WIND & PSPS
EVENT
January 7- 16, 2025
Fire Chief Bernard Molloy II
January 21, 2025
Received After Agenda Printed
1/25/2025 - Regular Meeting
CITY MANAGER - ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE
Presentation
•Upstaffed Fire Department for the wind event:
•An additional brush rig and Battalion Chief were assigned to the city. •Deployed two strike teams in the region (both ended up at Eaton Fire) •EOC briefed and ready to activate and monitor PSPS
•PD coordinating with Fire for evacuation orders if an incident was to occur •Public Works staffed to respond to windstorm-related damages. •Social media outreach began on 1/6/2025
Proactive Operational Readiness
3 • EOC placed on management watch at
0800 on 1/07/2025 when PSPS was
imminent
• Power began shutting off on 1/8/2025 at
0947 and continued to progress
throughout the day
• Public works and PD began patrolling
and addressing the outage of stoplights
in the city
• EOC moved to Level 3 activation to
address community requests for
assistance
• Fire station and city building outages
were resolved by existing on-site
generators
• Warming and charging center opened for
the public at the library
• 1/10/2025 – Battery changes on traffic
signals were done to keep them
operational
• Most PSPS events ended by the evening
of 1/11/2025
• 1/12/2025 - City Manager and elected
officials began evening briefings with SCE
to discuss PSPS
Wind Event Response
•City continued to address issues related to the power outage as they arose.
•Water Issues
•Traffic Light Issues
•Alarm Reset Issues
•EOC was deactivated on 1/16/2025.
Wind Event Response
TRACKING THE PSPS
PUBLIC OUTREACH
•With limite d loca l me dia outle ts the
ci ty aggressi v ely communi cated on
social media through all city channels
•T he City website had a public
information banner placed on the top of
the main page to drive residents to
appropriate information.
PUBLIC OUTREACH
With few media outlets in Murrieta, we relied on our social media and city website to share information.
PREPARING FOR THE
FUTURE
11 After Action
Report
• The first After Action Meeting was
today
• Recommendations will be coming
soon in a finalized report
1. W e need to translate SCE 's
inadequate communication
i nto a more preci se and
i nformati v e package for our
resi dents.
2. W e need to dev elop
re lations hips with our utilitie s
that can be exercised during
these PSPS ev ents.
3. Now that we hav e seen the
impacts of PSPS on city -
owned assets, we are
dev elopi ng a plan to keep our
ci ty servi ces operati onal
during outages.
IMMEDIATE AREAS TO ADDRESS ARE CLEAR
QUESTIONS?