City Council
MEETING DATE: 5/13/2015
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2015 Emergency Operations Plan and Associated Annexes (CC EOP).
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FROM:
Paul Wilson, Fire Chief
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the Draft Cathedral City Emergency Operations Plan (CC EOP) and Annexes dated May 2015.
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BACKGROUND:
During the course of the past few decades the United States has experienced great losses due to naturally occurring, as well as man-made disasters. Examples of such events include Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, as well as the Twin-Towers attack on September 11th 2001. These events were tragic, yet out of them we have gathered knowledge and experience. The 2015 Cathedral City Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) is in part a result of what local governments have learned.
DISCUSSION:
This Draft of the 2015 EOP is a plan that establishes policies, procedures and an organizational structure for response to large scale emergencies. The EOP was developed to meet the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Incident Management System (NIMS) compliance as well as California mandates. NIMS compliance allows the city continued eligibility for various grants and federal assistance following a declared emergency or disaster. The objective of the plan is to ensure Cathedral City is coordinating with neighboring cities as well as the Operational Area jurisdictions (tribes, local cities, county and state), and Federal agencies to respond effectively to any emergency or disaster. The EOP is reviewed and updated from time to time with the last major revision occurring in 2007. The EOP consists of the Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) and twelve functional annexes. These annexes include:
Annex A: Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Management Plan
Annex B: Recovery Operations Manual (ROM)
Annex C: Riverside County Mass Care and Shelter Plan
Annex D: Cathedral City Local Hazard Mitigation Plan ...
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