Fairfax City Council
August 7, 2024

County of Marin | Town of Fairfax
Office of Emergency Management
Town Council Brief
Steven Torrence
Director of Emergency Management
[email protected]
Office of Emergency Management | Overview
❑ Alert and Warning
❑ Evacuations Support and Modeling
❑ Community Disaster Sheltering and Assistance
❑ Emergency Operations and Planning
❑ Countywide Coordination
❑ Disaster Planning and Exercises
❑ Homeland Security Grants
❑ Preparedness and Resilience
OEM Staffing Overview
Director of
Emergency
Management
Senior Emergency
Management
Coordinator
Public Information
Officer
Homeland
Security Grants
Associate
IT / Data Manager
Disaster and
Mitigation Grants
Analyst
Emergency
Management
Coordinator
Emergency
Management
Coordinator
Emergency
Management
Coordinator
Emergency
Preparedness
Coordinator
Preparedness
Mission
❑ Equity driven
❑ AlertMarin
❑ ReadyMarin
❑ Evacuation Drills
❑ Community Engagement
Readiness Mission
❑ Training and Exercises with each partner agency
❑ Monthly Operational Area Training Sessions
❑ Regional Full-Scale Exercises
❑ Assigned OEM Coordinator to Fairfax
❑ Collaboration on Emergency Operations Plan
Mitigation Mission
❑ County Plan and Annexes for each City/Town
❑ Hazard Identification and Assessment
❑ Harden and sustain infrastructure
❑ Propose mitigation and prevention projects
❑ Access Federal and State funding
Response
Mission
❑ All-hazards response framework
❑ Operational Area Emergency Operations Center
❑ Activated at the request of an agency
❑ Emergency support functions
❑ Disaster Logistics and Mutual Aid
❑ AlertMarin Notifications
❑ Evacuation and Temporary Evacuation Points
❑ Incident Survey and Damage Assessments
Recovery
Mission
❑ Initial Damage Assessments
❑ Family and Local Assistance
❑ Individual Assistance
❑ Public Assistance
❑ Economic Recovery
❑ Reconstitution of Government
Coordination with Fairfax
❑ AlertMarin
❑ Evacuation and Temporary Evacuation Points
❑ Joint Disaster Sheltering
❑ Disaster Recovery
❑ Disaster Logistics and Mutual Aid
❑ Liaison with State and Federal Government
❑ Coordination of Grants and Agreements
Operational Area
Duty Officer
Assignment
❑ 24/7 Assigned Duty Officer
❑ Alert and Warning
❑ Situational Awareness
❑ Field Support
❑ Notifications to City leadership
❑ Rotated throughout OEM staff
Conclusion
❑ We prepare and respond to the worst days
❑ OEM’s Readiness is Fairfax’s Readiness
❑ New systems to meet the new normal
❑ Even if it is local… we are here!
Questions & Comments
AlertMarin.org | ReadyMarin.org | Emergency.MarinCounty.org Steven Torrence | Director of Emergency Management