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HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff Report 284-07TO:HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL ATTN: POLICY AND SERVICES COMMITTEE FROM:CITY MANAGER DEPARTMENTS: CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE FIRE DEPARTMENT POLICE DEPARTMENT DATE: JUNE 26, 2007 CMR:284:07 SUBJECT: CONSIDERATION OF DRAFT EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN AND RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL ON ADOPTION OF THE PLAN RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the Policy & Services Committee review- and recommend to the City Council for approval, with any suggested changes, the City’s revised Emergency Operations Plan. BACKGROUND The City Council adopted the current Emergency Management Plan on January 11, 1999. The adoption of that plan brought the City into compliance with the SEMS model of emergency organization. The emergency plan is the official document that describes the City’s responsibilities and the processes used to carry out emergency operations. Since 1999, the City has updated its plan to reflect responses to and plaming for new types of local and national disasters that have occurred. In 2000, the Severe Winter Storm and Earthquake amaexes were added to the plan. Following the 2001 terrorist attacks, the City completed a Terrorism Annex to the plan. The creation of the new National Response Plan (NRP) and the National Incident Management System (NtMS) federal emergency organization model has necessitated a more comprehensive update to the City’s emergency plan. The federal government created guidelines for local governnaent compliance with the NIMS requirements in December 2005. Since then, City staff have been working to update the emergency, plan. On May 8, the Policy & Services Committee reviewed a revised draft of the plan and received comments from members of the public. The Committee asked staff to return with a new draft of the plan that incorporated both the public and Council comments where appropriate. This report CMR: 284:07 Page 1 of 5 provides an overview of the comments received and how staff has or will address these comments. The attached draft of the Emergency Operations Plan (Attachment A) incorporates edits as described below-. DISCUSSION The following section provides staff’s response to the key public and Council comments received at the May 8 Policy & Services Committee meeting. Copies of the original correspondence received in advance of the meeting are included as Attachment B. Typographica! corrections: Corrected the Palo Alto Neighborhoods (PAN) website address on page 79. Corrected the spelling of plume in Annex L, page 2. Added PAN to the list of community notification entities on page 49. Material suggestions: 1)Media notification of State and Federal officials of problems in Palo Alto - There was a suggestion that the City’s plan should include outreach efforts to media outlets outside of the Bay Area to ensure that Palo Alto receives attention and coverage. Staff agrees that this may be important in large regional disasters where media attention will focus on San Francisco and San Jose. To address this issue, staff has inserted the following paragraph on page 49 of the plan: "Depending on the nature of the event, PIO staff will identify the extent of any media outreach. A list of media contacts is maintained in the EOC. In a major event, an outreach effort may expand beyond traditional media outlets in the Bay Area to include other public agencies outside the Bay Area, other public information professionals, the "Red Cross and others. Each event will warrant a strategic analysis of the most appropriate and effective mechanisms for accomplishing the City’s public information goals. These event-specific public information goals will become part of the incident action plan for the event." Comments regarding hazardous material incidents - The second document included in Attachment B contains several concerns and comments about the characterization of hazardous materials incidents and response. Staff has placed special emphasis on the edits to the Hazardous Materials Incidents Hazard Analysis section and Annex L of the Emergency Operations Plan. Attachment C to this report is a strike-through version of these two sections that identifies the edits made. In reviewing the comments made related to hazardous materials response, it is important to explain the context of the Emergency Operations Plan. The EOP is a broad policy document that establishes the framework for City disaster response. Each operating department then develops its specific department operating plans and guidelines based on the context set by the EOP. CMR: 284:07 Page 2 of 5 The Fire