City of Pismo Beach
Emergency Operations Plan
City of Pismo Beach
Emergency Operations
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Emergency Operations Plan Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.Letter of Promulgation ............................................................................................................ 3
2.Plan Summary ......................................................................................................................... 4 3a. Annex A – Earthquake ........................................................................................................... 40 3b. Annex B - Hazardous Materials Event .................................................................................... 57 3c. Annex C - Multiple Casualty Incident ..................................................................................... 71 3d. Annex D - Transportation Emergency ..................................................................................... 83 3e. Annex E - Major Fire ............................................................................................................. 96 3f. Annex F - Civil Disturbance-Terrorism-Active Shooter ......................................................... 109 3g. Annex G - Nuclear Power Plant Administrative Plan ............................................................. 125 3h. Annex H - Tsunami Plan ....................................................................................................... 167 3i. Annex I - Adverse Weather ................................................................................................. 206 3j. Annex J - Pandemic ............................................................................................................. 220 3k. Annex K - Utility Disruption ................................................................................................. 245 4a. Section 1 - EOC Communications and Messaging ................................................................. 264 4b. Section 2 - Confidential Executive Team Telephone List ....................................................... 272 4c. Section 3 - Reverse 911 ........................................................................................................ 273 4d. Section 4 - Emergency Alerting System (EAS) ....................................................................... 279 4e. Section 5 - ARES Activation .................................................................................................. 281 4f. Section 6 - City of Pismo Beach Resources ............................................................................ 282 4g. Section 7 - County of San Luis Obispo Resources .................................................................. 284 4h. Section 8 - Persons With Access and Functional Needs ......................................................... 285 4i. Section 9 - Senior Care Facilities (Trailer Parks) .................................................................... 286
5. Recovery ............................................................................................................................. 287 6a. Section 1 - EOC Staff Checklist .............................................................................................. 330 6b. Section 2 - Command Staff ................................................................................................... 332 6c. Section 3 - Policy Group ....................................................................................................... 347 6d. Section 4 - Operations Section ............................................................................................. 348 6e. Section 5 – Logistics ............................................................................................................. 363 6f. Section 6 - Finance and Administration ................................................................................ 379 6g. Section 7 - Plans and Intelligence ......................................................................................... 389
7.Debris Management ........................................................................................................... 401
8.Continuation of Government .............................................................................................. 437
City of Pismo Beach
Emergency Operations Plan Letter of Promulgation
LETTER OF PROMULGATION
August 20, 2024
To the Citizens, Visitors, Employees and Officials of the City of Pismo Beach:
The preservation of life, property and the environment is an inherent responsibility of local, state, and federal government. The City of Pismo Beach has prepared this Emergency Operations Plan to help ensure that responsibility is met.
While no plan can completely anticipate all events, good plans and procedures carried out by knowledgeable and trained personnel can minimize losses. This plan provides policy and guidance for the coordination of planning efforts involving the many City emergency and related organizations serving the citizens of, and visitors to, the City of Pismo Beach.
The Emergency Operations Plan is an extension of the State Emergency Plan and is written to be compliant with the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the National Response Framework. It will be reviewed and exercised periodically and revised as necessary to meet changing conditions. Experiences based upon and gained from emergency drills and exercises, actual emergencies or other incidents, or lessons learned from other sources, can result in a need to change or update the Emergency Operations Plan and/or related documents. As a result, changes to the Plan which do not result in changes to policies made and/or approved by the City Council can be made by the City’s Police Chief and/or other agencies, as appropriate; however, such changes can be reviewed by the County Office of Emergency Services (OES) to verify uniformity with the San Luis Obispo County Emergency Operations Plan. It may also be modified if responsibilities, procedures, laws, rules, or regulations pertaining to emergency management and operations change.
The Council gives its full support to this plan and urges all officials, employees and citizens, individually and collectively, to do their share in the total emergency preparedness effort of the City of Pismo Beach.
This letter promulgates the City of Pismo Beach Emergency Operations Plan, constitutes the adoption of the City of Pismo Beach Emergency Operations Plan. This Emergency Operations Plan becomes effective on approval by the City of Pismo Beach Council on the date indicated below.
Original copy signed by Ed Waage, Mayor, on behalf of the City, and Jorge Garcia, City Manager / Emergency Services Director.
Ed Waage, Mayor Date
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Jorge Garcia, City Manager/Emergency Services Director Date City of Pismo Beach
City of Pismo Beach
Emergency Operations Plan
Plan Summary
Jeff Smith
Police Chief
Pismo Beach Police Department
08/20/2024
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PLAN ADOPTION
This is the official City of Pismo Beach Emergency Operations Plan for responding to various disasters causing damage in the City of Pismo Beach. The Plan's responsibilities and authorities are effective as indicated below.
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN
The Pismo Beach Police Department is responsible for Disaster Leadership and Preparedness coordination and will revise Hazard Specific Annexes and related Support Materials, in conjunction with CAL FIRE and City leadership as appropriate. This Plan is Tactical in nature, not Policy, and as such revisions do not require City Council approval.
The plan covers disasters impacting the City of Pismo Beach and it is broken down into the following types of major events:
A.Earthquake
B.Hazardous Materials
C.Multiple Casualty Incidents
D.Transportation Emergency
E.Fire
F.Civil Disturbance – Terrorism – Active Shooter
G.Nuclear Power Plant Emergency Response Plan
H.Tsunami
I.Adverse Weather
J.Utility Disruption
K.Pandemic
The City of Pismo Beach Emergency Operations Plan, including the Hazard Specific Annexes, was developed using State Multiple Hazard Functional Planning guidelines, Pismo Beach Local Hazard Mitigation Plan, State of California Disaster Plan, National Disaster Recovery Framework, National Infrastructure Protection Plan, FEMA Continuation Guidance, and the National Response Plan. As such the Plan, complies with state and federal mandates. Compatibility with the San Luis Obispo County Disaster Management Plans was designed into the City of Pismo Beach Plan. Common elements in the Plan include an annual review and update of all plans, regular field or tabletop exercises for all plans, automatic Emergency Operations Center (EOC) activation trigger points, and incident management using both the Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS) and the National Incident Management System (NIMS) at the Emergency Disaster Operations Center (EOC) level and the Incident Command System (ICS) at the field response level.
Unified Command will provide leadership of a Disaster with the Public Safety Chiefs and Public Works providing guidance to the Unified Command Staff.
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Date: August 20, 2024
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Plan Summary
Section Page
Plan Adoption 1
Table of Contents 2
SECTION I – INTRODUCTION 4
A. Purpose 4
B. Objectives 4
C. Plan Organization 5
Part 1 – Summary 5
Part 2 – Hazard-Specific Annexes 5
Part 3 – Resource Directory 5
Part 4 – Recovery Resource Directory and Plan 6
Part 5 – Emergency Operations Center Position Checklists 6 Part 6 – Debris Management 6
Part 7 – Continuation of Operations and Reconstitution of Government 7 D. Persons with Functional and Access Needs 7
E. Plan Coordination 8
F. Disaster Preparedness 8
SECTION II – CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS 10
A. Basic Elements of Disaster Response 10
B. Mutual Aid Concepts 10
C. San Luis Obispo County Office of Emergency Services 11
SECTION III – HAZARD IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS 12
A. Earthquake 12
B. Hazardous Material 13
C. Multiple Casualty Incidents 14
D. Transportation Emergency 15
E. Fire 16
F. Civil Disturbance—Terrorism—Active Shooter 17
G. Nuclear Power Plant 18
H. Adverse Weather 19
I. Utility Disruption 21
J. Pandemic 21
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SECTION IV – DISASTER MANAGEMENT 22
A. Incident Management System (NIMS and SEMS) 22
B. Incident Command System 22
C. Department Operating Center (DOC) 23
D. City of Pismo Beach Disaster Organization 23
E. Responsibilities 24
1. Emergency Services Director 24
2. Field Incident Commander (IC) 24
3. EOC Safety Officer and Security Officer 25
4. Public Information Officer 25
5. Liaison Officer 25
6. Policy Group 26
7. Operations Section 26
8. Plans and Intelligence Section 26
9. Logistics Section 26
10. Finance and Administration Section 27
Emergency Operations Center Position Assignments 28
SECTION V - PROGRAM MAINTENANCE 30
A. City of Pismo Beach Municipal Code 30
B. Plan and Procedure Maintenance 30
C. Disaster Resources Maintenance 30
D. Training 31
E. Revision Record 32
SECTION VI– AUTHORITIES AND REFERENCES 33
A. Authorities 33
1. Federal 33
2. State 33
3. Local 33
B. References 33
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER POSITION FLOW CHART 35
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SECTION I - INTRODUCTION
A. Purpose
The purpose of the City of Pismo Beach Emergency Operations Plan (hereafter referred to as the “Plan”) is to describe the City of Pismo Beach policies and concepts for responding to major disasters that could affect the health, safety, and property of the public within the City of Pismo Beach.
B. Objectives
The objectives of this Plan are to:
• Protect the public and property in the City of Pismo Beach.
