the incorporated and unincorporated areas of this
county.
This memorandum evidences the assignment and acceptance of responsibilities
and the delineation of particular areas of responsibility. Yet, likewise
evidences the common acceptance of the vital position that the production
and processing of food, clothing, fuel and total county resources bears in
the survival of the community, the county, state and nation.
This memorandum recognizes the necessity and the 'difficulties of these re-
sources being distributed in useable form to points of need during all
disaster situations. The assumption of man-made, natural , nuclear and
strategic nuclear attacks are important throughout this document . Both the
County Board and Mayors are aware that Kane County and the
political subdivisions herein have been designated by the State Emergency
Services and Disaster Agency to provide support and mutualaid in the event
of a threatened disaster or attack on this country.
It is mutually agreed that the Emergency Services and Disaster Agency pro-
gram in Kane County should embrace all areas of the county and
that so far as is practical , each person and each designated part of the
county should bear their share of the task in accordance with a population
in excess of 10, 000 will establish an Emergency Services and Disaster Agency
within their respective areas of jurisdiction and encourage other towns or
townships, even if less than 10,000 population, to develop such an agency to
integrate their Emergency Services and Disaster Agency activities with those
of the County Agency.
The Kane County Board recognizes the •need and agrees to organize
the total resources of the county into manageable sized units for Emergency
Services and Disaster Agency operations . These plans will assure that all
parts of the county will participate in the total Emergency Servi.•es and
Disaster Agency task in accordance with its particular capability. They will
provide- a framework into which small cities and towns may integrate their
efforts with that of the adjacent rural areas.
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It is understood that these responsibilities which will be county-wide or
wi l l of fart large areas of the county, will require the assistance of local ,
urban and township Emergency Services and Disaster Agency authorities in the
-Jrgaccization, staffing, training and operational planning for . an adequate
Emergency Services and Disaster Agency mission within the county.
During any local operation involving more than one jurisdictional area, the
County Emergency Services and Disaster Agency is . respotcsible for setting up
a local control renter and maintaining the best possible communications with
the County Control Center and the Sheriff's Department .
At the onset of any local .severe emergency, the local official in charge, the
. F.mergeitry Services and Disaster Agency Director and the Sheriff should deter-
mine at the earliest possible time the scope of the disaster operation and
decide upon the extent of manpower and resources to be mobilized for this
particular operation.
It is understood and agreed that each local , urban, city or township Emergency
_Services and Disaster Agency will have primary responsibility for providing a
prorated share of the personnel and materials required for the operations
(ksij;ii.ctcd as county responsibilities. To the extent practical , such forces
will hi used only in/or adjacent to the areas providing them.
It is understood and agreed that each local Emergency Services and .Disaster
Agency will be responsible for operational and planning functional activities
within their areas of jurisdiction and for assisting in the organization,
staffing and training for an adequate Emergency Services and Disaster Agency,
and the operational planning to make such an action effective. •
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