13-004 - Seattle King County Public Health - Memorandum of Understanding for Tukwila Community Center Use in Disaster

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PHSKC # Tukwila Community Center — 12424 42nd Avenue South, Tukwila, WA 98168 These facilities are available for use at any time of the year and could be used 24 hours /day, if necessary. Other City of Tukwila facilities may be available at the time of an event. At such time, the City of Tukwila will be flexible and work with PHSKC to offer facilities that meet mutual needs. PHSKC and the City of Tukwila will prepare a Site Security Plan for each facility. The City of Tukwila will notify PHSKC if any information recorded in the Site Security Plan changes or is not accurate. PHSKC will initiate verification of data at least once every two years. III. Security Plan PHSKC and the City of Tukwila will cooperate to assess security issues pertinent to each designated facility and complete a Security Plan for each facility. The Security Plans will be reviewed annually by both parties and updated as necessary. Completed Security Plans and updates must be submitted to the representatives identified in Section IX of this agreement annually or upon completion. IV. Notification of Initiation of Use of Facilities Use of the facilities would be triggered by a large to catastrophic disease outbreak, bioterrorist attack, natural or man- disaster disaster that impacts the public's health and necessitates the activation of facilities to support the regional public health and medical response.. PHSKC will request use of the designated facilities at least 24 hours prior to start of use. The City of Tukwila will provide confirmation to proceed as soon as possible after receiving the request. PHSKC will specify as soon as possible after making the request to use the facilities: • the affected population groups • the triage of types of persons to be served, if applicable • the estimated number of persons to be served • the anticipated duration of the response • the anticipated hours of operation V. Responsibilities of PHSKC The Regional Disaster Plan, ESF 8, outlines the responsibilities of PHSKC during a large scale disaster. The outlined responsibilities include coordination of mass immunization and dispensing programs, sheltering people with medical needs or operating family assistance centers. The responsibilities in this section are specific to a response operated by PHSKC at the facilities designated by the City of Tukwila. • Set up and operate Incident Command Agreement between Page 2 of 4 PHSKC and City of Tukwila