• Establish official City of Pismo Beach policy for response to disasters utilizing National Incident Management System (NIMS), the California Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS), and the Incident Command System (ICS).
• Identify authorities and assign responsibilities for planning and response activities.
• Identify the scope of potential hazards which form a basis for planning.
• Identify other jurisdictions and organizations with which planning, and disaster response activities should be coordinated.
• Establish the City of Pismo Beach Disaster Organization that will lead the disaster response and recovery.
• Establish the City of Pismo Beach policy for providing Disaster information to the public.
• Outline pre-planned response actions that will be taken by the City of Pismo Beach disaster personnel to mitigate the Disaster's effects.
• Establish responsibilities for the maintenance of the overall City of Pismo Beach disaster preparedness program.
• Establish basic operational protocols and guidelines for activating and operating the City of Pismo Beach Emergency Operations Center.
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C. Plan Organization
The City of Pismo Beach’s Emergency Operations Plan Summary consists of seven (7) parts.
An abstract of each part is provided below:
Part 1 – Plan Summary
The Plan Summary serves as an overview for elements of response that is common to all types of disasters.
Part 2 - Hazard-Specific Annexes
The hazard-specific plans that are used to implement the concepts and policies set forth in this Plan. Each Annex covers the response elements specific to the type of disaster addressed. The annexes contained in Part 2 are as follows:
A.Earthquake
B.Hazardous Materials
C.Multiple Casualty Incidents
D.Transportation Emergency
E.Fire
F.Civil Disturbance – Terrorism – Active Shooter
G.Nuclear Power Plant Emergency Response Plan
H.Tsunami
I.Adverse Weather
J.Utility Disruption
K.Pandemic
Part 3 – Resource Directory
City of Pismo Beach Emergency Operations Center Resource Directory consists of support materials and references and is a stand-alone document. The materials are intended to provide Disaster personnel with information and data to support the City's Disaster response efforts.
Resource Directory materials in Part 3 include:
1.Emergency Operations Center Communications and Messaging
2.City of Pismo Beach Executive Team Phone Directory (Confidential Numbers)
3.Reverse 911 System
4.Emergency Alerting System (EAS)
5.Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES) Activation Process
6.City of Pismo Beach Resources
7.County of San Luis Obispo Resources
8.Persons with Access and Function Needs
9.Senior Care Facilities
Note: Parts 2 and 3, the Hazard Specific Annexes and Resource Directory Support Documents, are tactical and contain information that changes frequently.
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Part 4 – Recovery Plan
Part 4 of this Plan consists of Recovery materials and references and is a stand-alone document.
The materials are intended to provide information and data to support the City's Disaster recovery efforts.
1. Concept of Operations
2. Recovery Operations Organization
3. Recovery Operations Responsibilities
4. Damage Recovery Assessment
5. Recovery Assistance
6. Documentation
7. Disaster Assistance Process for Public Agencies
8. Hazard Mitigation – Planning and Prevention
9. After Action/Improvement Report
Part 5 – Emergency Operations Center Position Checklists
Part 5 of this Plan consists of SEMS/NIMS Emergency Operations Center Position Checklists. The checklists are intended to provide information to city Staff who are designated as Section Chief/Coordinators and their support staff. Position Checklists include:
1. Emergency Operations Center Staff
2. Command Staff
3. Policy Group
4. Operations Section
5. Logistics Section
6. Finance and Administration
7. Plans and Intelligence
Part 6 – Debris Management
Part 6 of this Plan consists of Debris Management materials and references and is a stand- alone document. The materials are intended to provide information and data to support the City's Debris Management.
The Debris Management Plan Consists of the following elements:
1. Applicant Eligibility
2. Concept of Operations
3. Temporary Debris Storage and Reduction (TSDR) Sites
4. Debris Removal
5. Eligible Work
6. Debris Reduction Methods
7. Demolition of a Damaged Public Facility or Privately-Owned Building
8. Temporary Debris Storage and Reduction Site Closeout Procedures
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9. Debris Forecasting and Estimating
10. Debris Monitoring
11. Organization and Responsibilities
12. Administration and Logistics
13. Authorities, References and Regulations
Part 7 – Continuation of Operations and Reconstitution of Government
Part 7 of this Plan consists of Continuation of Operations and Reconstitution of Government materials and references and is a stand- alone document. The materials are intended to provide information and data to ensure the city is operational at the essential functions level as quickly as possible to ensure recovery and the continuing operation of the City of Pismo Beach
The Continuation of Operations and Reconstitution of Government Plan consists of the following elements:
1. Continuation of Operations and Reconstitution of Government A. Continuation of Operations
B. Reconstitution of Government
a. Lines of Succession
b. Temporary Seat of Government and Temporary Emergency Operations Center c. Vital Records
2. Essential Functions
3. Staffing and Resource Requirement
4. Facilities Planning
5. Contact Information
6. Reporting to work following a disaster
a. Personal and Family Safety
b. When to Report
c. Where to Report
D. Persons with Functional and Access Needs
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 is incorporated into Disaster preparedness plans. This law prohibits discrimination based on disability. A best practice used to effectively address the needs of persons with disabilities or access and functional needs in Disaster preparedness plans is establishing a process to pre-identify resources which may be used to fulfill requests from these individuals for reasonable accommodations they may need in Disaster situations.
Functional Needs Support Services (FNSS) are defined as services that enable children and adults with or without disabilities who have access and functional needs to maintain their health, safety, and independence in a general population shelter. This may include personal assistance services (PAS), durable medical equipment (DME), consumable medical supplies (CMS), and reasonable modification to common practices, policies and procedures. Individuals requiring FNSS may have sensory, physical, mental health, cognitive and/or intellectual disabilities affecting their capability to function independently without assistance. Additionally, the elderly, women in the late stages of pregnancy, and individuals requiring communication assistance and bariatric support may also benefit from FNSS.
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On July 22, 2004, Executive Order 13347 was issued (Individuals with Disabilities in Disaster Preparedness), directing the federal government to work together with state, local and tribal governments, as well as private organizations, to appropriately address the safety and security needs of people with disabilities.
The City of Pismo Beach will make every effort to comply with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), related to disaster and disaster-related programs, services and activities for individuals with disabilities, access and functional needs.
E. Plan Coordination
Almost all major disasters result in response by more than one jurisdiction.
The following is a sample listing of jurisdictions where Plan development and response coordination is essential:
• Federal Disaster Management Agency (FEMA)
• California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) • San Luis Obispo County Office of Emergency Services (OES) • San Luis Obispo County Fire Department
• San Luis Obispo County Sheriff
• All Cities and Special Districts within San Luis Obispo County
F. Disaster Preparedness
The preparedness phase involves activities undertaken in advance of a Disaster. These activities develop operational capabilities and improve effective response to disasters. Disaster plans are developed and revised to guide disaster response and increase available resources. Planning activities include developing hazard analyses, training response personnel, and improving public information and communications systems.
Those identified in this plan, having either a primary or support mission relative to response and recovery, should prepare departmental Standard Operating Guidelines (SOGs) and checklists detailing personnel assignments, policies, notification rosters, and resource lists. Department personnel should be acquainted with these SOGs and checklists through periodic training in the activation and execution procedures.
Preparedness activities are part of the implementation of the Emergency Services Act (ESA), the Master Mutual Aid Agreement (MMAA), and the State Emergency Plan. This plan is considered in effect at all times to provide authorization to accomplish essential preparedness actions.
The receipt of a warning or the observation that a disaster is imminent or likely to occur soon will initiate increased readiness actions. Actions to be accomplished include, but are not necessarily limited to the following:
1. Review and update of Disaster plans.
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2. Dissemination of accurate and timely Disaster public information.
3. Accelerated training of permanent and volunteer staff.
4. Inspection of critical facilities.
5. Recruitment of additional staff and volunteers; as appropriate.
6. Mobilization of resources.
7. Testing warning and communications systems.
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SECTION II - CONCEPTS OF OPERATION
This section outlines the concepts under which the City of Pismo Beach will respond to disasters. How the City of Pismo Beach responds to disasters will depend on the type and magnitude of the situation, many elements of response are similar.
A. Basic Elements of Disaster Response
Some of the basic elements of disaster response common to all types of disasters include the following:
•Event Recognition
•Notification of Response Personnel
•Mobilization of Response Personnel
•Activation of Disaster Response Facilities and Resources •Situation Reporting and Assessment
•Public Alerting and Information
•Protective Action Determination and Implementation
•Reentry and Recovery
Response to all disasters involves the above elements. The type and magnitude of the disaster will determine the level of response necessary.
Some disasters can be preceded with a buildup period lasting from hours to days, and if recognized may provide advanced warning to the population groups which might be affected. In certain instances, all the disasters addressed in the Plan could be preceded by events that could be recognized as advance warning.
These slow building events allow disaster organizations and resources to be mobilized and prepare for response. In other instances, disasters can occur with little or no advance warning. Little advance warning requires disaster organizations and resources to be mobilized just prior to or after the onset of the event.