Department serves as the first responder for any hazardous materials incident. The department maintains a variety of local, state and federal documents that establish the response standards and guidelines for line personnel. The comment made regarding the identification of who has "responsibility for responding to what" is an appropriate question and has been clarified in the plan. The Fire Department is responsible for incident command, scene management, hazard control, containment and mitigation of hazardous materials incidents until the staff is relieved by another agency having jurisdiction over the event. With hazardous materials response (or any type of emergency response), it is very challenging to create a laundry list of °~typical" incidents and the anticipated response to these incidents. Each incident would need to be modeled individually depending on factors including: time of day, prevailing winds, type of release, etc. It is more reasonable to establish a general framework for emergency response that will allow adaptability to many different types of emergency situations. This is what the draft EOP attempts to accomplish. Staff from the City Manager’s Office and Fire Department are currently working with the Barron Park neighborhood and CPI to develop a mutually agreeable notification and response plan for hazardous materials incidents in this neighborhood. Elements of this plan may be applicable to other hazardous materials situations and may be included in the EOP at a later date. The City will most likely not receive notification of any type of hazardous material release until several minutes after it has occurred. It may take up to another six minutes before any first responders arrive on scene. It is therefore incumbent on residents to have appropriate shelter in place equipment and training for these types of emergencies. City staff understand the signitScance of this issue but currently have limited, if any, enforcement mechanisms for requiring businesses to expand notification and response procedures. Facilitative problem solving involving both the affected businesses and the neighborhoods is the best approach for resolving these issues. The City can and will, as was suggested in the comments, identif)~ ways to educate the public about appropriate shelter in place procedures. In addition to working specifically with the Barron Park neighborhood, the City will continue to work with Palo Alto Neighborhoods (PAN) as it finalizes its Block Preparedness Coordinators (BPCs) concept. The BPCs will eventually serve as a critical link between the neighborhoods and the City in emergency response. These coordinators would maintain relevant information about their neighbors, thereby assisting first responders with identification of those residents with special needs (the handicapped, elderly and children) during a disaster. The relationship between the City and the BPCs is still under development and will be incorporated into the plan at a later date. The City does currently maintain a registry program for hearing impaired residents that can be accessed through the City’s w-ebsite. One additional comment made regarding hazardous materials facilities focused on requiring these facilities to have trained personnel on hand at all times with the ability to respond to an incident and who are authorized to notify the City immediately of any CMR: 284:07 Page 3 of 5 releases. Both State law and loca! ordinance currently require immediate notification of local emergency response personnel in the event of a reportable release or threatened release of a hazardous material. These laws also require businesses to maintain procedures for mitigation of a release, evacuation plans and procedures for the site, and annual training for all employees on safety procedures in the event of a hazardous material release or threatened release. Mapping and identification of hazardous materials facilities: At this point, the plan does not explicitly identify any of the City’s hazardous materials facilities by name or location. It generally discusses the proximity of the Stanford Research Park and the Industrial Park east of US t01 to residential areas and other areas with sensitive populations. The City currently has approximately 500 businesses with annua! hazardous materials permits. These businesses maintain varying quantities of hazardous materials with varying levels of toxicity. The challenge then becomes determining which of these facilities to identify specifically in the plan. First responders have access to detailed business information through a variety of mechanisms as they arrive on scene to any emergency. This information helps guide the emergency response approach taken by City staff. The maps currently included in the Emergency