Item 26 - Adoption of the City of Santa Ana Emergency Operations Plan

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City of Santa Ana Emergency Operations Plan Part I Basic Plan • The anticipated duration of the incident is greater than 12 hours, or the response to the incident needs to be divided into multiple operational periods. • There is an anticipation that the incident may escalate or worsen over time. • External (non -City) agencies or organizations are responding to the incident. • Protective actions or emergency response measures will have a broad impact on the public. • The event triggers distribution of an emergency mass -notification to the public. • A Proclamation of Emergency has been issued or is being considered. • Neighboring or overlapping jurisdictions have activated EOC(s) or proclaimed an emergency. This EOP will: • Identify the scope of potential hazards which form the basis of the City's emergency planning, • Identify authorities and assign responsibilities for planning and response activities, • Establish the City's Emergency Organization that will manage the emergency response, • Describe the resources available to support emergency response activities, • Establish City policy and procedures for response activities, • Outline pre -planned emergency response measures and protective actions, • Identify other jurisdictions, agencies, resources or organizations with which planning and emergency response should be coordinated, and • Provide a basis for staff training and community preparedness education. This Plan is based on the concepts and principles of the Incident Command System, the California Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS), and the National Incident Management System (NIMS). Through this Plan, the City formally adopts SEMS and NIMS as its all -hazards incident management systems. The Plan identifies the City's role in the overall SEMS/NIMS structure and describes the responsibilities of federal, state and local government entities in emergency operations. This EOP is a document intended to be read, exercised and understood prior to its activation in an emergency. Personnel assigned a responsibility in this plan are also responsible for having a working knowledge of the functions and actions described herein. Each City department or agency constituting an element of the City's Emergency Organization is responsible for assuring the preparation and maintenance of appropriate and current Standard Operating Procedures (SOPS), emergency operating procedures, resources and checklists relevant to their duties within this Plan. These SOPs will provide detailed information on how assigned responsibilities are performed to support EOP implementation and ensure a successful response to emergency situations. Emergency personnel should be acquainted with these SOPS, receive periodic training or review on the policies and procedures contained within them, and should assist in their development. The Plan is intended to be a dynamic preparedness document, to be reviewed annually, with changes to improve the SOPs and checklists incorporated into the Plan as they are identified. While many of the preparedness, response and recovery functions described in this Plan may be performed similarly in any form of emergency, few disasters are routine. Events unfold quickly and unexpectedly, and actions are taken and decisions made in an environment of limited information and rapid need. As such, this Plan is a starting point, and incident managers retain the flexibility to modify procedures, organizational structure or response measures to accomplish the mission in the context of a specific hazard scenario or event. 2