Since Disaster Preparedness involves planning for worst-case events, the City of Pismo Beach must be prepared to respond promptly and effectively and have a provision for mutual aid resources if the response effort requires resources beyond the City of Pismo Beach capabilities.
The Hazard-Specific Annexes in Part 2 of this Plan provide the detailed concepts of operations for each type of disaster addressed in this Plan.
B. Mutual Aid Concepts
It is the policy of the City of Pismo Beach to utilize Mutual Aid as the primary means to increase personnel and resources for the City of Pismo Beach Disaster Organization. Mutual Aid procedures should be consistent with the California Master Mutual Aid Agreement, California Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Plan, California Fire and Rescue Mutual Aid System, and the San Luis Obispo County Fire, Rescue Mutual Aid Plan, and South San Luis Obispo County Coastal Incident Response Plan.
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Mutual Aid assistance may be provided by one or more of the following:
•California Master Mutual Aid Agreement
•California Fire and Rescue Emergency Plan
•California Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Plan
•Emergency Management Mutual Aid
•Local Mutual Aid Agreements
•Medical/Health Mutual Aid Plan
•Public Works Mutual Aid Agreement and Plan
•Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Disaster Assistance Act •California Fire Assistance Agreement
Mutual Aid, like the Incident Command System (ICS), is provided under the direct control of the requesting jurisdiction and Public Works Mutual Aid Plan under the broad direction of the Incident Commander.
C. San Luis Obispo County Office of Emergency Services
The Office of Emergency Services (OES) coordinates all requests for assistance from San Luis Obispo County (beyond mutual aid agreements established for fire, law, medical, or public works resources).
To request assistance from San Luis Obispo County, contact the Duty Officer at, 805.781.1144.
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SECTION III - HAZARD IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS
This section provides a general overview of the potential threats to the City of Pismo Beach. Each threat annex of the Plan is intended to be stand-alone documents. Each of the annexes examine the potential effects that could result if a Disaster of that type were to occur.
There are several threats which could impact the City of Pismo Beach, including earthquakes, hazardous material incidents, fires, wildland urban interface fires, nuclear power plant, civil disturbance, active shooter incidents, terrorism, adverse weather, utility disruptions and pandemics.
The City of Pismo Beach Hazard Identification and Analysis process used the FEMA Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment Guide.
A. Earthquake
The Richter scale is a method of rating earthquakes based on strength using an indirect measure of released energy. Each one-point increase, on the Richter scale, corresponds to a 10-fold increase in the amplitude of the seismic shock waves and a 32-fold increase in energy released. As an example, an earthquake registering 7.0 on the Richter scale releases over 1,000 times more energy than an earthquake registering 6.0.
Hazard Analysis
1. Situation
Earthquakes are a threat to the City of Pismo Beach due to several fault zones in the vicinity.
2. Potential Threats – Fault Systems
There are several active or potentially active fault systems throughout the region. Small earthquakes, in the range of about magnitude 2.0 – 2.7 and smaller, occur occasionally throughout and near Pismo Beach.
There are five (5) known seismically active faults that run through San Luis Obispo County that include the Los Osos-Edna faults, San Andreas Fault, the Nacimiento- Rinconada Fault, the Hosgri Fault, and the San Simeon Fault. The San Andreas Fault is capable of an 8.5 magnitude earthquake and the greatest threat.
Liquefaction occurs when ground shaking causes loose, saturated soils to lose strength and act like viscous fluid. Liquefaction causes two types of ground failure: lateral spread and loss of bearing strength. Loss of bearing strength causes structures to collapse.
3. Potential Impacts
Potential impacts that may occur as a result of a light-to-heavy damage earthquake impacting the City include: building collapse (particularly un-reinforced masonry structures) causing need for rescue; bluff collapse; mass injuries; hazardous materials releases; major fires; utility disruptions; major natural gas leaks; communication disruptions; need for evacuation; command and coordination problems; roadway and transportation system disruptions; and hospital/school
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disruptions.
The potential direct and indirect consequences of a major earthquake will severely stress the resources of the City and will require a high level of self-help, coordination and cooperation. Out-of- city assistance from other local, regional, state, federal and private agencies may be delayed by more than 72 hours, depending on the regional severity of the earthquake.
For this Plan, earthquakes will be divided into four categories as follows:
a. No Damage Earthquake – Ground motion causes no damage (e.g., no deaths, 6 or less injured, no structural collapse, or no failure of communications, transportation, or utility systems).
b. Light Damage Earthquake – Ground motion causes isolated damage (e.g., 1 or more deaths, 6 or more injured, 1 or more structures suffering partial or complete collapse, or any failure of communications, transportation, or utility systems).
c. Moderate Damage Earthquake – Ground motion causes widespread damage (e.g., several deaths, several injuries, several structures suffering partial or complete collapse, or major failures of communication, transportation, or utility systems).
d. Heavy Damage Earthquake – Ground motion causes catastrophic damage (e.g., massive fatalities, massive injuries, massive structural collapse, or long-term failure of communication, transportation, or utility systems).
e. Aftershocks Most large earthquakes are followed by additional earthquakes, called aftershocks, which make up an aftershock sequence. While most aftershocks are smaller than the mainshock, they can still be damaging or deadly. A small fraction of earthquakes are followed by a larger earthquake, in which case the first earthquake is referred to as a foreshock. Aftershocks may occur days, weeks or months following a large earthquake.
Unified Command will provide leadership of an Earthquake Disaster with the Fire Chief, Deputy Fire Chief or on duty Battalion Chief providing guidance to the Unified Command Staff.
B. Hazardous Materials
Hazardous materials are produced and used throughout the City of Pismo Beach. As a result, an accident involving hazardous materials may occur.
There are a variety of effects that may be caused by an uncontrolled release of hazardous materials. The effects on humans will be dependent on the type and amount of material released.
In addition to the direct human threat, hazardous materials or runoff from fire control may cause pollution and create fire or explosion hazards in sewer systems or other waterway areas.
The toxicity of hazardous materials varies and in some cases exposure to a small quantity of material may cause serious injury or death.
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Hazard Analysis
1. Situation
Due to the major surface arteries that transverse the city, the threat of a Hazardous Materials incident is a possibility.
2. Potential Threats
Hazardous materials incidents may occur at fixed facilities, along any air, sea, or land transportation route, and in unpredictable areas relatively inaccessible by ground transportation. The City has three (3) major transportation arteries, Highways 1, Highway 101, and Highway 227 where hazardous materials are transported through the City.
Pesticides and chemicals are stored at numerous sites around the City. Air transportation of hazardous materials poses a small but still potential hazard. Hazardous waste is occasionally shipped along US 101 to a major dumpsite located in Kettleman Hills near Interstate Highway 5.
3. Potential Range of Impacts
The vast majority of Hazardous Materials events may have little or no impact. However, Hazardous Materials events that are severe in nature may result in impacts ranging from evacuation to serious injuries to citizens and first responders.
The probability for a disastrous hazardous materials incident is low, however the probability for extreme risk to life and property is high should such a Disaster occur.
Unified Command will provide leadership of a Hazardous Materials event with the Fire Chief, Deputy Fire Chief or on duty Battalion Chief providing guidance to the Unified Command Staff.
C. Multiple Casualty
A Multiple Casualty Incident (MCI) is one which involves enough injured persons to overwhelm the first responding medical resources. The incident may be a significant medical hazard to a large population (natural disaster, Hazardous Materials Incident, etc.), or involves evacuation of a medical facility (hospital, convalescent home, etc.).
Hazard Analysis
1. Situation
The potential exists for a Multiple Casualty Incident that could quickly overrun the capabilities of CAL FIRE Pismo Beach.
2. Potential Threats
Several hazards identified within the Emergency Operations Plan could result in multiple casualties and quickly exceed the capabilities of City resources including earthquakes, hazardous materials, Transportation, Fire, Civil Disturbance, Terrorism, Tsunami, and Active Shooters. The threats associated with these hazards are identified in each section.
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3. Potential Range of Impacts
A Multiple Casualty Incident that may could in considerable loss of life and property.
The local Hospitals and Trauma Centers may become burdened with the surge in patients. This may cause the compromise in emergency medical care to the city.
Unified Command will provide leadership of a Mass Casualty Incident with the Fire Chief, Deputy Fire Chief or on duty Battalion Chief providing guidance to the Unified Command Staff.
D. Transportation
A transportation incident is one that involves multiple modes of transportation that may overwhelm the resources of the city.
Hazard Analysis
1. Situation
All motor vehicle incidents have the potential to result in injuries and fatalities to both passengers and the general population.
2. Potential Threats
Surface
As the City’s population increases and traffic flow grows larger on freeways and roadways throughout the City, the possibility of transportation disasters may increase. Incidents on Highways 1, 101, and 227 are major threats due to traffic congestion. Possible causes of surface threats include hazardous material spills, bridge damage from flood, high surf or tsunamis.
Aircraft
Many aircraft accidents are handled by appropriate public safety Disaster response agencies without the need for activation of, or support from, the City’s Disaster organization. However, there may be times when such support could be necessary, such as an aircraft crashing within the city limits, causing significant damage and casualties. Assistance from outside agencies will be needed as well.
