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 4.3.3.3 Authorization to Activate The following individuals, upon request from any official listed above in 4.3.3.2 or upon their own discretion, are authorized to activate the EOC: • The City Manager, Acting City Manager, or person acting in that capacity in accordance with Section 3.3 above; (Director of Emergency Services line of succession) • Chief of Police, or Assistant or Deputy Chief of Police acting in that capacity; • Assistant City Manager or Deputy City Manager • OCFA Division 6 Chief, or OCFA Chief Officer acting in that capacity; • For EOC Level 3: Any of the above, or any member of the Police Department Command Staff. 4.3.4 EOC Activation and Mobilization The Police Department will maintain an EOC Activation Team consisting of: • Emergency Management/Homeland Security Division Commander • Emergency Operations Coordinator • Emergency Management/Homeland Security Division Sergeant and Police Officers • Police Department IT Systems Technicians • Additional Police Department staff trained on the operation of EOC systems and technology This EOC Activation Team will serve as a rapid notification and response team whose purpose is to make the EOC operational for incoming EOC staff, make the notifications to mobilize EOC staff, and provide incoming EOC staff with access and entry to the EOC facility. To activate and mobilize the EOC: The official authorizing EOC activation (from Section 4.3.3.3 above) will: a. Determine the EOC Activation Level: i. Level 1 - Full Activation for a major emergency, displacing all or most other City functions, ii. Level 2 - Partial Activation for a moderate emergency, but maintaining some City functions, iii. Level 3 - Minimal Activation, to open communications and monitor events. b. Notify the Police Department Homeland Security Commander or Watch Commander to initiate the activation. 2. The Police Department Homeland Security Commander or Watch Commander will notify the EOC Activation Team, via telephone callout list or AlertOC notification system, of: a. The hazard event necessitating activation, b. EOC activation level. The EOC Activation Team will: a. Respond to the EOC and make it operational (unlock the facility, begin activating IT systems), b. Notify EOC staff (in accordance with the designated activation level) to respond, via telephone callout list or AlertOC notification system, c. Activate the check -in process to receive incoming EOC staff. 4.3.5 EOC Deactivation The duration of an EOC activation is dependent on the severity of the emergency. For pre -planned events or small incidents with few recovery concerns, the activation might be limited to one operational period or even several hours. In major situations, the EOC may be activated for weeks or months, as operations evolve 148