Table of Contents 1 Plan Administration ___________________________________ 13 1.1 Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (CEMP) Organization _________________________ 13 1.2 Authority _________________________________________________________________________ 14 1.3 Applicable Legislation & Policy _______________________________________________________ 14 1.4 Confidentiality ____________________________________________________________________ 14 1.5 Maintenance _____________________________________________________________________ 14 1.6 Revisions ________________________________________________________________________ 15 1.6.1 Minor Revisions ________________________________________________________________ 15 1.6.2 Major Revisions ________________________________________________________________ 15 1.6.3 Plan Status ____________________________________________________________________ 15 Draft Plan ___________________________________________________________________________ 15 Interim Plan _________________________________________________________________________ 15 Approved Plan _______________________________________________________________________ 16 Public and Confidential Versions ________________________________________________________ 16 1.7 Plan Distribution __________________________________________________________________ 16 2 Introduction _________________________________________ 18 2.1 Scope of This Plan _________________________________________________________________ 18 2.2 Emergencies & Major Emergencies ___________________________________________________ 18 2.2.1 Emergencies___________________________________________________________________ 18 2.2.2 Major Emergencies and Disasters _________________________________________________ 19 2.3 Use of the CEMP __________________________________________________________________ 19 2.4 Involvement of Municipal Departments and Employees ___________________________________ 20 2.4.1 Municipal Departments __________________________________________________________ 20 2.4.2 Municipal Employees ____________________________________________________________ 20 3 Concept of Emergency Operations _______________________ 21 3.1 BCERMS Levels ___________________________________________________________________ 21 3.2 BCERMS Guiding Principles _________________________________________________________ 22 4 EOC Activation _______________________________________ 25 4.1 EOC Locations ____________________________________________________________________ 25 4.2 EOC Activation Criteria______________________________________________________________ 25 4.3 Types of Activation _________________________________________________________________ 26 4.3.1 Pre-empted Activation ___________________________________________________________ 26 4.3.2 Emergency Activation ___________________________________________________________ 26 4.4 Authorization to Activate the EOC _____________________________________________________ 26 4.5 Level of Activation _________________________________________________________________ 26 4.6 Notifications to Staff _______________________________________________________________ 27 4.7 Deactivation ______________________________________________________________________ 27 5 EOC Organization _____________________________________ 28 5.1 EOC Staffing and Sections __________________________________________________________ 28 5.2 EOC Sections _____________________________________________________________________ 29 5.2.1 Policy Group ___________________________________________________________________ 30 5.2.2 EOC Management Section _______________________________________________________ 30 5.2.3 Operations Section _____________________________________________________________ 31 5.2.4 Planning Section _______________________________________________________________ 31 5.2.5 Logistics Section _______________________________________________________________ 32 5.2.6 Finance and Administration Section ________________________________________________ 32 6 EOC Activities ________________________________________ 34 6.1 Obtain Task Number _______________________________________________________________ 34 Page 2 6.2 Briefings _________________________________________________________________________ 34 6.3 Operational Periods ________________________________________________________________ 35 6.4 EOC Action Planning _______________________________________________________________ 35 6.5 Personnel Identification ____________________________________________________________ 36 6.6 Situation Reporting ________________________________________________________________ 36 6.7 PREOC Coordination Calls ___________________________________________________________ 37 6.8 Declaration of State of Local Emergency _______________________________________________ 37 6.8.1 Process for Declaring a State of Local Emergency ____________________________________ 38 Declaration Components _______________________________________________________________ 39 After the Declaration __________________________________________________________________ 39 6.8.2 Extending the Declaration of State of Local Emergency ________________________________ 39 6.8.3 Cancelling the Declaration of State Local Emergency __________________________________ 40 6.8.4 Limitations of a State of Local Emergency ___________________________________________ 40 6.9 Resource Requests ________________________________________________________________ 40 6.10 General Information _______________________________________________________________ 41 6.11 Documentation ___________________________________________________________________ 41 6.12 Transfer of Responsibilities (Shift Changes) _____________________________________________ 41 6.13 Emergency Procurement and Expenditure Limits ________________________________________ 42 6.14 Worker Care ______________________________________________________________________ 42 6.14.1 Staff Rest _____________________________________________________________________ 42 6.14.2 Labor Relations ________________________________________________________________ 42 6.15 Worker Care Centers _______________________________________________________________ 43 6.16 Recovery ________________________________________________________________________ 43 7 EOC Facilities ________________________________________ 44 7.1 Maintenance and Set-up ____________________________________________________________ 44 7.2 EOC Equipment and Supplies ________________________________________________________ 44 7.3 Communications __________________________________________________________________ 46 7.3.1 EOC Telephone Directory _________________________________________________________ 46 7.3.2 EOC Section Phones ____________________________________________________________ 46 7.3.3 Public Information Call Centers: ___________________________________________________ 46 7.3.4 Satellite Phones ________________________________________________________________ 46 7.3.5 VHF Radio _____________________________________________________________________ 46 7.3.6 Emergency Radio _______________________________________________________________ 46 8 RMOW Department Responsibilities ______________________ 48 8.1 Mayor and Council _________________________________________________________________ 48 8.2 Chief Administrative Officer’s Office ___________________________________________________ 49 8.2.1 Chief Administrative Officer _______________________________________________________ 49 8.2.2 Communications _______________________________________________________________ 49 8.2.3 Human Resources ______________________________________________________________ 50 8.3 Corporate and Community Services Division ____________________________________________ 50 8.3.1 Whistler Fire Rescue Service ______________________________________________________ 50 8.3.2 RCMP ________________________________________________________________________ 51 8.3.3 Finance and Fiscal Planning ______________________________________________________ 52 8.3.4 Information Technology (IT) _______________________________________________________ 52 8.3.5 Legislative Services _____________________________________________________________ 53 8.3.6 Bylaw Services _________________________________________________________________ 53 8.3.7 Recreation ____________________________________________________________________ 54 Emergency Social Services: ____________________________________________________________ 54 8.3.8 Whistler Library ________________________________________________________________ 54 8.4 Infrastructure Services _____________________________________________________________ 55 8.4.1 Roads ________________________________________________________________________ 55 8.4.2 Utilities _______________________________________________________________________ 56 8.4.3 Solid Waste ___________________________________________________________________ 56 8.4.4 Waste Water Treatment & District Energy System Plants _______________________________ 57 Page 3 8.4.5 Development Services ___________________________________________________________ 57 8.4.6 Transit ________________________________________________________________________ 58 8.4.7 Emergency Program_____________________________________________________________ 58 8.4.8 Central Services ________________________________________________________________ 58 8.5 Resort Experience _________________________________________________________________ 59 8.5.1 Building Department ____________________________________________________________