Operations Plan are public maps not typically utilized by first responders. As discussions continue regarding neighborhood notification and response plans, staff will commit to working with these residents to refine the content of these maps. As mentioned at the May 8 Policy & Services Committee meeting, City staff will continue to work on several elements of the plan over the next six months. These elements include: work with PAN on neighborhood preparedness and incorporation of the Block Preparedness Coordinator concept into the City’s response plans; identification and use of spontaneous volunteers; community notification procedures resulting from implementation of the new Community Alerting System and future discussions with the Barron Park neighborhood; and potential incorporation of recommendations stemming from the Red Ribbon Task Force’s work on disaster preparedness. RESOURCEIMPACT Resource impacts associated with emergency preparedness and updating/maintaining the City’s Emergency Operations Plan were identified in the May 8, 2007 Policy & Services Committee report on this topic. POLICY IMPLICATIONS This report is consistent with existing City policies and with the Council’s designation of emergency preparedness/planning as a top priority for FY2007/08. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW This is not a project requiring environmenta! review under the California Enviromnental Quality Act (CEQA). CMR: 284:07 Page 4 of 5 Attachment A: Attachment B: Attachment C: Draft City of Palo Alto Emergency Operations Plan - June 2007 Public comments received for May 8, 2007 Policy & Services Committee Strike-through version of Annex L to draft Emergency Operations Plan PREPARED BY: APPROVED BY: CITY MANAGER APPROVAL: Kelly Morariu Assistant to the City Manager NICk MARINAR.O FIRE CHIEF ; // LYN~E JOHNSON POLICE CHIEF ;P.P.,SON ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER CMR: 284:07 Page 5 of 5 Attachment A: Draft Emergency Operations Plan (limited distribution) Hard copies of the plan are available in the City Cllerk’s Office P~an is a~so available on the Ci~’s website at http:/lwww.ci~ofpa]oa]to.orgloes Attachment B: Public comments received for May 8, 2007 Policy & Services Committee Policy & Services Meeting - June 26, 2007 From: Sent:To: Cc: Subject: Morariu, Kelly Tuesday, May 08, 2007 1:33 PM Council, City; ’councilagendaemail@cityofpaloalto.org’ Harrison, Emily; Baum, Gapj; Rogers, Donna; Behest, Frank; Marinaro, Nick; Johnson, Lynne; Cimino, BarbaraPolicy & Services Agenda - Draft EOP - some notes Hello again- Please see the public comments below submitted regarding the City’s draft Emergency Operations Plan on tonight’s Policy & Services agenda. Thanks- Kelly Kelly McAdoo Morariu Assisman< to the City Manager City of Palo Alto 250 Hamilton Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 Kelly. Morariu@CityofPaloAlto.org 650-329-2452 phone 650-325-5025 fax ...... Original Message ..... From: Douglas Moran [mailto:~moran@dougmoran.com]Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 2:54 To: Morariu, Kelly Cc: Annette Glanckopf Ashton Subject: Draft EOP - some notes Kelly, Spotted two typos: pg 79, final paragraph: the PAN website primary address is ".org" not ".com" (the ".tom" version is redirected to the ".org" because this confusion is common. pg L2, para 2: "plume" not "plum" Potential omission in tasking: The plan seems to miss one critical role of the media: informing State and Federal officials of the problems in Palo Alto - experience shows that reporting up the norma! chain of command is often ineffective. In various discussions i have been involved in, we have commented on the phenomenon of "it’s not a disaster if it isn’t on TV." Since in an earthquake or similar disaster, the local TV coverage will focus on SF and SJ. Palo Alto needs to plan to collect good visuals and transmit them to the networks - sending them to Sacramento TV stations for further distribution would seem to put it in front of state and the feds at same time. This is a big enough item that I would think that it needs to be *explicitly* on the task list. -- Doug Moran Page 1 of 4 Attachment B: Public comments received for May 8, 2007 Policy & Services Committee Policy & Services Meeting - dune 26, 2007 rage I oI 0 i~lorariu, Kelly From:Morariu, Kelly Sent:Tuesday, May 08, 2007 11:13 AM To:Council, City; ’councilagendaemail@cityofpaloalto.org’ Cc:Behest, Frank; Baum, Gary; Harrison, Emily; Rogers, Donna; Marinaro, Nick; Johnson, Lynne; Cimino, Barbara Subject: Comments for 5/8 Policy & Services Meeting - Emergency operations plan Below are comments received from a member of the public regarding the Emergency Plan item on tonight’s Policy & Services Committee agenda. Please let me know if you have any questions. Kelly Kelly McAdoo Morariu Assistant to the City Manager City of Palo Alto 250 Hamilton Avenue Pa!o Alto, CA 94301 ~o_ La .rj_u_@ City o f P a I o_,5_l~p.0 r g 650-329-2452 phone 650-325-5025 fax From: Art Liberman [mailto:art_liberman@yahoo.com] $eat: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 10:49 AM To: Kishimoto, Yoriko (external) (::c: Morariu, Kelly; Harrison, Emily; Doug Moran Subject: Re: Emergency operations plan I read through the Emergency Operations draft plan at the City Manager’s office yesterday afternoon, focusing on the discussion of- and response to - hazardous materials incidents. I hope these comments are useful. 