HomeMy WebLinkAbout12 - SEMS Operational Area Agreement ParticipationTO: Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: Tim Riley, Fire and Marine Chief 17),6 --
SUBJECT: SEMS Operational Area Agreement Participation
Recommendation:
January 8, 1996
Council Agenda
Item No. 12
BY THE CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
,JAN 8
Designate the Mayor as the City's representative to the Orange County Operational
Area Council and the Mayor Pro Tem as the alternate.
Designate the Fire and Marine Department Operations Deputy Chief as the City's
representative to the Orange County Emergency Management Organization
(OCEMO) and the Fire and Marine Department Training Battalion Chief as the
alternate.
Designate the Fire and Marine Department Operations Deputy Chief as the City's
primary after hours/emergency contact person and the Police Department Watch
Commander as the alternate.
Discussion:
On October 19, 1995, the City Council entered into a county -wide Operational Area
Agreement for the implementation of regional disaster coordination. This action
satisfied the requirements of the California Emergency Services Act and the
Standardized Emergency Management System Regulations. To provide for its
development and implementation, the agreement establishes an Operational Area
Council consisting of one representative from each jurisdiction. It also designates
membership to the Orange County Emergency Management Organization (OCEMO)
which consists of one staff participant from each jurisdiction, and establishes a list of
primary emergency contact personnel in case of a regional emergency.
Attached is a copy of the representative designation form that was required to be
transmitted to the County by December 22, 1995. Your approval of this
recommendation will ratify this action. Should the City Council elect to change this
designation, staff will submit a revised representative designation form.
TO: Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: Tim Riley, Fire and Marine Chief i
SUBJECT: SEMS Operational Area Agreement
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Recommendation:
October 19, 1995
Council Agenda
Item No. 4_
Enter into an Operational Area Agreement with the County of Orange and its
political subdivisions for the purposes of satisfying the requirements of the
California Emergency Services Act and the Standardized Emergency Management
System Regulations.
Discussion:
Following the devastating Oakland Hills fire, the California Legislature adopted the
Emergency Services Act requiring counties and their political subdivisions to enter
into an agreement for coordinated response to regional emergencies by December 1,
1995. Based upon this Act, the Standardized Emergency Management System
(SEMS) regulations were developed. These regulations ensure that each county and
its political subdivisions develop an operational area plan which provides for five
components: planning, coordination, communication, response and recovery for
future emergencies, with the Incident Command System as the foundation of the
plan.
The attached Operational Area Agreement is designed to establish a starting point
for satisfying the five components of SEMS. The agreement accomplishes the
following objectives:
1. Defines the County and its political subdivisions as an Operational Area as
required by regulation.
2. Provides for the establishment and direction of the Operational Area, the
cooperative and mutual handling of the duties and responsibilities of the
Operational Area lead Agency, and the coordination of the emergency
functions of the Operational Area with all other public agencies, corporations,
organizations, and affected private persons.
3. Provides for the preparation and implementation of response and recovery
plans.
IN
October 19, 1995
Item No. _
Page 2
4. Provides for the f nd Zg necessary to support the Operational Area
Emergency Operai ion Center using existing federal Emergency Management
Agency funding.
The Fire and Marine Department has reviewed this agreement and feels it satisfies
the City of Newport Beach's compliance with SEMS with one concern. On page 13,
the agreement creates the position of Operational Area Coordinator which will
replace the position of Director of Emergency Services as identified in the existing
plan. The agreement further identifies the Law Enforcement Mutual Aid
Coordinator (Orange County Sheriff Brad Gates) as the Operational Area
Coordinator for earthquakes and the Public Works Mutual Aid Coordinator
(undefined) as the Operational Area Coordinator for oil spill emergencies. The
Orange County Fire Chiefs' Association (OCFCA) has continually opposed this
change in responsibilities as each individual city has assigned the fire department as
the lead agency on these types of emergencies.
Council is encouraged to enter into this agreement in order to meet the legislative
deadline of December 1, 1995.
Attachments:
1. Operational Area Agreement
2. Letter to Emergency Management Council from OCFCA