The City of Pismo Beach is flown over by commercial flights traveling the Los Angeles – San Francisco corridor as well as flying to other destinations, by military aircraft from bases such as Naval Air Station Lemoore and Vandenberg Air Force Base and by firefighting aircraft operating from the Santa Maria Airport and Paso Robles Municipal Airport.
Railway
An Amtrak passenger train or a tanker/freight derailment are very real possibilities.
3. Potential Impacts
Transportation incidents may cause physical, financial, property damage and psychological impacts with citizens and First Responders.
Unified Command will provide leadership to a Transportation Incident with the Fire Chief, Deputy Fire Chief or on duty Battalion Chief providing guidance to the Unified Command Staff.
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E. Fire
Wildland
The areas that are at risk from a large-scale wildland fire are, for the most part, located on the edge of the City limits; Pismo Preserve, Chumash Park, Onterio Ridge, Cave Landing, Price Canyon Area, Gragg Canyon and The Edna Valley. These Wildland Urban Intermix areas are where there is the most wildland urban intermix (the mixture of homes and wildland areas). These areas are also where the heaviest concentration of brush and grass is found in and around the city. Structures in this Wildland Urban Intermix area are extremely susceptible to wildland fires. The City of Pismo Beach has established and enforces a rigorous weed abatement program.
Structure
A structure fire in the city may involve residences, industrial, commercial, waterfront and pier buildings.
Structures in the City vary in construction from ordinary, heavy timber or wood frame. Each variance in construction type presents a unique challenge for the fire department.
Hazard Analysis
1. Situation
The potential for a major fire in the City of Pismo Beach always exists. Residential, wildland- urban intermix, industrial, waterfront and commercial areas, along with transportation fires are the primary areas of concern. Prevention measures will minimize the impacts.
2. Potential Threats
Wildland
The City of Pismo Beach has a threat from a wildland fire. There are several areas in the community where homes and businesses are built closely together, providing difficult access and with very little defensible space. In addition, the construction of many of these buildings, often wood-frame with wood siding and combustible roofs, would offer significant fuel to a wind or topographically driven fire.
Structure
The City of Pismo Beach has a limited number of older, buildings and many wood framed structures spread throughout the community. Typically, these buildings lack modern fire protection systems and given their construction type could pose challenges for the Fire Department. A significant number of very large buildings can be found in the downtown core of the City of Pismo Beach.
3. Potential Range of Impacts
Major structure fires and wildland-urban intermix fires threaten the safety of city residents and visitors and may have a negative economic impact on the City of Pismo Beach.
It should be noted the City of Pismo Beach has drafted a 2023 Community Wildfire Protection Plan as a blueprint to minimize Wildfire impacts to the City.
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F. Civil Disturbance –Terrorism—Active Shooter
CIVIL DISTURBANCE
Civil Disturbance is the spontaneous disruption of normal, orderly conduct and activities in urban, areas or outbreak of rioting or violence that is of a large nature is referred to as civil disturbance or disorder. Civil disorder is a demonstration of popular unrest that may manifest itself in acts of violence and destruction against property and human life.
High-density event-oriented populations occur at various times throughout the year. They are events that attract large numbers of persons such as July 4th, Car Show, parades, and special events.
Hazard Analysis
1. Situation
The threat to the public, law enforcement and safety personnel can be severe and bold.
2. Potential Threats
Securing of essential facilities and services is necessary. Looting and fires can take place as a result of perceived or actual non-intervention by authorities.
3. Potential Impacts
Damage possibilities range from the loss of life, multiple casualties, significant property damage from fire and looting, or the loss of infrastructure (electric and water systems).
Looting and fires could take place in both commercial and residential areas of the City of Pismo Beach. The setting of fires is a common occurrence in these types of events. Major structure fires or conflagrations are a real threat as fire suppression efforts will often be hindered
TERRORISM
FEMA definition of Terrorism: Terrorism is the use of force or violence against persons or property in violation of the criminal laws of the United States for purposes of intimidation, coercion, or ransom.
The effects of terrorist activities can vary significantly, depending on the type, severity, scope, and duration of the activity. Terrorist activities may result in disruption of utility services, property damage, injuries and the loss of lives.
The possibility of a terrorist action, which might have an impact on the City, cannot be discounted. Terrorist actions may include biological, chemical, incendiary, explosive, nuclear/radiological, or electronic (such as software system) attacks.
Hazard Analysis
1. Situation
The possibility of a terrorist event, while low in possibility, has the potential to cause several casualties and property damage.
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2.Potential Threats
The threat to law enforcement and safety personnel can be severe. Securing of essential facilities and services is necessary. Casualties may take place as a result of perceived or actual non- intervention by authorities.
3.Potential Impacts
Impacts range from the loss of life and multiple casualties to significant property damage from fire and looting, or to the loss of infrastructure (electric and water systems) because of sabotage.
ACTIVE SHOOTER
The frequency of active shooter incidents has increased in recent years, and these incidents have affected numerous places where citizens congregate, such as schools, workplaces, places of worship, shopping malls, public meetings, and movie theaters. Active shooter situations are dynamic and quickly evolve.
Hazard Analysis
1.Situation
An active shooter as an individual or individuals actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a populated area.
2.Potential Threats
Places where many people congregate are the greatest threat to an Active Shooter. There is no pattern or method to the selection of victims.
3.Potential Impacts
The effects of an Active Shooter incident may be but not limited to injuries, death and the psychological impact of the event.
Unified Command will provide leadership to a Civil Disturbance-Terrorism-Active Shooter event with the Police Chief or designee providing guidance to the Unified Command Staff G. Diablo Canyon Power Plant
The Diablo Canyon Power Plant is operated by the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). The plant is in San Luis Obispo County approximately nine miles northwest of the City of Pismo Beach. The plant consists of two nuclear power generating units. Both units are operational. Each unit is a pressurized water type - reactor having an electric power generating capacity more than 1,000 megawatts.
When any nuclear power plant is operated, the potential for a radiological accident exists, though the probability of a serious accident is very low. The principal deterrent to an accident is prevention through conservative design, construction and operation, which assures that the integrity of the reactor system is maintained. Protective systems are installed and are automatically activated to counteract the resulting effects when any part of the reactor system fails. Disaster planning is necessary to assure public safety in the unlikely event that reactor safety systems fail. The Nuclear Regulatory Commissions, working in concert with State and Local Agencies, are responsible for the development of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant
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Disaster Response Plan.
Protective actions are advised if it is necessary to avoid or reduce a projected dose of radiation. A projected dose is an estimate of the potential radiation dose to affected individuals. Generally, protective actions will be either evacuation or sheltering in place. Federal and State guidance advises protective actions for the Protective Action Zone (PAZ) that lies entirely within San Luis Obispo County.
Protective actions for the City of Pismo Beach are anticipated during the plume phase of an incident. The City could be directly affected by protective actions taken in San Luis Obispo County including evacuation, and ingestion pathway exposure, covering food supplies, interdiction and decontamination.
Unified Command will provide leadership to a Diablo Canyon Power Plant with the Fire Chief, Deputy Fire Chief or on duty Battalion Chief providing guidance to the Unified Command Staff.
H. Adverse Weather
The City of Pismo Beach is susceptible to the following Adverse Weather events in any given year.
Hazard Analysis
Drought: Droughts have major impacts to the environment, agriculture, health and economics of the City.
During these periods the city must be on the alert to impacts in the community and take the appropriate corrective measures.
Erosion: Erosion is a natural geological process caused by currents, storms, earthquakes, winds, and the gradual movement of tectonic plates. It may take place slowly over thousands of years, or it may occur dramatically, as with landslides or severe storms.
Localized Flooding: Floods are a natural occurrence along stream beds and creek areas as a result of significant rain events. Flash flooding can be caused by heavy localized rainfall, which can turn streets and creek beds into raging torrents of water capable of causing extensive damage and posing a danger to the public.
The National Weather Service’s definition of a flash flood is a flood occurring in a watershed where the time of travel of the peak of flow from one end of the watershed to the other is less than six hours.
Pismo Creek flows into and/or through the City. The Creek runs under Highway 1 and near the Mobile Home Parks just South of the Downtown Core.
When rainfall and surface run-off from a storm exceeds a drainage system's capacity to adequately channel and contain the water, flooding may occur. Potential flood problem areas include: Highway 1, Mobile Home Parks on the East side of Highway 1 and Mobile Camping Sites West of Highway 1. Other problems and hazards associated with flooding and inclement weather include utility disruptions, power lines down, trees down, and transportation route disruptions.
Windstorms: Refers to any dangerous meteorological phenomena with the potential to cause damage,
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serious social disruption, or loss of human life. Severe windstorms pose a significant risk to life and property in the region by creating conditions that disrupt essential systems such as public utilities, telecommunications, and transportation routes. High winds can and do occasionally cause tornado-like damage to local homes and businesses. Severe windstorms can present a very destabilizing effect on the dry brush that covers local hillsides and wildland urban intermix areas. In addition, high winds may have destructive impacts, especially to property trees, power lines, and other utility services.
