-Within EOA's - up to 10 ambulances

-The first ambulance must arrive within 8 min 59 seconds.

-If contacted, the EOA contractor will provide the requested number of ambulances and notify the JDC of the number of units responding, the name of the company units, and the estimated time of arrival.

-When necessary, the EOA contractor shall utilize mutual aid agreements with the other three EOA contractors to meet the requested number of ambulances.

Fire Operational Area Coordinator

- LA County Fire District which is contacted through its dispatch center.

-Greater than 2 ambulances required

-The FOAC shall coordinate a conference call with the EOA contractors, the MAC, and any participating fire dept area coordinators.

-conference call participants shall:

a) Provide the FOAC with the numnber of ambulances that will be available within 30 and 60 minutes.

b) Provide the FOAC with the number of units responding, the name of the company units, and the ETA.

c) Contact the licensed ambulance companies pre-assigned to the contractor if additional ambulances are needed to respond to the MCI.

-The MAC shall contact the EMS Agency Administrator on Duty, the RDMHC.

-The RDMHC shall:

a) Assess the incident and anticipate possible ambulance resource requirements from outside of the OA.

b) Notify the MHOAC's of incident progression and de-escalation as appropriate.

Medical and Health Operational Area Coordinator

-Responsible for all medical and health operations for the operational area. EMS Agency administrator is the designated MHOAC and is contacted through the MAC.

-Greater than 50 ambulances

-The FOAC shall:

a)Coordinate a conference call with the EOA contractors, MAC and participating fire dept area coordinators to survey ambulance availability as in Level 2.

b)Determine whether the incident needs exceed the ambulance resources available in the OA.

c)Determine the exact need and projected need for subsequent operational periods.

d)Coordinate resource requests with MAC

e)Coordinate with RDMHC to ensure receipt and tracking of ambulances.

-The MAC shall:

a)Coordinate with the FOAC to identify the number of ambulance resources required for a determined timeframe.

b)Notify and request ambulance resources from outside the OA.

c)Coordinate with Southern REOC to ensure the resource request and management processes are completed properly.

d)Ensure notification of resource fulfillment with requesting entity through the FOAC.

-requests for ambulances to respond outside of OA for either immediate need or Ambulance Strike Teams.

-The Requesting Entity shall:

a)Notify and request ambulance resources from the Region 1 RDMHC.

b)Provide appropriate requesting information and indicate whether the request is for immediate need or planned need.