Title
Adoption of Resolution Amending the City of Alameda Emergency Operations Plan (EOP). (Fire 3240)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Amy Wooldridge, Interim City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The 2019 Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) builds upon previous efforts to enhance the City of Alameda's (City) emergency and disaster preparedness, response, and recovery capabilities and includes the critical elements of the Incident Command System (ICS), Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS), the National Incident Management System (NIMS), and the National Response Framework.
BACKGROUND
The City's first EOP was developed in the early 1980s as a multi-hazard functional planning guide, which was designed to provide a plan for each type of disaster. After the Oakland Hills Fire of 1991 the guide was revised in 1993 and was renamed the All Hazard Guide, which was a single use plan to manage all disaster scenarios and incorporate the Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS), the Incident Command System (ICS), and the Multi Agency Coordination System (MACS). In the 2001 revision, the Guide was renamed the Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) and revised to provide needed updates, including the addition of several positions to the emergency management organization.
In 2008, the EOP was revised again to meet new State and Federal requirements including the adoption of the National Incident Management System (NIMS). The 2008 Revision also reformatted the plan to include functional annexes and supplemental appendices.
DISCUSSION
The 2019 EOP was builds upon previous efforts to enhance the City's emergency and disaster preparedness, response, and recovery capabilities and includes the critical elements of the Incident Command System (ICS), Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS), the National Incident Management System (NIMS), and the National Response Framework. (Exhibit 1.)
The EOP is developed under the authority conveyed...
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