1.) Overview section, pages 30-32. - I think this section should be more explicit and describe the types of hazardous material incidents that might occur, and the possible consequences and specific city actions that would follow. I am a strong believer in using examples as a way of explairdng information rather than general terminology. Using ’typical’ examples would help to define the scale and scope of the incidents and the consequent city response that would be required The discussion of"who regulates what" ought to be replaced by a discussion of"who has a responsibility for responding to what" - for different types of hazardous material incidents. Palo Alto government officials ought to know right away what responsibility the city has, and what support or assistance would be required - or offered by - other government agencies. Accidents involving transport of hazardous materials on state or interstate highways would bring in the state and federal government. A train accident, or train-car accident involving a freight car involving transport of hazardous materials would also bring in outside agency. This section does not identify or mention explicitly the two sites in Palo Alto that have hazardous materials above the CaIARP- Title 19 thresholds. 2.) The map in Appendix R - This map is labeled Toxic Gas Facilities, and areas are shaded within 2500 5/8/2007 Page 2 of 4 Attachment B: Public comments received for May 8, 2007 Policy & Services Committee Policy & Services Meeting - June 26, 2007 ft of Toxic Gas Facility. It refers to toxic gas facilities in general terms; I presume this means sites with gases that fall under the Toxic Gas Ordinance. The map would be more helpful if it identified the locations of these sites, with specific markers, and if it also included the two sites in Palo Alto that have hazardous materials above the CalARP- Title ! 9 thresholds. The locations of both these kinds of facilities ought to be listed and put into this appendix so that City Emergency Responders would have this readily available without having to look for it in another database 3.) Appendix L - this is the discussion of the response from the city to hazardous materials incidents. There are some typographical and grammatical inconsistencies, but I understand this is just a draft. At the very outset of the section there is reference to a Santa Clara County Hazardous Materials Area Plan- a separate document - available at the Fire Marshal’s Office. The relevant sections ought to be included here. At the time of an accident, does a city official need to chase down this document and then find out what it contains? [ Parenthetically, the City Manager made a proposal for budget reductions earlier this year, I believe, that included eliminating primary responsibility Of the Fire Department for responding to serious Hazardous Materials incidents, and give this to the County - what would be the consequence of that policy on this section?] I am not competent to discuss the organization ofresponders to incidents, as described in this section. However, I think the Fire Department’s target response times for hazardous material incidents ought to be included in this document. Residents and City officials ought to know what is to be expected in various situations at various times, not just who is doing what function. Ass’t City Manager Harrison told me that the sections on notification to citizens who might be affected by toxic fume releases are not fully worked out, and I agree, so let me make some comments that are relevant in that area- not implying whether or not they ought to be addressed in this document. Appendix L refers to SB546, and lists four laudable objectives. A number of activities - with community, city, and business (the sites of possible toxic gas release) having some areas of responsibility - are needed to fill in the gaps. a) The document says the Police Department would have responsibility if an evacuation were required and would give priority in assisting the handicapped, infirm, and schoolchildren when there are signs of respiratory problems. But how will the