08-106 - Pierce County / FEMA - Washington State Task Force 1

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1.2 Participating Agency: CITY OF TUKWILA 2. RECITALS Sponsoring Agency and Participating Agency have entered into this Agreement in recognition of the following Recitals: 2.1 Sponsorina Agency. Sponsoring Agency is a cooperating party under a "Memorandum of Agreement" with the Federal Emergency Management Agency "FEMA and the State of Washington. 2.2 National Urban Search Rescue Resoonse System. Pursuant to federal law, principally the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 through 5206 (the "Stafford Act the U.S. Department of Homeland Security "DHS acting through FEMA, operates the National Urban Search Rescue Response System "System in conjunction with State and local governments. 2.3 Task Forces. Each Sponsoring Agency is responsible for recruiting and organizing a Task Force consisting of individuals occupying certain specified positions plus additional support personnel, all of whom have been properly trained with the requisite skills and capabilities required for urban search and rescue operations and /or deployment of the Task Force. A Task Force may be deployed as a single unit or it may be reorganized into teams for purposes of modularized responses for limited or specialized Activations. Members of a Task Force may also be deployed as members of a management or other technical team. 2.4 Washinaton State Task Force 1. Pierce County Department of Emeraencv Manaaement is the Sponsoring Agency for Washington Task Force 1 (the "Task Force and is charged with, among other things, recruiting and organizing members for the Task Force. In the performance of its responsibilities, the Sponsoring Agency may enter into cooperative arrangements with federal, state, or local government entities, or non profit or for profit entities, to serve as participating Agencies in the Task Force and with individuals to serve as Affiliated Personnel of the Task Force. The Sponsoring Agency is obligated to enter into written agreements with those Participating Agencies and Affiliated Personnel setting forth the relationship between the parties. 2.5 Participatina Aaencv_. The City of Tukwila desires to be a Participating Agency in the Task Force, subject to all of the provisions of this Agreement. 2.6 Applicable Provisions. With respect to National Urban Search Rescue Response System activities, this Agreement incorporates the provisions of Interim Final Rule, "National Urban Search and Rescue Response System," 70 Fed. Reg. 9182 (Feb. 24, 2005) 2