Severe Winter Storm: A Severe Winter storms are a combination of High Winds and Heavy Rains. These events occur on a regular basis when two fronts combine to create the storm. Storms present the possibility of erosion and localized flooding. Monitoring weather conditions and resource planning is the appropriate action when they are forecast.
Tsunami: A tsunami, or seismic sea wave, is a series of waves generated by seismic activity in or near the Pacific Ocean. They may be as far apart as one hour, and up to twenty feet high on this part of the coast. There is no way to determine in advance the amplitude or size of the waves. A small tsunami at one beach can be a giant at another a few miles away.
Tsunamis have done great damage to communities located on the California coast. A tsunami in 1964 killed 12 people in Crescent City and damaged piers and boats in Morro Bay. Damage in Morro Bay was caused as the bay emptied and filled every 15 minutes for over an hour. A 1960 tsunami killed 61 people in Hawaii; six hours after a warning had been issued. Sooner or later, tsunamis strike every coastline in the Pacific, and for this reason they pose a threat to the citizens and visitors of Pismo Beach.
Should such an emergency occur, the risk to life and property could be extreme.
Areas of inundation/impact include small portions of Shell Beach and areas South of Wadsworth West of Highway 1 until Pismo Creek. The wave can follow the Pismo Creek bed and run up into areas East of Highway 1. All Mobile Home Parks are at risk.
Severe Heat: With the Mediterranean climate impacting the City severe heat events have been rare in nature. However recently the occurrence of a severe heat event has become much more prevalent.
1. Situation
Adverse Weather events are of relatively short duration but nonetheless can create major recovery issues for the city. The risk of these events impacting Pismo Beach is a concern as they occur on a frequent basis.
2.Potential Threats
Adverse Weather events may place the City’s commercial district in jeopardy. Single Family, Multi- Family residential units and unhoused community encampments will also be in jeopardy during an Adverse Weather event.
3.Range of Impacts
Adverse Weather events may impact housing, commercial, infrastructure and Tourism.
Unified Command will provide leadership in an Adverse Weather event, with the Public Works Director or designee providing guidance to the Unified Command Staff.
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I. Utility Disruption
The City of Pismo Beach is susceptible to a utility disruption which can be caused by a natural disaster or planed shut off through a Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) Off utilized by Pacific Gas & Electric Company to help reduce the likelihood of a wildfire being sparked by electrical equipment.
Hazard Analysis
1. Situation
The frequency of PSPS events have increased in frequency statewide and have occurred in Pismo Beach County. As the frequency of severe fire weather increases, so will the prevalence of PSPS events.
2. Potential Threats
Utility Disruption events typically occur after natural disasters or as a result of severe fire weather requiring a PSPS. The lack of power during these events may result in threats to public health and safety due to the need for climate-controlled environments, electrically powered medical equipment, and refrigerated medications. Extended disruptions could jeopardize essential community needs such as healthcare services and communication infrastructure. Loss of power could jeopardize local business inventories which are reliant on refrigeration.
3. Range of Impacts
The range of impacts as a result of a utility disruption is wide. Events may impact housing, commercial, traffic safety, tourism and public health and safety.
Unified Command will provide leadership to a utility disruption with the Fire Chief, Police Chief, or on duty Fire Battalion Chief providing guidance to the Unified Command Staff.
J. Pandemic
Per the Center of Disease Control (CDC) an epidemic refers to an increase, often sudden, in the number of cases of a disease above what is normally expected in that population in that area. Pandemic refers to an epidemic that has spread over several countries or continents, usually affecting a large number of people.
While the frequency of pandemics is low, when one occurs it is likely to impact the City.
Hazard Analysis
1. Situation
Pandemic events are of relatively long duration and can create major continuity of operations and economic recovery issues for the city. While the frequency of these events is low, the risk of a pandemic impacting Pismo Beach is a concern due to the impacts on the community.
2. Potential Threats
Pandemic events may place the City’s ability to provide service in jeopardy due to the impact on staffing availability. Additionally, pandemics can jeopardize the business community and travel industry and jeopardize the local economy.
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3. Range of Impacts
The range of impacts as a result of a pandemic is wide. Pandemics can strain the local healthcare systems. Events may also disrupt the local economy due to the need to implement emergency public health measures limiting human interaction resulting in loss of business revenue and reduced travel activity and subsequent lost tax revenue associated with sales and transient occupancy.
Unified Command will provide leadership to a pandemic with the Fire Chief, Police Chief, and City Manager providing guidance to the Unified Command Staff.
SECTION IV - DISASTER MANAGEMENT
A. National Incident Management Systems (NIMS) and Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS)
In a disaster, government response is an extraordinary extension of responsibility and action, coupled with the normal day-to-day activities associated with governing. Any disaster event of local consequence will more than likely overwhelm the resources of Pismo Beach, requiring assistance from a multitude of agencies, initially from area mutual aid partners, then from the State and in major events the Federal Government. The Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS) and the National Incident Management System (NIMS) have been adopted by the City of Pismo Beach. These systems establish a state and nationwide standard response structure and basic protocols to be used by all agencies in both Disaster response and recovery from a major event. Their authority and structure can be found in Title 21 of the California Code of Regulations the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and the Homeland Security Presidential Directive #5, 2004.
The intent of this system is a more coordinated effort of Disaster management, first at the local level, then at the San Luis Obispo County level, then the state level, and when it is warranted at the national level.
B. Incident Command System (ICS)
The Incident Command System (ICS) is a field-level Disaster management system that consists of several components. When applied together, the following provide the basis for effective Disaster management:
• Common terminology
• Modular organization
• Integrated communications
• Unified command structure
• Consolidated action plans
• Manageable span of control
• Comprehensive resource management
The modular aspect of The Incident Command System (ICS) establishes a Disaster organization based on the resources needed to support all phases of a Disaster. The organization's staff will be integrated from the top down. If a situation escalates, additional resources can be brought into the organization, and, likewise, when the situation de-escalates, resources can be released when they are no longer needed.
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C. Department Operating Center (DOC)
The Department Operating Center (DOC) staff coordinates with the EOC to support the overall City Disaster response and recovery activities. The DOC supports the EOC and is a conduit from the field to the EOC.
NOTE: Tactical on-scene response decisions are made at the field Incident Command level—NOT by members of the EOC/DOC staff.
The following DOC’s support the EOC:
• Fire DOC
• Law Enforcement DOC
• Public Works DOC
• Utilities DOC
• Community Development DOC
D. City of Pismo Beach Disaster Organization
The Disaster Operations Organizational Chart, at the end of this section, illustrates the City of Pismo Beach's Incident Management Organization for various types of disasters. The staffing and actual structure of the organization will vary based on the type and severity of a Disaster.
Table V lists City personnel that will be trained to fill the Disaster positions shown. Each position has an alternate. Some are cross trained to fill several positions. The City of Pismo Beach Emergency Operations Center is led by the Emergency Services Director. The Emergency Services Director has overall responsibility for the City of Pismo Beach Disaster Management. The City Manager is designated as the Emergency Services Director. The Assistant City Manager is the Deputy Emergency Services Director and is to provide policy guidance to the EOC.
The highest ranking on-duty Fire Officer or Police Officer will act as the field Incident Commander at the onset of a Disaster. When the Emergency Operations Center is activated, the Emergency Services Director is supported by five functional groups.
The functional Disaster Operations Center groups are:
• Command Staff
• Operations Section
• Planning/Intelligence Section
• Logistics Section
• Finance/Administration Section
Except for Command, which includes the Emergency Services Director and support staff, each of these groups is headed by a Section Coordinator. The Section Coordinators comprise the General Staff that is the management core under the Emergency Operations Center Director. The Section Coordinators may activate functions as needed to support Section operations.
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E. Responsibilities
This section outlines the general responsibilities of the functional Incident Management Organization groups.
1. Emergency Services Director
The Emergency Services Director has responsibility for coordinating all the EOC operations.
Depending on the type of Disaster, personnel authorized to act in the capacity of Disaster Operations Center Director are as follows:
• City Manager
• Assistant City Manager
• Fire Chief
• Police Chief
• City Clerk
• Administrative Services Director
• Tourism and Events Director
• Public Works Director
• Community Development Director
• Designated Fire and Police Personnel
The Emergency Services Director responsibilities include:
• Directing the Command Staff and General Staff.
• Developing and implementing strategic decisions including prioritizing multiple needs for resource allocation.
• Approving the order and release of resources.
• Activating Incident Command System elements.
• Ensuring planning meetings are conducted.
• Approving and authorizing implementation of Incident Action Plans. • Determining information needs and informing the Command Staff. • Reviewing and authorizing the release of information to the news media and public. • Ensuring the general welfare and safety of the Emergency Operations Center personnel.
• Approving the Plan for demobilization and recovery.
2. Field Incident Commander (IC)
The Incident Commander (IC) has responsibility for coordinating all field Disaster Operations. The Incident Commander (IC) must work in close accord with the Emergency Operations Center Director. Depending on the type of Disaster, personnel authorized to act in the capacity of Incident Commander (IC) are as follows:
• Police Chief
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• Fire Chief
• Public Works Director
• Community Development Director
• Designated Fire and Police Officers
The Incident Commander’s (IC) responsibilities include:
• Directing the operations in the field.
