Consent 4.
Regular Board of Supervisors Meeting
Emergency Services
- Meeting Date:
- 10/10/2017
- Title:
- Approval of IPAWS MOU with Ft. Huachuca
- Submitted By:
- Norm Sturm, Emergency Services
- Department:
- Emergency Services
Presentation:
No A/V Presentation
Recommendation:
Approve
Document Signatures:
BOS Signature Required
# of ORIGINALS
Submitted for Signature:
Submitted for Signature:
2
NAME
of PRESENTER:
of PRESENTER:
Norm Sturm
TITLE
of PRESENTER:
of PRESENTER:
ES Coordinator
Docket Number (If applicable):
Mandated Function?:
Not Mandated
Source of Mandate
or Basis for Support?:
or Basis for Support?:
Information
Agenda Item Text:
Approve a Memorandum of Understanding between Fort Huachuca and Cochise County to allow Fort Huachuca to use the Federal Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) effective on October 11, 2017 through September 22, 2022.
Background:
The Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) is a public warning system available nation-wide and in Arizona to state and county-level emergency management agencies. This is the same system used to put out Amber and Silver Alerts to wireless phones throughout the state. Ft. Huachuca (as well as other military installations) has been directed by the Department of the Army to obtain access to the IPAWS system as a warning capability on the Ft. Huachuca Campus. Under current Arizona rules, Ft. Huachuca cannot gain access to use IPAWS without an agreement with the local county jurisdiction. The MOU up for approval gives Ft. Huachuca permission to access IPAWS, if necessary, with the understanding that all IPAWS messages generated by Ft. Huachuca will be formatted with the header "For Fort Huachuca Only" and the message will be coordinated with local public safety agencies. The MOU's wording has been reviewed and approved by the Arizona Division of Emergency & Military Affairs (DEMA).
Department's Next Steps (if approved):
If approved, a copy of the MOU will be returned to Ft. Huachuca and they will have the capability to use IPAWS.
Impact of NOT Approving/Alternatives:
Ft. Huachuca will not have the capability to use IPAWS
To BOS Staff: Document Disposition/Follow-Up:
Please send an original signed copy of the MOU to the Office of Emergency Services.