VENTURA COUNTY OPERATIONAL AREA EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN 2021 This plan was developed by Terra Firma Enterprises in coordination with the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office, Office of Emergency Services to improve emergency preparedness, response and recovery and to satisfy the Standardized Emergency Management System requirements as presented in Title 19 of the California Code of Regulations and the National Incident Management System. It is understood that disaster preparedness is not an exact science, and this Emergency Operations Plan does not guarantee the safety of any individual, structure, asset or organization in a disaster. Terra Firma Enterprises assumes no liability for fatalities, injuries, property damage or financial loss resulting from a disaster. VENTURA COUNTY OPERATIONAL AREA EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN - 2021 Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ........................................................................................................................................... vi INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................................... 1 FOREWORD ....................................................................................................................................................... 1 ASSUMPTIONS: ................................................................................................................................................. 1 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT GOALS: ................................................................................................................ 2 ORGANIZATION OF THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN (EOP): ....................................................................... 2 ACTIVATION OF THE EOP: .................................................................................................................................. 2 APPROVAL AND PROMULGATION: .................................................................................................................... 2 MAINTENANCE OF EOP: .................................................................................................................................... 3 LETTER OF PROMULGATION .............................................................................................................................. 4 RECORD OF REVISIONS ...................................................................................................................................... 5 DISTRIBUTION LIST ............................................................................................................................................ 6 DEPARTMENT/AGENCY CONCURRENCE ............................................................................................................ 7 PART ONE – BASIC PLAN ........................................................................................................................................ 9 SECTION ONE - OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................................... 9 PURPOSE ........................................................................................................................................................... 9 SCOPE ................................................................................................................................................................ 9 CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS................................................................................................................................. 9 Preparedness Phase ............................................................................................................................................. 9 Response Phase ................................................................................................................................................. 10 Recovery Phase .................................................................................................................................................. 11 Mitigation Phase ................................................................................................................................................ 11 PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION ............................................................................................................ 11 Americans with Disabilities Act / Disability, Access, and Functional Needs ..................................................... 12 ADA / DAFN Concept of Operations ................................................................................................................... 12 DISASTER ANIMAL CARE CONSIDERATIONS ..................................................................................................... 14 TRAINING AND EXERCISES ............................................................................................................................... 15 ALERTING AND WARNING ............................................................................................................................... 15 SECTION TWO - STANDARDIZED EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (SEMS) ................................................... 17 SECTION THREE - NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM .......................................................................... 25 GENERAL ......................................................................................................................................................... 25 NIMS COMPONENTS ....................................................................................................................................... 25 Fundamentals and Concepts .............................................................................................................................. 25 Resource Management ...................................................................................................................................... 25 i VENTURA COUNTY OPERATIONAL AREA EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN - 2021 Command and Coordination .............................................................................................................................. 26 Communications and Information Management............................................................................................... 26 SECTION FOUR – COUNTY OF VENTURA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION ....................................... 29 GENERAL ......................................................................................................................................................... 29 CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS............................................................................................................................... 29 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION AND RESPONSIBILITIES ............................................................ 29 COUNTY OF VENTURA’S EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER (EOC) .................................................................. 35 EOC Location and Description ............................................................................................................................ 35 Communications ..................................................................................................................................................................... 36 COUNTY OF VENTURA EOC ACTIVATION POLICY ............................................................................................. 36 When to Activate: .............................................................................................................................................. 36 Who Can Activate: .............................................................................................................................................. 36 How to Activate:................................................................................................................................................. 37 Deactivation ....................................................................................................................................................... 37 SECTION FIVE - CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT ................................................................................................... 39 PURPOSE ......................................................................................................................................................... 39 RESPONSIBILITIES ............................................................................................................................................ 39 PRESERVATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT........................................................................................................ 39 LINES OF SUCCESSION FOR OFFICIALS CHARGED WITH DISCHARGING EMERGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES ........... 39 TEMPORARY COUNTY SEAT ............................................................................................................................. 40 PRESERVATION OF VITAL RECORDS ................................................................................................................. 41 LINES OF SUCCESSION FOR DEPARTMENT HEADS ............................................................................................ 42 SECTION SIX - MUTUAL AID ................................................................................................................................. 45 INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................................................................