• Developing and implementing strategic decisions.
• Approving the order and release of resources.
• Activating Incident Command System elements.
3. Emergency Operations Center Safety and Security Officer/Emergency Workers Exposure Control (EWEC)
The Emergency Operations Center Safety and Security Officer is responsible for monitoring and assessing hazardous and unsafe situations and developing measures for assuring EOC personnel safety. The EOC Safety and Security Officer will make recommendations to the Emergency Services Director to correct unsafe acts or conditions. The Safety and Security Officer may provide input in the development of Incident Action Plans regarding safe operations conduct. Additional responsibility includes the EWEC Coordinator for a Diablo Canyon Power Plant related event.
4. Public Information Officer
The Public Information Officer is responsible for formulating and releasing information about the Disaster to the news media and the general public.
In some situations, the Public Information Officer and Liaison Officer may be handled by one person. In large-scale Disaster situations, additional staff may be required for this function to operate effectively.
The Public Information Officer Function responsibilities include:
• Gathering and disseminating Disaster information.
• Activating a Joint Information Center (JIC) at a location remote from the Emergency Operations Center.
• Obtain approval for the release of information.
• Coordinating the release of Disaster information to the public and news media with other agencies.
• Responding to special requests for information.
• Providing information about the Disaster to the Incident Management Organization.
5. Liaison Officer
The Liaison Officer will be the primary contact for outside agencies. In large-scale Disaster situations, additional staff may be required for this function to operate effectively.
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• Identifying contacts and communication links with outside agencies and organizations. • Providing information to and responding to requests from inter-agency and intra- agency contacts.
6. Policy Group
Led by the Mayor, assisted by the City Manager, City Council, City Clerk and City Attorney, this group will provide legal and long-range policy as the Disaster effects the overall operation of the City. Direction from the Administration/Policy Group to the Emergency Operations Center Director and to the field Incident Commander must be updated on a regular basis.
7. Operations Section
This section is headed by the Operations Section Coordinator and is a member of the General staff. This section is responsible for the following operations:
• Providing and coordinating law enforcement services, including assisting other law enforcement agencies in traffic management.
• Providing and coordinating public works services, including providing and placing barricades and signs for traffic management activities. • Providing and coordinating fire protection services.
• Providing and coordinating emergency medical services for the City. • Establishing and managing staging areas.
• Ensuring the general welfare and safety of section personnel. • Providing Care and Shelter for the City.
• Providing Evacuation direction for the City.
The Law Enforcement Branch, Fire and Rescue Branch, and Public Works Branch, are examples of functions that will operate under the direction of the Operations Section Coordinator.
8. Plans and Intelligence Section
This section is led by the Plans and Intelligence Section Coordinator and is a member of the General staff. The Section is responsible for obtaining, evaluating, disseminating and using information concerning the developing status of the Disaster. This information is needed to understand the current situation and develop appropriate courses of action to effectively manage the Disaster response.
The Situation/Status Unit, Advance Plans Unit, GIS/Mapping Unit Documentation Unit, are examples of functions that will operate under the direction of the Plans and Intelligence Section Coordinator.
9. Logistics Section
This section is led by the Logistics Section Coordinator and is a member of the General staff. The
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Logistics Section Coordinator, with assistance from several units, is responsible for providing logistical needs such as Facilities Unit, Communications/IT Unit, Transportation Unit, Supply Procurement Unit, and Personnel Unit. The Logistic Section Coordinator is also responsible for ensuring the general welfare and safety of section personnel.
The, Communications/IT Unit, Facilities Unit, and Supply Procurement Unit are examples of functions that will operate under the direction of the Logistics Section Coordinator.
10. Finance and Administration Section
This section is led by the Finance and Administration Section Coordinator and is a member of the General staff; this section is responsible for all financial and cost aspects associated with the Disaster. The Finance and Administration Section Coordinator manages and is assisted by three units: The Time Unit, Cost Finance Unit, Compensation and Claims Unit. These are examples of functions that will be under the direction of the Finance/Administration Section Coordinator.
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EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER POSITION ASSIGNMENTS
The following section outlines position assignments for the Incident Leadership Organization members.
The assignments are made corresponding to position within the regular City of Pismo Beach Disaster Leadership Organization Chart by position only. Members of the City of Pismo Beach Disaster Leadership Organization that are as appointed to the Emergency Operations Center shall be made aware of their assignment and offered special training for their incident management function. These assignments are recommendations only. Any person familiar with the Incident Command System may be used to fill positions that are deficient on personnel, especially in the early stages of an incident.
EOC POSITION JOB TITLE
Emergency Services Director City Manager
Deputy Emergency Services Director Assistant City Manager Alternates: As appointed by Emergency Services Director Public Information Officer Human Resources Officer
Alternates: Public Communications Manager
Liaison Officer Associate Planner
Alternates: As appointed by Emergency Services Director Legal Officer City Attorney
Alternates: Deputy City Attorney
EOC Safety and Security Officer Police Representative
Alternates: As appointed by Emergency Services Director Operations Coordinator (Fire) Fire Chief Officer
Alternates: Fire Captain
Operations Coordinator (Law Enforcement) Police Chief
Alternates: Police Commander
Operations Coordinator (Natural Disaster) Public Works Director Alternates: Engineering Manager
Fire & Rescue Branch Leader Fire Chief Officer
Alternates: Fire Captain
Law Enforcement Branch Leader Police Commander
Alternates: Police Sergeant
Care & Shelter Branch Leader Tourism and Events Director Alternates: Tourism Coordinator
Utilities Branch Leader As appointed by Emergency Services Director Alternates: As appointed by Emergency Services Director Public Works Branch Leader Public Works Director
Alternates: Engineering Manager
Planning/Intelligence Coordinator Community Development Director Alternates: Planning Manager
Situation/Status Unit Leader As appointed by Emergency Services Director Alternates: As appointed by Emergency Services Director Advance Plans Unit Leader As appointed by Emergency Services Director Alternates: As appointed by Emergency Services Director
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EOC POSITION JOB TITLE
Documentation Unit Leader Police Representative
Alternates: As appointed by Emergency Services Director Damage Assessment Community Development Representative
Alternates: As appointed by Emergency Services Director GIS/Mapping Unit Leader Public Works Representative
Alternates: As appointed by Emergency Services Director Resource Unit Leader As appointed by Emergency Services Director Alternates: As appointed by Emergency Services Director Tech Specialist IT Manager or Assistant
Alternates: As appointed by Emergency Services Director Logistics Coordinator Utility Manager
Alternates: CIP Manager
Communications/IT Unit Leader IT Manager
Alternates: As appointed by Emergency Services Director Facilities Unit Leader Streets and Facilities Manager
Alternates: As appointed by Emergency Services Director Supply/Procurement Leader Finance Representative
Alternates: As appointed by Emergency Services Director Personnel Unit Leader Human Resources Officer
Alternates: As appointed by Emergency Services Director Finance/Administration Coordinator Administrative Services Director Alternate: Finance Manager
Time Unit Leader As appointed by Emergency Services Director Alternates: As appointed by Emergency Services Director Compensation/Claims Unit Leader Human Resources Officer Alternates: As appointed by Emergency Services Director Cost Accounting Unit As appointed by Emergency Services Director Alternates: As appointed by Emergency Services Director
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SECTION V - PROGRAM MAINTENANCE
A. City of Pismo Beach Municipal Code, Title 2 Administration and Personnel, Chapter 2.32 Emergency Services
2.32.030 Emergency services committee—Membership.
The city of Pismo Beach emergency services committee is created and shall consist of the following:
A. The mayor, who shall be the chairperson of the emergency services committee; B. The city manager, who shall be the director of emergency services, shall be the vice-chairperson, and shall develop emergency services and disaster plans and organize the program for the city, and shall have such other duties as may be assigned;
C. An emergency services coordinator, who shall be the assistant director of emergency services, who is responsible for plan updates and other duties;
D. Such chiefs of emergency services and departments, services or divisions as are provided for by resolution pursuant to this chapter;
E. Such representatives of civic, business, labor, and veterans, professional or other organizations having an official group or organization of emergency service of disaster responsibility as may be appointed by the director of emergency services with the advice and consent of the city council.
2.32.040 Emergency services committee—Powers and duties.
It shall be the duty of the city emergency services committee, and it is empowered, to review and recommend for adoption by the city council, emergency services and mutual aid plans and agreements, and such ordinances and resolutions and rules and regulations as are necessary to implement such plans and agreements. The emergency services committee shall meet upon call of the chairman or, in his or her absence from the city or inability to call such meeting, upon the call of the vice-chairperson.
