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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06. Handout-Emerg. Operations PlanEMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN Board of Directors Meeting October 7, 2010 Shari Deutsch Safety & Risk Management Administrator BACKGROUND - CALIFORNIA • Oakland Hills Fire (1992): California passes law requiring multi - jurisdictional coordination during emergency response (Petris Bill). • Northridge Earthquake (1994 : California Office of Emergency Services publis es draft regulations for the Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS). • District Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan, adopted on 11/2/95, complies with draft SEMS regulations. • Since 1995, California has made numerous changes to SEMS regulations. 6. 1 DEFINITION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY "a duly proclaimed existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property [within the District] ... which are or are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment and facilities of that political subdivision and require the combined forces of other political subdivisions to combat." CA Gov't Code Section 8558(c) 2 BACKGROUND - CALIFORNIA • The California Emergency Services Act states that public employees are Disaster Service Workers (DSW) and can be called to perform such work as may be assigned to them by their superiors or law. • DSW designation applies to all public employees including District staff. • DSW requirements are triggered whenever a Local Emergency is proclaimed. 3 DEFINITION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY "a duly proclaimed existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property [within the District] ... which are or are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment and facilities of that political subdivision and require the combined forces of other political subdivisions to combat." CA Gov't Code Section 8558(c) 2 DEFINITION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY EXAMPLE CONDITIONS INCLUDE: • Fire • Governor's warning •Flood of an earthquake • Storm • Governor's volcanic prediction • Epidemic • Other conditions • Riot that exceed the capacity of the local • Drought government to • Earthquake address. 5 PROCLAIMING A LOCAL EMERGENCY Per Gov't Code Section 8630: • Proclamation can be made by governing body or an official designated by that body. • EOP (old and new versions) designates General Manager as that official. • When a proclamation of local emergency is made by the designated official, the governing body must ratify it within 7 days for it to remain in effect. • Governing body shall review the need to continue the local emergency at least every 14 days thereafter until it is terminated. • Governing body shall proclaim the termination of the local emergency as soon as conditions warrant. 6 3 BACKGROUND — FEDERAL GOVT • After 9/11/01 the Federal Government required a way to coordinate local, State and Federal disaster responses. • Based partly on SEMS, they developed the National Incident Management System (NIMS). • After Hurricane Katrina (2004), the national effort switched its focus to local government responders with state and federal resources serving only in a support role. COMPLIANCE MAKES FINANCIAL SENSE Public agencies must be NIMS compliant to be eligible for FEMA reimbursement of disaster response costs (up to 75% of $$). • Public agencies must be SEMS compliant to be eligible for California state reimbursement of disaster response costs (up to 18% of the remaining 25 %). The last 7% of disaster response costs is not reimbursable. El WHAT'S THE IMPACT TO THE BOARD? • The Updated Plan — Updates the document used to proclaim a local emergency — Changes the term for which such a proclamation is valid to comply with State law (reduced from 14 days to 7 before requiring Board ratification) to 61 WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? 2010 Plan meets 1995 Plan met both current . draft SEMS SEMS and NIMS requirements. requirements. Comprehensive ' ' EMERGENCY Emergency MANAGEMENT operatlons a- � /A � � Plan �ry 9 s — ' WHAT'S THE IMPACT TO THE BOARD? • The Updated Plan — Updates the document used to proclaim a local emergency — Changes the term for which such a proclamation is valid to comply with State law (reduced from 14 days to 7 before requiring Board ratification) to 61 BOARD RESPONSIBILITIES DURING A DISASTER • Ratify Proclamation of Local Emergency within 7 days • Hold special Board Meetings as needed during the disaster • Other Roles May Include: — Assist in releasing public information about the disaster — Maintain contact with the Director of Emergency Services — Serve as liaison to other elected officials RECOMMENDATION Adopt Resolution 2010 -089 which: — Rescinds resolution 95 -077 —Adopts the updated Emergency Operations Plan Adopt Resolution 2010 -090 which: — Rescinds resolution 2009 -106 — Restates the General Manager's Authority and references resolution 2010 -089. 12 M QUESTIONS?