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SOUTH CENTRAL (PET) REGION MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING Overview The South Central PET Region and Hall County recognize the need for coordination within the region for regional planning, exercise, and training (PET). Today's public safety realities have highlighted the need for counties to function regionally and establish the PET process for interoperability, mutual aid, and emergency response plans. This process not only goes beyond traditional jurisdictional boundaries but across disciplines as well. To institute the regional PET process, the Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Franklin, Frontier, Gosper, Hall, Hamilton,Harlan, Kearney,Lincoln, Nuckolls, Phelps, and Webster and the participating cities and villages within said counties, emergency response agencies and public service agencies have worked cooperatively to develop a regional solution. This solution establishes the regional PET process for emergency response with procedures that are accessible and used by key public service officials, public safety officials, and public and private service executives. Purpose The regional PET process is the basis for formalizing the region. The purpose of the regional PET process is to provide structure for the South Central PET Region and create formalized governance in the form of a regional committee. This governance structure transcends traditional or mutual inter- discipline aid in terms of purpose. The regional PET process along with interoperability ensures an organized method of planning, exercising, and training for coordination of resources to expedite efficient deployment of those resources regionally. This shall serve primarily as the function to unify the regional PET process. Moreover, the signees of this memorandum of understanding will be responsible for coordinating with the region regarding the use of grant funds for the regional PET process, and equipment. Policy It shall be the policy that the region will align with the State Homeland Security Strategy when requesting Homeland Security Funds. Another requirement of the region is to maintain a 5 year regional PET calendar. Local Emergency Operation Plans (LEOP) shall be maintained by the individual counties. The purpose of these requirements is to ensure collaboration between local jurisdictions. All signees will be responsible for coordinating with the region regarding the use of grant funds for PET and equipment, in accordance with the approved equipment list (AEL). Regional partners shall address the sustainability of the PET program and equipment acquired through the Homeland Security Grant Program. This PET Memorandum of Understanding in no way supersedes, overrides or overrules any other MOU, Mutual Aid Agreement or Interlocal Agreement the Region or Counties might have in place prior to the implementation of this MOU. In addition any party may withdraw from this agreement at any time, with or without cause, upon providing to the non-withdrawing Parties a written notice of such withdrawal given not less than ninety (90) days prior to the effective date of the withdrawal. Oversight Each county participating in the use of the regional PET process will provide the Emergency Management Director and one Emergency Management alternate (Deputy) as deemed appropriate as a representative to the regional committee after entering into this MOU. Oversight of the regional PET process is administered through the South Central PET Region which will be chaired by a