Police Department know who are the ones most in need of their assistance? Community or neighborhood association emergency response officials could identify individuals within a zone, but what zone to use? Should they use the Map in Appendix P,, that identifies zones within 2500 of Toxic Gas Facilities? And is there a database that the city has where this information could be entered? b) The document says: "At first signs of respiratory problems, the public should be instructed to close all windows and stay indoors or to evacuate." Normal notification would work in cases of smoke from fires drifting over town, but this would not work considering the speed with which toxic gas plumes can spread. Individuals who might be seriously affected by toxic fumes need to know what to do before an accident happens, and to be immediately notified if some toxic gases released- not to receive notification well after an accident occurs. Who is to notify residents in emergency situations, where every minute counts? And if residents are told to stay inside, who will telI them when and if it is OK to teave? c) The individuals who are most at risk ought to have training of what actions they should take in the event of a toxic fumes incident. This training ought to be done by the businesses whose toxic fumes could be released, and be part of the process in which sites are given approval in the first place to 5/8/2007 Page 3 of 4 Attachment B: Public comments received for May 8, 2007 Policy & Services Committee Policy & Services Meeting - June 26, 2007 Page 3 of3 use those hazardous materials in such quantities. d) The businesses where serious hazardous material incidents occur ought to be required by the city to have personnel on hand at all times who demonstrate a certain level of training in responding to hazardous material incidents, and who are authorized to contact the PAFD directly in case of an incident, and not wait for a response from their management. ..... Original Message --- From: Yoriko Kishimoto <ykishimoto@earthlink.net> To: Art Liberman <art_liberman@yahoo.com> Sent: Monday, May 7, 2007 10:52:34 AM Subject: Emergency operations plan The Emergency Operations Plan (draft) is on the policy and services agenda for tomorrow (Tuesday) night at 7. There are some extra copies available at the city manager’s office -- shall I ask them to put one aside for you? The contact is Kelly: Ke__lly_.~M0~ofPaloAlto.org. Yoriko Kishimoto Mayor of Palo Alto 650-323-5590 yl~jsbirn 0t~@ ~r~.Nir~.~N 5/8/2007 Page 4 of 4 Attachment C: Strikethrough Version of Annex L to draft Emergency Operations Plan Policy & Serwices Committee - June 26, 2007 Annex L: Hazardous Materials Response .~azardous Material events are led by :/;~, Palo Alto Fire DepartmenI. 77zc, F:cc, ©e::~:,-:..’:,,~-i~s wUi The Fire Department provides two levels of hazardous chemical spill response capabilities: First Responder and Hazardous Materials Response Team. The First Responder group provides defensive operations at a safe distance from the release to protect the public, the environment and property. The Hazardous Materials Response Team has the responsibility for identiRin~. ,isolatin<~. pmkin~ efforts to conw,::i, and miti~atin~ the hazardous materials release. Fire Department personnel responding to hazardous materials incidents are trained to meet the capabilities of hazardous materials response defined in Title 19 CCR 2500. These capabilities include: First Responder-Awareness Level, First Responder-Operations level, Hazmat Technician Level and Specialists Level. If the emergency situation requires the coordination of multiple city/county organizations and agencies, and!or the evacuation of citizens from their homes, schools, or their places of employment etc., the Palo Alto Emergency Operations Center will be activated. The Fire Department will establish an Incident Command Post / Disaster Field Office,to provide fullICS Unified Command and Control. DTsas~,er Fieid O:’~¢es a:e esmbii~hod ’:&en ~!-~ere is an ac.~i,,atiol~ of state e:.~d !’odersi res~?,ov.se a~encies and de~)artmep:.s. Accordingly, tke Cio: EOC will be activated at a lower staffing level, and will provide the Incident Command Post with limited operations and logistics suppor&_City representatives will be assigned to tke Fire Department lncide,~t Command Post as required HAZARDOUS SPILL ISSUES EOC Director The role of the EOC Director will be monitoring the situation, keeping the City Manager/City Council Members advised of pertinent information, and assuring that ~qecessarx Ljty support is being given to the Fire Department. If a Local Emergency is required,. ,the EOC Director ma’v request the City Council to meet in emergency session to make a Declaration of Local Emergency, or, if time is of the essence, declare