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 incident progresses. This allows EOC Management to forecast the need for additional funds before operations are negatively affected. The Finance & Administration Section also monitors expenditures to ensure applicable statutory rules are met. Close coordination with the Planning & Intelligence and Logistics Sections is essential so operational records can be reconciled with financial accounting. This Section maintains records on personnel and equipment time, provides payments to vendors for supplies and equipment, and determines cost considerations of strategies associated with incident planning. The Finance & Administration Section consists of the: • Finance & Administration Section Chief • Purchasing Unit • Cost Accounting/Cost Recovery Unit • Timekeeping Unit • Claims & Compensation Unit 4.2 Emergency Operations Center Locations The primary EOC for the City is in the Santa Ana Police Department, at 60 Civic Center Plaza. The Police Department Emergency Management/Homeland Security Division has primary responsibility for the readiness and operation of this facility, supported by the Police Department Information Services Division. The alternate EOC is the Santa Ana Corporate Yard, Building A, at 215 South Center Street. The Police Department Emergency Management/Homeland Security Division has primary responsibility for the readiness and operation of this facility, supported by the Santa Ana Public Works Agency. 4.3 Emergency Operations Center Activation, Mobilization and Staffing 4.3.1 Criteria for EOC Activation and EOC Activation Levels The EOC may be activated to serve either of two general purposes. The EOC may be activated to coordinate support and assistance to Incident Command Posts and/or responders in the field- particularly if there are multiple emergency incidents or events occurring simultaneously. Or the EOC may be activated to centrally manage a citywide emergency or event that does not have a specific Incident Command in the field (e.g. extreme heat, widespread power failure, or disease outbreak). Additionally, the EOC may be activated to support or manage a pre -planned or non -emergency event that meets any combination of the below criteria. Criteria indicating a need to activate the EOC may include: • Multiple City departments and agencies are responding, • Multiple emergency incidents or events are occurring, • City personnel and resources are being depleted, • The City is requesting/receiving resources from outside the City, • The event may extend for more than one operational period (shift) or may escalate over time, • There is significant impact to the public, requiring emergency warnings or protective actions, • The City proclaims a Local Emergency, • The Governor proclaims a State of Emergency or State of War Emergency for the City, • Significant City resources are being deployed outside of the City in a mutual aid response. 4.3.2 EOC Activation Levels and Staffing SEMS and NIMS systems recognize three levels of EOC activation, depending on the needs of the event. Activation levels may change during the course of the event, as the situation may escalate or de-escalate: 145