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City of Pittsburg City of Pittsburg Emergency Operations Plan December 2018 City of Pittsburg Emergency Operations Plan This page intentionally left blank. ii December 2018 City of Pittsburg Emergency Operations Plan Emergency Operations Center Activation QuickStart Guide The City of Pittsburg (City) Emergency Operations Center (EOC) serves as support to the command and control by the on-scene incident response. When an incident occurs, there is often insufficient information to determine if the EOC should be activated or how long an activation may last. If this condition occurs, a virtual or partial EOC activation may be initiated. More detailed information on emergency activations levels is contained in Section 4.2.3. Once an EOC activation is commenced, the first arriving staff should use the QuickStart Guide to efficiently setup and operate the EOC. When activated, the EOC responds to the impacts that any incident has on employees, facilities, critical and other infrastructure, and business functions. The EOC carries out this function through: • Information Collection and Evaluation • Operational Planning • Resource Management • Priority Setting • Overall Priorities - Life/Safety - Incident Stabilization - Property Preservation iii December 2018 City of Pittsburg Emergency Operations Plan EOC ACTIVATION CHECKLIST COMPLETED Date/Time TASK Activate the City EOC by assuming the role of EOC Director. Follow building inspection instructions. Consider which EOC should be activated based on damage and inspections. Establish the level of activation with the City Manager’s Office. Use Everbridge to send an EOC Activation notification to staff. The EOC Supply Cabinets are in various areas and contain appropriately titled boxes for each EOC Section. Place the appropriate material at each of the identified workstation locations. Ensure there is an Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) with the checklists, along with paper, pen and message forms at each of the workstations. Office supplies are located in the Emergency Supply Cabinets. The Volunteer Unit in Logistics will circulate ICS 211 forms for sign-in purposes. These will be provided to the Finance Section Time Unit. Begin collecting and posting incident information using the Information Collection Plan in Appendix B. Fill in the whiteboards and the poster-size paper with as much information as possible. Post the EOC staffing chart. Use ICS Form 203, Organization Assignment List. iv December 2018 City of Pittsburg Emergency Operations Plan This page intentionally left blank. vi December 2018 City of Pittsburg Emergency Operations Plan This page intentionally left blank. viii December 2018 City of Pittsburg Emergency Operations Plan Distribution List The distribution list designates the departments and agencies that received copies of the City of Pittsburg Emergency Operations Plan (EOP). All EOC staff shall have access to the EOP. Sufficient copies of the EOP will be maintained in the EOC for each position listed in Appendix C. The plan was distributed in an electronic form or printed version to: City Departments and Partner Agencies Cal OES, Coastal Region Human Resources Mayor / City Council Members Recreation City Manager Pittsburg Power Company / Island Energy City Clerk Police Department City Attorney Public Works / Water Treatment Plant Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Community Services Environmental Affairs/Local Enforcement Contra Costa Operational Area Agency Community Development / Building, Engineering, Pittsburg Unified School District and Planning Finance Mt. Diablo Unified School District Pittsburg Marina Los Medanos Community College Housing Authority Portions of this document may contain sensitive information pertaining to the deployment, mobilization, and tactical operations of the City government in response to emergencies. Refer any request to view the plan or for a copy of this document to the Pittsburg City Manager’s Office. ix December 2018 City of Pittsburg Emergency Operations Plan This page intentionally left blank. x December 2018 City of Pittsburg Emergency Operations Plan Plan Maintenance and Record of Revisions Per Section 2.44.080 of the City Municipal Code, the Pittsburg Disaster Council shall be responsible for the development of the City EOP. The EOP shall provide for the effective mobilization of all of the resources of the City, both public and private, to meet any condition constituting a local emergency, state of emergency or state of war emergency, and shall provide for the organization, powers and duties, services and staff of the emergency organization. The EOP will take effect upon adoption by resolution of the City Council. [Ord. 668 C.S. § 7, 1974.] The City EOP was written with input from City departments having an official emergency responsibility in the City. The EOP was submitted to the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) for review and then presented to the City Council for analysis. Upon concurrence by the City Council, the EOP was officially adopted through resolution. Maintenance of the EOP is coordinated by the City Manager’s Environmental Affairs Manager with support from the police department. Individual City Departments are responsible to update and revise their departmental procedures regularly and submit those updates to the Environmental Affairs Manager who will incorporate the updates into the EOP. These updates should include new information (e.g., update of phone numbers and revisions of relevant standard operational procedures or positions). All changes to the EOP will be documented in the record of revisions table below. Changes to the EOP will be distributed to the City departments and agencies shown on the Plan Distribution list. Major revisions to the EOP will be submitted to the City Manager for approval or for recommendation for review by City Council. Change No. Description Change Date Approved By 002 2018 Update City Council xi December 2018 City of Pittsburg Emergency Operations Plan This page intentionally left blank. xii December 2018 City of Pittsburg Emergency Operations Plan Plan Approval Resolution xiii December 2018 City of Pittsburg Emergency Operations Plan This page intentionally left blank. xiv December 2018 City of Pittsburg Emergency Operations Plan Table of Contents Emergency Operations Center Activation Quickstart Guide ....................................................................... iii Forward ......................................................................................................................................................... v Plan Concurrence ......................................................................................................................................... vi Distribution List .......................................................................................................................................... viii Plan Maintenance and Record of Revisions .................................................................................................. x Plan Approval Resolution ............................................................................................................................ xii Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................................ xiv 1. Emergency Operations Plan Overview and Administration ..................................................................... 1 1.1 Plan Format ................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Purpose and Scope ........................................................................................................................ 1 1.3 Pittsburg EOP Activation ............................................................................................................... 2 1.4 Authorities .................................................................................................................................... 2 1.4.1 Federal .................................................................................................................................. 2 1.4.2 State ...................................................................................................................................... 3 1.4.3 City ........................................................................................................................................ 3 1.5 Relationship to Other Plans/References ....................................................................................... 4 1.6 Standard Operating Procedures/Guides (SOPs/SOGs) ................................................................. 4 2. Hazard Analysis ......................................................................................................................................... 5 2.1 City Description ............................................................................................................................. 5 2.2 Hazard Descriptions ...................................................................................................................... 7 2.2.1 Flooding ................................................................................................................................. 8 2.2.2 Hazardous Materials Incident ............................................................................................... 9 2.2.3 Earthquake .........................................................................................................................
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