City of Victoria Emergency Plan EMERGENCY PLAN City of Victoria March 2018/version 1.0 Table of Contents Executive Summary/ Letter of Introduction ................................................................................................. 4 1. PLAN ADMINISTRATION ........................................................................................................................ 5 Distribution List ............................................................................................................................. 5 Record of Amendments ................................................................................................................ 6 Plan Maintenance ......................................................................................................................... 7 Acronyms/Abbreviations .............................................................................................................. 8 2. OVERVIEW OF THE PLAN ....................................................................................................................... 9 Purpose and Objectives ................................................................................................................ 9 Scope ........................................................................................................................................... 11 Authority for the Plan ................................................................................................................. 12 Related Plans and Documents .................................................................................................... 12 Activation of the Response and Recovery Sections of the Plan ................................................. 13 3. BRITISH COLUMBIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (BCEMS) ................................................. 13 4. HAZARDS, RISKS AND VULNERABILITIES ............................................................................................. 14 Overview of HRVA ....................................................................................................................... 14 Hazard, Risk, and Vulnerability Summary ................................................................................... 14 ............................................................................................................................................................ 17 5. CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS: RESPONSE ............................................................................................... 18 Provincial Response System ........................................................................................................ 18 Provincial Regional Coordination ........................................................................................................ 19 Provincial Central Coordination .......................................................................................................... 20 Site Operations ................................................................................................................................... 20 Site Support ......................................................................................................................................... 22 6. EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTRE .................................................................................................... 22 6.1 EOC Activation ............................................................................................................................ 26 EOC Locations ..................................................................................................................................... 26 Types of Activation .............................................................................................................................. 26 EOC Activation Authority .................................................................................................................... 27 Confirmation of Activation .................................................................................................................. 27 Emergency Plan March 2018 1 Event Updates ..................................................................................................................................... 28 Activation Levels ................................................................................................................................. 28 Departmental Support ........................................................................................................................ 29 EOC Staffing ........................................................................................................................................ 29 EOC Communications and Information management ........................................................................ 48 EOC Activities ...................................................................................................................................... 50 7 CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS: RECOVERY............................................................................................... 60 7.1 General ........................................................................................................................................ 60 7.2 Recovery Planning in the EOC (Recovery Unit) ........................................................................... 60 7.3 Community Resilience Center ..................................................................................................... 60 7.4 Recovery Operations Center (ROC) ............................................................................................. 61 8 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ............................................................................................................ 63 8.1 City of Victoria Roles and Responsibilities by Department ......................................................... 63 Engagement Department.................................................................................................................... 63 Engineering and Public Works ............................................................................................................ 64 Finance ................................................................................................................................................ 66 Fire ...................................................................................................................................................... 67 Human Resources ............................................................................................................................... 68 Legal Services ...................................................................................................................................... 68 Legislative and Regulatory Services .................................................................................................... 69 Parks, Recreation, and Facilities ......................................................................................................... 69 Police ................................................................................................................................................... 70 Sustainable Planning and Community Development ......................................................................... 70 Victoria Conference Centre ................................................................................................................. 71 Emergency Management Victoria Volunteer Program ....................................................................... 71 9 EXTERNAL AGENCY SUPPORT ............................................................................................................. 73 10 PUBLIC INFORMATION .................................................................................................................... 79 10.1 General ........................................................................................................................................ 79 Stages of Emergency Communications ............................................................................................... 80 11 LOGISTICAL CONSIDERATIONS ........................................................................................................ 82 11.1 Resource Management ............................................................................................................... 82 Emergency Plan March 2018 2 Internal Resources: ............................................................................................................................. 82 External resources............................................................................................................................... 82 11.2 Volunteer Management .............................................................................................................. 82 12 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE .................................................................................................................. 82 12.1 Response Cost ............................................................................................................................. 84 Response Finance Procedures ............................................................................................................ 86 12.2 Recovery Costs ...........................................................................................................................