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Active Pursuit of Grants <br /> In the past 10 years alone, <br /> OCCA members have collaboratively obtained grants in excess of$5,000,646 <br /> Policy Development <br /> • Station Numbering and Resource Typing (mid 1990s) <br /> • Plain Language Radio Communication Procedures (1992) <br /> • "2 in, 2 out" SOP (1998) <br /> • Incident Command System (ICS) SOP (2011) <br /> • Accountability SOP (2011) <br /> • Mayday SOP (in progress) <br /> Hardship Fund <br /> • Established in 2009 to assist firefighters in distress <br /> • Small grants of emergency financial assistance <br /> • The OCCA believes in taking care of our personnel <br /> • The OCCA is mindful of the sacrifices that many personnel, especially volunteers, make <br /> in order to contribute to the greater good. <br /> Such assistance helps retain valuable trained firefighters. <br /> STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS <br /> • Timeline: <br /> • Individual Interviews: October-November 2011 <br /> • First Retreat: Saturday, November 19th, 2011 <br /> • Evening Planning Session: Tuesday, January 17th, 2012 <br /> • February Retreat: Saturday, February 11, 2012 <br /> • Final plan review: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 <br />• • Presentation to the Board of Commissioners: Tonight <br /> GOAL I: ENSURING VIABLE AND RELIABLE VOICE AND DATA COMMUNICATION <br /> • Objective A: <br /> • 99% radio coverage throughout Orange County with building penetration by July 2013. <br /> GOAL I: ENSURING VIABLE AND RELIABLE VOICE AND DATA COMMUNICATION <br /> • Objective 8: <br /> • To advocate for the continued and ongoing support of the radio paging system with <br /> consistent use of audible call information beginning in 2012. <br /> GOAL I: ENSURING VIABLE AND RELIABLE VOICE AND DATA COMMUNICATION <br /> • Objective C: <br /> • To encourage the continued development of a robust mobile data network throughout <br /> Orange County by January 2014. <br />