2.32.70 Emergency services organization—Designated.
All officers and employees of this city, together with those volunteer forces enrolled to aid them during a disaster, and all groups, organizations, and persons, including persons commandeered under the provisions of Section 2.36.060 C, who may by agreement or operations of laws, be charged with duties incident to the protection of life and property in this city during such emergency, shall constitute the emergency services organization of the city. (Ord. 04-06 (part), 2004
B. Plan and Procedure Maintenance
This Plan, in its entirety, will be reviewed, maintained, and updated on an annual basis by the Police Chief or designee. The Plan Summary (Part 1) sets objectives and policy for the City and therefore changes require the approval of the City Council.
The Hazard Specific Annexes (Part 2), Resource Directory (Part 3), the Recovery Directory and Plan (Part 4), Emergency Operations Center Position Checklists (Part 5), Debris Management Plan (Part 6), and Continuation of Operations and Reconstitution of Government (Part 7), are tactical and reference documents containing information that changes frequently. As such they do not require City Council Approval.
C. Disaster Resource Maintenance
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The Disaster Preparedness Committee shall direct City Departments to establish and maintain a Disaster Resources Directory (DRD) for the purposes of listing equipment, supplies, facilities, and communications systems for use in disaster situations. The Disaster Resource Directory shall contain vendor contacts, their phone numbers, and general information. The Disaster Resource Directory is in City of Pismo Beach Emergency Operations Plan.
D. Training
It is the policy of the City of Pismo Beach to sponsor and coordinate an annual exercise on a component of the City of San Luis Obispo Emergency Operations Plan. The Police Department, with the assistance of CAL FIRE will develop and administer the drills or exercises. The primary purpose of these events will be to evaluate and improve the Disaster Response Plan that the event may be based on. The exercise or drill should be a no-fault training and learning experience to all its participants.
All actions during the exercise will be observed and recorded by an evaluator group comprised of Disaster Leadership Subject Matter Experts. A "no fault" discussion and critique will follow the exercise. This critique will afford department players and the evaluator group with an opportunity to jointly comment on perceived strengths, and what needs improvements to the Disaster Response Plan exercised. A closed evaluator group meeting will follow the critique for the purpose of recording on a consensus basis specific recommendation for Plan improvement. These recommendations will then be presented to the San Luis Obispo Fire Chief within 30 days after the actual exercise.
The Police and Fire Department will also assist individual departments in developing training programs specific to both individuals and any position he or she may hold within the City of Pismo Beach Disaster Management Organization.
The Fire Department will also be responsible for providing general training to the City Council and the employees as needs arise.
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E. Revision Page
This Section is for Plan Holders to record the posting of each Official Plan Revision made by the City of Pismo Beach. Please enter the revision number, revision title, page number revised date the revision was posted and the name of the person posting the revision.
The format for numbering revisions shall be a sequential number followed by the last two digits of the current calendar year (e.g., #1-15, #2-15, and so on). New sequential revision numbers will begin each January 1.
Revision Number Title Page Number(s) Revision Date Name
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SECTION VII - AUTHORITIES AND REFERENCES
A. Authorities
The following provides Disaster authorities for conducting and/or supporting Disaster operations:
1. Federal
• Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Disaster Assistance • Federal Disaster Relief Act
• Federal Civil Defense Act
2. State
• SEMS Regulations California Code of Regulations (SEMS Guidelines). • California Disaster Services Act
• California Disaster Plan
• California Disaster Assistance Act
• State Toxic Disaster Contingency Plan.
• California Health and Safety Code, (Division 20, Chapter 6.5, Sections 25115 (defines “Extremely Hazardous Waste”) and 25117 (defines “Hazardous Waste”), Chapter 6.95, Sections 25500 et seq. (Business and Area Plans relating to the handling and release or threatened release of hazardous material), (Section 114705 et seq., dealing with Control of Radioactive Contamination of the Environment).
• Orders and Regulations, which may be Selectively Promulgated by the Governor during a State of Disaster
• Orders and Regulations Promulgated by the Governor to Take Effect upon the Existence of a State of War Disaster
• California Master Mutual Aid Agreement
3. Local
• City of Pismo Beach Municipal Code Title 2 Administration and Personnel, Chapter 2.32 Emergency Services
• San Luis Obispo County Code - Disaster Organization and Functions
B. References
• California Disaster Plan
• California Disaster Resources Management Plan
• California Fire and Rescue Operations Plan
• California Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Plan
• California Master Mutual Aid Agreement
• California Disaster Medical Services Authority Multi- Causality Incident Guidelines • CAL FIRE Policies and Procedures Manual.
• City of Pismo Beach, Multi-hazard Disaster Response Plan • FIRESCOPE Field Operations Guide - ICS 420-1
• San Luis Obispo County Disaster Operations Plan
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• San Luis Obispo County Earthquake Disaster Response Plan, San Luis Obispo County Office of Disaster Services
• San Luis Obispo County Hazardous Materials Disaster Response Plan, San Luis Obispo County OES,
• San Luis Obispo County / Pismo Beach Nuclear Power Plant Disaster Response Plan • FEMA Developing and Maintaining Disaster Operations Plan, Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 101, Version 2.0
• San Luis Obispo County Tsunami Response Plan
• San Luis Obispo County Disaster Response Plan
• Lucia Mar School District, Comprehensive Disaster Management Plan
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Emergency Operations Center
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER (EOC) ACTIVATION TREE
Rev. 4-2024
1. Police or Fire alerts City Manager
2. City Manager alerts Chiefs / Primaries
3. Chiefs / Primaries report to EOC and wait for direction before alerting Alts. / Coordinators
4. Once alerted, Alts. / Coordinators initiate remainder of phone tree notifications
5. Alternates cycle every 12 hours
Fire Branch Chief
Paul Lee (Battalion Chief)
Fire Alt 1
Cal Fire Duty Chief ()
Law Branch Chief
Jeff Smith (Police Chief)
Law Alt 1
Chris Trimble (Ops Cmmdr)
Law Alt 2
Dan Herlihy (Support Sv Cmmdr)
Emergency Services Director
Jorge Garcia (City Manager)
Director Alt 1
Jeff Smith (Police Chief)
Director Alt 2
Mike James (Asst. City Manager)
Legal Counsel
Dave Fleishman (City Attorney)
Legal Alt 1
Chelsea O'Sullivan (Asst City Atty)
Public Information Officer
Bianka Buchanan (HR Officer)
PIO Alt 1
Mike James (Asst. City Manager)
PIO Alt 2
Dave Fleishman (City Attorney)
Community Liaison
Gordon Jackson (TED Director)
Community Alt 1
Micki Salazar (Tourism Coord.)
Community Alt 2
Colleen Ghiglia (Recreation Mgr.)
Finance Chief
Nadia Feeser (ASD Director)
Fin Alt 1
Vanessa Garris (Finance Mgr.)
Fin Alt 2
Marc Arroyo (Sr. Mgt. Analyst)
Information Technology
Jason Takagi (IT Manager)
IT Alt 1
Ben Youngblood (IT Contractor)
Logistics Chief
Billy Haas (Facilities Mgr.)
Logs Alt 1
Daniel Contreras (CIP Manager)
Planning Chief
Scot Graham (CDD Director)
Planning Alt 1
Cindy Jacinth (Planning Manager)
Planning Alt 2
Aileen Nygaard (Planner)
County Liaison Officer
Mike Gruver (Planner)
County Alt 1
Mike Stoker (Building Official)
Public Works Chief
Ben Fine (Public Works Dir.)
PW Alt 1
Eric Eldridge (Sr. Engineer)
PW Alt 2
Mark Wilson (Facilities Mgr.)
EWEC Coordinator
Erin Olsen (Sr. Mgt. Analyst)
EWEC Alt 1
Jeff Gorham (Reg Compliance)
City of Pismo Beach
Emergency Operations Plan
EARTHQUAKE
ANNEX A
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Annex A, City of Pismo Beach Earthquake Emergency Management Plan addresses the City of Pismo Beach's response to an earthquake. Response measures and procedures concerning the policy and operations of the City of Pismo Beach Emergency Organization are contained herein.
Coordinated Response
It is recognized that if a major earthquake impacts the City of Pismo Beach and is regional in nature, Unified Command with San Luis County will be responsible for coordinating the response.
ICS/SEMS/NIMS
The City of Pismo Beach has adopted the Incident Command System (ICS), the Standardized Emergency System (SEMS), and the National Incident Management System (NIMS) as the emergency organization and the emergency management system for response to a damaging earthquake impacting the City of Pismo Beach.
Unified Incident Command Authority
In the event of an earthquake, the Police Chief will assume the position of Unified Incident Commander.
In the event the Police Chief is not available, the following chain of command is provided to identify authorized alternates to fill the City of Pismo Beach's position as Incident Commander.
No. 1 – The Fire Chief or the On-Duty Police Watch Commander No. 2 – The On-Duty Fire Battalion Chief
No. 3 – The highest-ranking Police Officer or Fire Personnel
The Unified Incident Commander will:
Alert the Pismo Beach City Manager as to the severity of the incident.
Emergency Operations Center Leadership
The City Manager is the Emergency Services Director. The Assistant City Manager is the Deputy Emergency Services Director.
Persons with Access and Functional Needs
It is the intent of the City of Pismo Beach to ensure that Persons with Functional and Access Needs have equal services that are provided to the citizens of Pismo Beach and are a priority during an emergency.
