Mission & Purpose Statement: "The mission of Collaborating Organizations Active in Disaster - Orange County (COAD-OC) is to establish and enhance partnerships among community-based and governmental organizations that will collaborate, communicate, and coordinate preparedness, response and recovery efforts for Orange County residents during times of disaster.”
Future Goals
Collaborate with Orange County Emergency Management Office
Continue to enhance communication systems
Identify funding resources to expand capacity of COAD to deliver services to member agencies
Identify response gaps and identify potential agencies to assist in meeting needs of our county in the event of a disaster
Current Goals
Update membership resource list and contacts
Engage faith based organizations across the county
Identify roles and responsibilities of members
Engage members in activation exercises, training, and administrative support
Increase disaster resilience of membership
Membership Commitments:
1) Acceptance of the mission statement
2) Acceptance of the guidance and procedural documents
3) Willingness to participate in all functions of COAD-OC
4) Submission of membership application and signed Plan of Cooperation to: coad.orangecounty@gmail.com
5) A representative of your organization must attend at least one (1) COAD meeting per year.
Membership Membership in COAD-OC is accomplished through member agencies and organizations rather than individual affiliations. It is a collection of agencies and organizations that see advantage and opportunity in regular meetings and preparedness trainings to enhance disaster response and recovery activities in Orange County. Two categories of member agencies exist: "Response and Recovery" and "General." Response & Recovery Membership As its name suggests, the Collaborative Organizations Active in Disaster - Orange County exists to collaborate, communicate and coordinate preparedness, response, and recovery efforts in Orange County. Response and recovery organizations are those with a predefined disaster response or recovery role that provide assistance to those affected by disasters large and small. General Membership A general member is an organization that seeks to know more about Orange County disaster response systems, an organization seeking to ensure their services are known and integrated in a countywide recovery effort, and/or an organization seeking information about preparedness issues to ensure that their organization can best recover and respond to the challenges brought on in the aftermath of a significant disaster.