a Local Emergency and notify, the City, Manager/City Council. Comment [KRM:I.]: This refereace to the Santa Clara CoUnt3., Area Plan is incorrect. The Aaea Plan is simply a sTnopsis of existing Fire Department response proeeduresi Staffare regularly trained on these procedures. Deleted: The City ofPalo Aho planned jbr m lhe ,SD~Ia Clara Count) Hacardous Materials Area Plan. A cop)., of this Plan is on file with the Fire Marshall’s Office. You should re_l~r to the Area Plan for detailed response reformation. Delet~:h a Deleted: t and the Pa[o Alto Fire Deleted-" Deleted: Deleted: ~<[ ’, Deleted: Forma~ed: Font color: Red Deleted: ¶ The Fire Department will respond to day- to-day situations and extraordinary radiological and chemical related on and off-roadway emergencies (hazardous chemical spills taking place on the freeways shall be managed by the Caiifbmia Highway Patro!). ~ Deleted: (Disaster Field Offices are established when there is an activation of state and federal response agencies and deparmlents) Deleted:. Deleted: Deleted: Formatted: Font color: Red Deleted: Annex L: Hazardous Materials Response Annex DRAFT Emergency Operations Plan Page L-I A u n e 2007 Deleted: April Attachment C: Strikethrough Version of Annex L to draft Emergency Operations Plan Policy & Services Committee - June 26, 2007 Operations Section Chief Meet with the Fire Branch Director to determine whether or not an Incident Command Post / Disaster Field Office has been established, and._ if it has been established, the level of 2,ity support needed at the Incident Command Post/Disaster Field Office. If support is required, meet with your Branch Directors, review their respective support responsibilities, and deploy as required. Hazardous Chemical Spills are not only a threat to those in the immediate vicinity, of the spill, but also to those down wind of a spill emitting a plum~ to the atmosphere: At the first sign of respiratory_ problems, the public should be instructed bv the Fire Department to either close / seal all windows and stay in doors (commonly known as "sheher in ptace"l or to evacuate. If the Fire Department or the CounW Health Officer determines that evacuation is required, the Police Department is to pay particular attention to evacuating_: the handicapped, the infirmed, and schoolchildren to ~!~e ex~e:v, i~’.,ii~~at:,o~’~ is availabie re~a~dh-~ ~i~e ~<~ca~i<ms c;i" ti~ese individuals. If there is a hazardous chemical spill close to a school, hospital, nursino, home or a mobile home park. check with the Field Incident Commander to see if they could use your help in notifying the appropriate authorities of these facilities at once. It will be important to maintain unrestricted ingress/egress near such priority facilities for both emergency vehicles, and for the expeditious evacuation of the area. Because there may be persons without transportation, it is advisable to contact the ~anta Ciara Valley Transit Authority and the Palo Alto Unified School District to request that they send transportation to evacuate handicapped and other persons. Fire Branch Director Responsibilities Coordinatg evacuation activities in threatened areas with the Palo Alto PD. Coordinat,e~ evacuation of contaminated areas or areas subject to imminent contamination where respiratory protection for workers may be necessary. Identify, safe refuge area for victims evacuated from the hot zone and evalua~ the victims for potential contamination. Provide on-scene decontamination of victims prior to treatment, and prevent, the spread of contaminants. Provid~ primary pre-hospital care for injured persons. Deleted: c Deleted: T Formatted; Font color: Red Formatted: Font color: Red Deleted: .T Deleted: Rapid Deleted: in~ Deleted: ing Deleted: ing Deleted: ing Deleted: ing Annex L: Hazardous Materials Response Annex DRAFT Emergency Operations Plan Page L-2 3une 2007 Deleted: April Attachment C: Strikethrough Version of Annex L to draft Emergency Operations Plan Policy & Services Committee - June 26, 2007 Provid,~ emergency response personnel, on-scene at a hazardous materials emergency: with access to the hazardous materials business inventory statements administered by the Hazardous Materials Disclosure Officer (HMDO) as required by Health and Safety Code Chapter 6.95. Document, incident activity related to hazardous materials emergencies, Assist, in notifying the general public. Assist law enforcement, as needed, in traffic control activities. Assist, law enforcement in site perimeter access control. Jnitiat.