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2.5b.—COORDINATION WITH FIRST RESPONDERS <br /> Law Enforcement <br /> OCPT management regularly works with local and state law enforcement to improve security <br /> and emergency/incident preparedness and response capabilities. These activities include: <br /> • Maintaining regular communication with law enforcement <br /> • Meeting at least once a year to ensure transit issues are understood by law <br /> enforcement <br /> • Developing an emergency contact list for dispatchers <br /> • Communicating regularly on optimal incident reporting methods that will offer law <br /> enforcement all the information they need <br /> • Participating in cooperative emergency preparedness training programs <br /> • Establishing appropriate methods of communication for continuous coordination during <br /> an emergency <br /> • Establishing procedures for supplying the unique types of emergency service that may <br /> be required in particular emergency situations <br /> Fire <br /> OCPT works with the local fire departments on a regular basis to support improved security and <br /> emergency/incident preparedness and response. This includes the following activities: <br /> • Maintaining regular communication with fire services <br /> • Establishing the level of service (e.g., equipment and personnel) to be delivered in <br /> response to various types of emergencies <br /> • Specifying in advance the level of notification, command and control, and the degree of <br /> responsibility that will apply on site <br /> • Establishing appropriate methods of communication, and developing procedures for <br /> continuous coordination and transfer of command <br /> • Providing training for fire department personnel to familiarize them with transit vehicles <br /> and equipment, including wheelchair lifts and access/egress procedures <br /> • Conducting periodic drills in cooperation with the fire department <br /> • Scheduling a meeting at least annually to ensure transit issues (e.g., evacuation of <br /> transit vehicles, considerations for persons with disabilities) are understood by fire <br /> officials <br /> • Identifying any special tools and equipment the firefighters might need to address <br /> transit emergencies (particularly items that they would not normally possess) by inviting <br /> firefighters to visit the agency annually, and walking them through transit vehicles and <br /> facilities <br /> • Reviewing current fire-related plans and policies <br /> 731Page <br />