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TO: Mayor Richard Irvin
FROM: Natalie Wiza, Emergency Management Coordinator
DATE: September 13, 2021
SUBJECT:
A proposed Memorandum of Agreement between the City and the Illinois Search and Rescue Council, Inc.
PURPOSE:
The Illinois Search and Rescue Council (ISARC) is a professional volunteer organization within the State of Illinois that provides search and rescue (SAR) services for missing persons upon request. It is organized as an Illinois not-for-profit corporation and holds Sec. 501(c)(3) tax exempt status. Its services are supported and performed by volunteers trained by ISARC. All ISARC volunteers are affiliated volunteers with governmental and non-governmental agencies and organizations throughout the state, and successful SAR operations are dependent on entering into an agreement with ISARC.
This agreement has been updated from the previous agreement to include the ability of all SAR trained individuals to be considered a part of a Mobile Support Team. Previously, SAR personnel had the ability to travel within the State to requests, as needed, but when a state Emergency Management Assistance Compact was activated, SAR personnel were not allowed to be deployed as a Mobile Support Team.
This agreement will provide for the same level of service as provided in year's past by existing SAR trained Aurora Emergency Management Volunteers, while providing for additional capabilities through ISARC when deployment's outside of the State is necessary to supply aid to disaster-stricken areas.
BACKGROUND:
This Memorandum of Agreement between ISARC and the City provides for volunteer and equipment mutual aid into the City for missing persons; the City can send trained volunteers and equipment to outside agencies within the State; the City can deploy trained volunteers and equipment to outside states when an Interstate Emergency Management Assistance Compact is requested and Mobile Support Teams are necessary to protect life and property.
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