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Sec. 2 -402. Emergency Organization. <br />A. City Organization <br />All officers and employees of the City, together with those volunteer forces enrolled <br />to aid them in an emergency, and all groups, organizations and persons who may by <br />agreement or operation of law, including persons pressed into service under the provisions <br />of this title, charged with duties incident to the protection of persons and property in this City <br />during such emergency, shall constitute the Emergency Organization of the City of Santa <br />Ana. <br />B. Disaster Service Workers <br />Pursuant to California Government Code Sections 3100 to 3109, all public <br />employees are declared to be Disaster Service Workers under law, and are subject to such <br />disaster service activities as may be assigned by their superiors or by law, which may <br />include assisting any unit of the Emergency Organization or performing any act contributing <br />to the protection of life or property or mitigating the effects of an emergency or disaster. <br />Private persons who register as emergency volunteers of the City are also deemed Disaster <br />Service Workers of the City. The Santa Ana Police Department and Santa Ana Personnel <br />Department shall develop policies and procedures for the registration, training and <br />standards for employee and volunteer Disaster Service Workers. <br />C. Director of Emergency Services <br />Director, Deputy Director and Line of Succession <br />There is hereby created the position of Director of Emergency Services, who shall <br />have full authority over the operations and resources of the City during a proclaimed <br />emergency, and this position shall be filled by the City Manager. There is also created the <br />position of Deputy Director of Emergency Services, which shall be filled by the Chief of <br />Police. <br />In the absence or the inability to act of the City Manager, he /she shall automatically <br />be succeeded as Director of Emergency Services by the following officials in the order <br />named: <br />1. Deputy Director of Emergency Services /Chief of Police <br />2. Deputy City Manager <br />3. Director of Public Works <br />4. Director of Finance and Management Services <br />5. Director of Planning and Building <br />Additionally, the City Manager may designate a specific official to act as Director of <br />Emergency Services based upon the circumstances of a specific emergency event. An <br />official designated as Director may appoint a subordinate with command or management <br />11 B -6 <br />