Item 26 - Adoption of the City of Santa Ana Emergency Operations Plan

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City of Santa Ana Emergency Operations Plan Part I Basic Plan EAS can be accessed at federal, state and local levels to transmit essential information to the public. Examples of emergencies that may warrant EAS activation include acts of war or terrorism, national security emergencies, earthquakes, heavy rains and flooding, 9-1-1 system outages, severe industrial accidents, and hazardous material accidents. Message priorities under FCC rules are as follows: Priority One: Presidential Messages (carried live) Priority Two: Operational (Local) Area Programming Priority Three: State Programming Priority Four: National Programming and News Presidential messages and national programming will be routed over established network facilities of the broadcast industry to the public. State programming originates from the State Operations Center and is transmitted to law enforcement agencies throughout the state using the state's California Law Enforcement Radio System (CLERS). Operational Area programming messages are transmitted by Local Primary (LP-1) and (LP-2) stations to the public. Orange County relies on KWVE-107.9 FM (located in the City of Santa Ana) as its LP-1 EAS station and the LP-2 (back-up) broadcast facility is operated through the Orange County Sheriff's Department Control One Desk at Loma Ridge. These messages will be picked up and re -broadcast by other local broadcast networks. Because EAS messages are transmitted over television and radio broadcast networks, they will be widely distributed and cannot be geographically targeted to a narrow audience. Therefore, EAS broadcasts are limited to content that is of concern to a widespread segment of the County or regional population. For the Orange County Operational Area, EAS activation can be authorized by any one of the following parties for the County: • Orange County Sheriff -Coroner Department, Department Commander • Orange County Fire Authority Chief, Division Chief, Battalion Chief • Orange County Health Care Agency Health Officer • OC Public Works Director • County of Orange Director of Emergency Services Public Media and Public Reports Like all individuals, City staff have access to and monitor media and news outlets on a continual basis. If the media reports an incident occurring or threats of developing incidents, the City may become aware of these reports just as any member of the public would. Additionally, for events that emerge locally or develop gradually, the City may become aware of these through resident's reports to 911 or to Police, Fire or Public Works Departments dispatch lines or City Hall phones. Additional Distribution Lists Emergency Management and Police Department personnel also individually receive notifications from telephone, text or email -based distribution lists for specific hazards or events, including: • US Geological Survey Earthquake Notification Service (USGS ENS) —Notification of date, time, location and magnitude details of earthquakes. • California (Department of Public Health) Health Alert Network (CAHAN) — Notification of unusual or expanding illnesses or disease outbreaks. • California Independent System Operator (Cal ISO) Alerts — Notification of forecast or actual shortfalls in electrical power supply, power supply emergencies or electrical outages, statewide. • Southern California Edison Outage Notices/Emergency Contacts —Notification of Planned (Maintenance) or Unplanned (Repair) outages or electrical supply emergencies in the City. • Orange County Intelligence Assessment Center (OCIAC) Alerts — Notification of intelligence reports of specific criminal, terrorist or human -caused threats affecting the City or County. • BioWatch Actionable Result Alerts — Notification of the airborne detection of specific weaponized or naturally occurring biological agents capable of causing severe illness. 128