~ defensive operations at hazardous materials emergencies: including: isolating the area, denying entry, attempting identification of the material, containing the release from a safe distance, controlling run-off, and preventing exposures. Summon, a Hazardous Materials Response Team when it is necessary to conduct offensive operations within the contaminated area (Hot Zone) for the purpose of controlling, minimizing, or eliminating the hazards to people, property, or the environment. Law Enforcement Branch Director Responsibilities Meet with the Operations Section Chief and contact ti~e Incident Command Post Law Enforcement representative to obtain a situation briefing on the current conditions and actions being taken. In cooperation with the Fire Department, the Palo Alto Police Department will provide for the following coordination and support: Participation in the Unified Command of hazardous materials incidents during emergency and post-emergency periods: Deleted: ing i~;,~ ins ............ Deleted: ing In the event of a hazardous spill Palo Alto EOC Staffshould not request ha.zrnat disposal the Fire Department Incident Commander will have his Logistics Section Chief arrange for needed recove~/r~ycling services.¶ In coordination with the Santa Clara CounD’ Environmental Health Agency/Hazardous W~te Section, identify the responsible party and inform them of their financiN responsibility for mitigation (such coordination shall also include the Palo Alto Police Department). Deleted: ingp~eted: ida. .................. 1.Provide hazmat site perimeter security during emergency and post-emergency periods 2.Crowd control 3.Traffic control 4.Evacuation and relocation of evacuees to a secure location 5.Criminal investigation including: determination if the incident is a crime scene, providing crime scene documentation, and initiating arrest procedures. Public Works Branch Director Responsibilities Meet with the Operations Section Chief to obtain a situation briefing on the current conditions and actions being taken. Your objective is to determine their public works support requirements and to establish coordination protocols. You may be asked to provide the following support seta, ices: Annex L: Hazardous Materials Response Annex DRAFT Emer~,enc) Operations Plan Attachment C: Strikethrough Version of Annex L to draft Emergency Operations Plan Policy & Services Committee - June 26, 2007 1.Provid,_e_ city equipment and personnel for emergency containment of water and waste. If you are not able to provide such support, advise them that they will have to provide for such support through their own resources, or mutual aid. 2.Providg traffic control barricades and their placement. 3.Coordin~ with sewage disposal district to close down or otherwise isolate contaminated drainage facilities. Building Safety Branch Director Responsibilities Meet with the Operations Section Chief to obtain a situation briefing on the current conditions and actions being taken. Your objective is to determine their building safety support requirements and to establish coordination protocols. Shelter Services Branch Director Responsibilities Meet with the Operations Section Chief to obtain a situation briefing on the current conditions and actions being taken. Your objective is to determine their care and shelter support requirements, support their needs, and to establish coordination protocols. It is essential that you coordinate with the Palo Alto Area Red Cross if sheltering is required. ., ’’¯ -~ " disp.osal. TheI~, me event of a hazardous s]?iii. Pa!o Aito EOC Staff should not rec~ues~ ~ ~z~ ~a h’~ coordi,qatior, with ~he Sa.qm Clara Cotmt, En\honn~entai Heai;h A~encx Hazardous Waste Delel;ed: ring Formatted: Left Formatted: Left Annex L: Hazardous Materials Response Annex DRAFT Emergency Operations Plan Page L-4 ,I u ne 2007 Attachment C: Strikethrough Version of Annex L to draft Emergency Operations Plan Policy & Services Committee - June 26, 2007 Hazardous Materials Incident gEMS Functions Typical activities/actions performed during this specific hazard/threat are listed on the vertical axis (y-axis); and the five Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS) functions are listed on the horizontal axis (x-axis). For each activity/action, the departments’ assigned responsibilities under this activity/action are listed under the appropriate SEMS function. The following legend applies to the matrix below: ASD CSD CM HR FD PD PCE PW SD UTL =Administrative Services Department =Community Services Department =City Manager =Human Resources =Fire Department =Police Department =Planning & Community Environment Department =Public Works =Special districts =Utilities Department Mgmt/ [ Planning/ ] Finance/ Activities Command Operations Intell.Logistics Admin. Incident Command FD,PD Establish Perimeter FD,PD Traffic!Crowd Control PD, PW EOC Operations PD PD,FD,PW,PCE, CM CM,PW CSD PD Evacuation/Shelter-FD,PD PCE,PW Notifications PD.FD Deleted: Apri! 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