All County departments, constitutional officers, municipalities, and volunteer agencies are responsible for the following general items:
Developing the necessary functional annexes, Standard Operating Procedures, and checklists for organization and performance of the functions required to respond to and recover from disasters.
Designating and training essential personnel for specific assignments in the conduct of emergency operations. Providing instructions to other personnel regarding the staffing policy during a disaster.
Securing facilities, property, and equipment.
Maintaining accurate records of emergency-related expenditures such as personnel, supplies, and equipment costs.
Preserving Records - In order to provide normal government operations following an emergency/disaster, essential records must be protected. Essential records include: vital statistics, deeds, corporation papers, operational plans, resource data, authorities, personnel and payroll rosters, succession lists, supplies and equipment lists, laws, charters and financial records. The principal causes of damage to records are fire and water. Each department/agency, by federal law, is responsible for essential records. Consideration should be given to duplicating records and securing separate storage sites prior to the emergency/disaster.
Providing staff, supplies, and equipment (as required and available) in support of emergency response and recovery operations.
Expediting required activities for return-to-normal conditions as soon as possible.
More specific and detailed responsibilities are included in the Emergency Support Function Annexes to this plan.
To provide general direction and control over the emergency management programs and functions of the county.
To establish policy governing emergency actions and approving of all associated rules and regulations.
To take such actions necessary for the protection of public health, safety or welfare as authorized in Chapter 252, Florida Statutes, and to request such additional authority from the Governor of Florida as may be necessary.
To provide, with or without compensation, rescue teams, auxiliary fire and law enforcement personnel, and other emergency workers, in accordance with the Statewide Mutual Aid Agreement.
To establish the Emergency Operation Centers for the purpose of serving as command posts for direction and control of operating forces.
To assign and make available for duty the employees, property or equipment of Orange County relating to firefighting, engineering, rescue, health, medical and related services, law enforcement, transportation, construction, and similar items of services for disaster operation purposes within or outside of the physical limits of the County.
The Orange County Property Appraiser will coordinate the municipality public damage assessment and conduct the public damage assessment for the County, as well as private residential and commercial assessment in all unincorporated and all municipal areas of the County.
Coordinate the planning and response activities of all agencies involved with the disaster.
Coordinate procurement and maintenance of communications equipment for the EOCs.
Prepare and disseminate operating instructions for the emergency warning system. Included will be the establishment of a public information system that explains how the County population will be informed.
Ensure necessary reports are submitted to state and federal agencies.
Provide for emergency repair and restoration of County public facilities and services.
Establish emergency welfare service for disaster victims.
Orange County Medical Examiner (ESF-8) will identify and provide care for the dead, including the establishment of temporary morgues and mortuary services as required.
Coordinate Municipality requests of assistance with the State in accordance with the Statewide Mutual Aid Agreement.
Active leadership of an emergency management framework at the state level involving all government, private and volunteer organizations that have a role in the success of comprehensive emergency management within Florida.
Development and leadership of a broad-based public awareness, education and information program designed to reach a majority of the citizens of Florida, including citizens needing special media formats, such as Braille or non-English languages.
Active participation in discussions and negotiations with other states and with the federal government regarding policies and priorities to ensure that the work being done contributes to the improvement of emergency capabilities for the nation.
Responsible execution of negotiated scopes of work for federal and state emergency agreement programs.
Support of the emergency management needs of all counties within Florida, and brokering of inter-county and interstate mutual aid agreements to render emergency assistance. When requests for assistance exceed state resources, the state will contact other states for assistance, as well as FEMA.
Establishment and monitoring of state mutual aid agreements within the state, with other states and with FEMA.
Direction and control of a state response and recovery approach that is based on functional support groups, involves broad participation from state organizations, and is compatible with the federal response and recovery organization and concept of operations.
Leadership and participation in programs or initiatives designed to avoid, reduce and mitigate the effects of hazards through development and enforcement of policies, standards and regulations.
Providing immediate emergency response on federally owned or controlled property, such as military installations and federal prisons, and notification of the Florida DEM.
Providing assistance, as requested by the State of Florida, under the lead agency's direction of FEMA, as specified in the Robert T. Stafford Act, Public Law 93-288.
The ESF assignment matrix, shows the primary and support agencies responsible for each emergency support function. The head of each department/agency with a primary or support function, as shown in the matrix, is responsible for:
Appointing responsible individuals from their organization to act as Emergency Coordinators, who will assist in both contingency planning and for actual emergency/disaster operations in the Orange County Emergency Operations Center.
Developing and maintaining standard operating procedures to accomplish their designated emergency function. These policies and provisions will be developed in cooperation with the Orange County Office of Emergency Management.
Maintaining a current internal notification and recall roster and communications systems.
Assigning appropriate people to succeed the positions of authority in accordance with current Continuity of Government Form maintained at OEM.
Participating in tests and exercising to evaluate this plan.
Providing for the procurement and management of resources necessary for emergency/disaster operations.
Providing and maintaining a list of resources needed by their ESF.
Orange County Office Of Emergency Management 
