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County Administrator's Report 13. 2.

BCC Regular Meeting

Technical/Public Service Consent

Meeting Date:	04/23/2015
Issue: Memorandum of Agreement between the Board and the FEMA Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) Program Office
From:	Mike Weaver
Department:	Public Safety
CAO Approval:

RECOMMENDATION:

Recommendation Concerning the Memorandum of Agreement between the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners and the Federal Emergency Management Agency Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Program Management Office - Michael D. Weaver, Public Safety Department Director

That the Board take the following action regarding the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) Program Management Office:

A. Approve the MOA which establishes a management relationship between the two parties, defines the professional conduct with respect to the access, utilization, and security standards between the inter-operable notification systems of Escambia County's portal to Florida Emergency Message Notification System for Emergency Alert Messages and the FEMA IPAWS-OPEN national backbone communication/notification system, that structures the alert and distributes the emergency message from one inter-operable system to another. A select few Public Safety Department staff will be designated by the Division of Emergency Management Manager to be trained and authorized to utilize the notification system and maintain the integrity of the emergency notification system; and

B. Authorize the Chairman or Vice-Chairman to execute the MOA and all related documents as required implementing the MOA.

BACKGROUND:

It is the intent of both parties to this agreement to establish and utilize a standardized web-based application interface (as defined by the IPAWS-OPEN web service Interface Design Guidance) between information technology systems to facilitate the exchange of emergency messages within the production environment. The testing of the interoperability of these systems has been performed through the use of FEMA's Test and Development environment to ensure the transference and receipt of emergency messages using approved messaging standards. The interoperability between these systems is supported by the use of SOAP over HTTPS via the public internet.

BUDGETARY IMPACT:

N/A

LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS/SIGN-OFF:

Kristin Hual, Assistant County Attorney, has reviewed the agreement and approved it as to form and legal sufficiency.

PERSONNEL:

Implementation of this agreement will be accomplished with existing Division of Emergency Management staff.

POLICY/REQUIREMENT FOR BOARD ACTION:

Board of County Commissioners' Policies require MOAs to be approved by it.

IMPLEMENTATION/COORDINATION:

Implementation of this Agreement will be coordinated between the Escambia County Division of Emergency Management, FEMA, and the State of Florida Division of Emergency Management.

Attachments
IPAWS MOA