City of Barstow
Emergency Operations Plan
April 2022
LETTER OF PROMULGATION
To All Recipients:
The City of Barstow promotes emergency preparedness as it seeks to mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from potential disasters affecting the city through the City’s emergency management organization. Recognizing that the City’s emergency management organization is but the most local component of a nationwide coordination of resources, the City Council, by Resolution No. 5085-2022.
Has established the organization,
Has made formal recognition of the necessity of local compliance with the National Incident Management System (NIMS), and
Regularly gives assent to the development and review of the City’s Emergency Operations Plan.
That assent to the development and review of the Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) occurs when the plan is presented to the City Council after a thorough review by the City of Barstow Emergency Planning Committee. This presentation will occur approximately every - five years, or when necessary or upon City Council’s request.
The City Manager possesses specific, policy-level responsibilities with regard to natural and manmade disasters and emergencies. Most obvious during a disaster response is, perhaps, the responsibility to make a disaster declaration when necessary. Such a declaration, made to County of San Bernardino Office of Emergency Services, informs the County government that the City of Barstow is or soon will be out of resources to continue to carry out its necessary response. Prior to an emergency, the City establishes or agrees to mutual aid agreements, continuity of operations plans, emergency measures, the EOP, and other, similar activities.
The City of Barstow EOP is designed to be NIMS compliant and to reflect the organization of the County of San Bernardino Emergency Plan and the National Response Plan. The City Council has, by resolution, agreed to the City of Barstow Emergency Planning Committee’s recommendation to approve this EOP.
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Paul Anthony Courtney, Dr.B.A., Mayor Date
RESOLUTION NO. 5085-22
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BARSTOW, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE 2022 EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN UPDATE, AND AUTHORIZING FUTURE NON-SUBSTANTIVE AMENDMENTS TO THE PLAN.
WHEREAS, the City of Barstow recognizes that planning and preparing for emergencies in advance can reduce potential harm to people and property within our community from the threat of natural or human-caused events such as earthquake, fire, flood, terrorism or other hazards; and WHEREAS, the City of Barstow recognizes the importance of a unified and consistent system to prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters and emergencies; and WHEREAS, an Emergency Operations Plan provides the framework for emergency response and emergency management in the City of Barstow during disasters; and WHEREAS, the overall objective of emergency management for the City of Barstow is to ensure the effective management of response forces and resources in preparing for and responding to situations associated with natural, human-caused and national security emergencies; and WHEREAS, the City of Barstow’s emergency management program is committed to provide effective life safety measures, while reducing property loss and damage to the environment; and WHEREAS, the City of Barstow will do its best to prepare and respond to an emergency or disaster, it recognizes that the overall responsibility for emergency preparedness rests with the citizens.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF BARSTOW CITY COUNCIL AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council approves the 2022 Emergency Operations Plan Update of the City of Barstow.
Section 2. The City Council authorizes the Emergency Services Coordinator to make necessary administrative and operational changes to the Emergency Operations Plan that is in keeping with the intent of the Plan as approved.
Section 3.The City Council authorizes the Emergency Services Coordinator, or designee, to perform all duties required to carry out the Emergency Operations Plan.
Section 4. That City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 18th day of April, 2022.
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Paul Anthony Courtney, Dr.B.A., Mayor
ATTEST:
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Andrea Flores, City Clerk
SIGNED CONCURRENCE WITH THIS PLAN
The following list of signatures documents each department’s concurrence with this Emergency Operations Plan. All revisions to his Plan, will be submitted by the Emergency Services Coordinator, pre-approved by the City Manager and approved by the City Council. ____________________________________________ _______________________ Willie A. Hopkins, Jr., City Manager Date
____________________________________________ _______________________ Nick DiNapoli, Acting Fire Chief/Emergency Services Date Coordinator
____________________________________________ _______________________ Andrew Espinoza Jr., Chief of Police Date
___________________________________________ _____________________ Chris Heldreth, Building Official/Fire Marshal Date
___________________________________________ _____________________ Kody Tompkins, General Manager of Environmental Date
Services
__________________________________________ _____________________ Marc Puckett, Interim Finance Director Date
___________________________________________ _____________________ Andrea Flores, City Clerk Date