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Earthquake
Table of Contents
Section Page
Forward 2
Table of Contents 3
I. Essentials 5
A. Earthquake Advisory 5
B. Initiating Event 6
C. Earthquake Plan Activation 6
D. Initial Alerting 6
II. Response 7
A. Emergency Operations Center Locations 7
B. Emergency Operations Center-Levels of Activation 7 C. Emergency Response Levels 8
D. Situation Awareness Reporting 8 E. Situation Reporting Zones 9 F. Situation Zone Responsibilities 9 G. Pismo Beach County Resources 9
III. Hazard Assessment 10
A. Hazard Assessment 10
IV. Potential Impacts 11
1. Leadership 12
2. Situation Reporting 13
3. Building Collapse/Rescue 13
4. Multiple Casualties 13
5. School Disruptions 13
6. Hazardous Materials release 13
7. Fires 13
8. Evacuation 13
9. Utilities—Natural Gas—Electric—Water—Sanitation 13
10. Transportation System 13
11. Communications 14
12. Emergency Public Information 14
13. Security 14
14. Volunteer Support 15
15. Donation Management 15
16. Care and Shelter 15
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V. Emergency Recovery 15
A. Re-entry 15
B. Demobilization 15
C. Final Report and Activity Log 16
VI. Plan Administration
A. Plan Adoption 16
B. Purpose 16
C. Authorities 16
D. Scope 16
E. Plan Revisions 17
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I. Essentials
A. Earthquake Advisory
Advisories are not formal predictions but are issued following earthquakes in which there is concern about subsequent damaging earthquakes. They are statements by CalOES regarding scientific assessments, usually 3 – 5 days, that there is a likelihood for damaging earthquakes to occur in areas designated in the advisory. The basis for advisories is existing knowledge of the seismic history and potential of the area under consideration.
Glossary of Prediction Terminology:
Long-Term Earthquake Potential
No specific time periods. May refer to decades, centuries, or millennia.
Long-Term Prediction
A prediction of an earthquake that is expected to occur within a few years up to a few decades.
Intermediate-Term Prediction
A prediction of an earthquake that is expected to occur within a period of a few weeks to a few years.
Short-Term Prediction
A prediction of an earthquake that is expected to occur within a few hours to a few weeks.
The short-term prediction can be divided as follows:
o Imminent Alert – Up to three days.
o Alert – Three days to a few weeks.
Probability
The following terms and percentages are suggested:
General Predictions Parkfield
Slight – 10% or less Level C – 2.8% to 11%
Moderate – 11% to 49% Level B – 11% to 37%
High – 50% to 100% Level A – 37% or more
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B. Initiating Event
The earthquake is the initiating event that alerts the public and the City of Pismo Beach. The focal point for reporting initial earthquake damage is the City of Pismo Beach’s Emergency Communications Center (dispatch).
C. Earthquake Plan Activation
It is the policy of the City of Pismo Beach that an earthquake, as referenced in this Plan, and in the judgment of the City Manager, Fire Chief or Police Chief, or their designee, warrants activation of this plan.
If confirmed damage is brought to the attention of the City of Pismo Beach Emergency Communications Center, contact with the Unified Incident Commander (or authorized alternate) should be attempted. If contact is possible, the Unified Incident Commander or alternate would be advised of the situation, including initial damage reports.
Additionally, if contact with the Unified Incident Commander or any authorized alternate cannot be made, the on-duty Fire Officer or highest-ranking Police Officer may recommend Plan activation.
Unified Command will provide leadership of an Earthquake Disaster with the Fire Chief, Deputy Fire Chief or on duty Battalion Chief providing guidance to the Unified Command Staff.
D. Initial Alerting
Upon Plan activation, the Pismo Beach Emergency Communications Center will notify City departments of Plan and Emergency Operations Center activation. EOC mobilization instructions are as follows:
The on-duty dispatchers (with the assistance of on-duty support staff) will:
Notify the Pismo Beach City Manager and all department heads and have them report to the City’s Emergency Operations Center.
Alert all off-duty police, fire and public works personnel and have them report to assigned work areas.
Poll police and fire units and stations for damage assessment and available resources.
Alert on-duty police and fire units and instruct them to begin Situation Reporting in the Pismo Beach Situation Reporting Zones (SRZ).
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II. Response
A. Emergency Operations Center Locations:
The following are the EOC locations for an emergency event. (Note: These locations may be adjusted or changed depending on the specific circumstances of the event).
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER (EOC)
Primary: Pismo Beach Police Department
1000 Bello Street
Pismo Beach, CA 93449
Secondary: Pismo Beach City Hall
760 Mattie Road
Pismo Beach, CA 93449
B. Emergency Operations Center – Levels of Activation
The number of City staff at the EOC will depend on the level of activation. The person authorizing the activation of the EOC will determine the Level of Activation. The Emergency Services Director or Deputy Emergency Services Director may change the activation level throughout the emergency as needed. The levels of activation are:
EOC LEVEL 1
A major disaster wherein local resources are overwhelmed. State and/or federal resources are required. A local emergency and a state of emergency will be proclaimed. A Presidential Declaration of Emergency or major disaster will be requested by the Governor. The EOC will be staffed to the highest number of personnel possible or necessary working operational periods.
EOC LEVEL 2
A moderate to severe emergency wherein local resources are not adequate and mutual aid may be proclaimed by City Council and/or County. The EOC will be moderately staffed.
EOC LEVEL 3
A minor to moderate incident wherein local resources is adequate and available. A local emergency may or may not be declared. The EOC will be minimally staffed.
Note: Upon activation of the City of Pismo Beach’s Emergency Operations Center, contact will be established with the County of San Luis Obispo Office of Emergency Services
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C. Emergency Response Levels
Levels of response may vary due to differing perceptions of the incident by response personnel, based on their experience, training, capability, and the local response policy. In addition, the characteristics of the material, the nature of its release, and the vulnerability of the receptors (i.e., populations, ecosystems) may also influence the level of response.
Emergency response for earthquake emergencies is broken down into three levels:
Level 1, Severe Emergency: Total recall of all off-duty police, fire department personnel, and request the Pismo Beach City Manager and all department heads report to the City’s Emergency Operations Center.
Level 2, Escalating Emergency: Increased number of incidents due to a damaging earthquake.
On-duty crews cannot keep up with calls. The incident can be handled by calling out all off-duty public works department employees and with the assistance of on-duty fire and police units.
Level 3, Non-Emergency: Always in effect day-to-day routine operations. No excessive incident loads. On-duty crews can handle all calls.
D. Situation-Awareness Reporting
1. General
The priority upon emergency plan activation is situation reporting: the process of getting a complete and comprehensive picture of the damages caused by the event. Immediately after a damaging earthquake, situation reporting may be minimal. It is recognized that complete damage intelligence may take several hours to several days to get a complete and stable citywide assessment. Continuing situation reporting is critically important and is the foundation on which EOC/field actions are based. Every effort must be made to immediately initiate a field survey within a Situation Reporting Zone (SRZ) and to gather the best available information, and report that information through channels to the City of Pismo Beach EOC as soon as possible.
Situation Reports may become available from the other sources, i.e.:
General Public
News and social media
San Luis Obispo County Emergency Communications Center San Luis Obispo County Office of Emergency Services
City of Pismo Beach radio equipped field units
Caltrans
California Highway Patrol
SEMPRA (formerly known as Southern California Gas Company) Lucia Mar Unified School District
Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E)
Area Medical Centers
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The individual field Situation Reporting Groups within the Operations Section will conduct a field survey of an area or Situation Reporting Zone (SRZ). Early reports may include the following:
Rescue needs (estimated number trapped)
Serious mass injuries (estimated number)
Deceased (estimated number)
Damaged infrastructure
Serious hazardous material spill(s)
Any other critical emergency or situation observed
E. Situation-Reporting Zones
In the event of a damaging major event, the City of Pismo Beach has been organized into three Situation-Reporting Zones (SRZ's). They are described as follows:
Zone 1: That area of the City found to the North of Hwy 101 and the Mattie Road on/off ramp to the City Limits.
Zone 2: That area of the City found to the south of Hwy. 101 and Mattie Road on/off ramps and to the north of the railroad tracks is known as the Central part of the City.
Zone 3: That area of the City found to the South of the railroad tracks to the City Limits.
Note: Where no damage occurs within an SRZ, “no damage” reports are still required to insure complete damage intelligence.
F. Situation Zone Responsibilities
DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBILITY
Police Department Citywide survey for all damage, and security needs Fire Department Citywide survey for damage, rescue, injuries, fire, and haz-mat Public Works Citywide survey for streets, facilities and, parks damage Information Technology Citywide survey for communication and broadband damage Community Development
Citywide survey of critical facilities for damage, structural damage, and posting of unsafe buildings
Utilities Citywide survey of freshwater and waste disposal systems PG&E Utilities Survey for condition of their infrastructure Lucia Mar Unified School District Survey for condition of their facilities and personnel Caltrans Jurisdictional survey for State highways
G. San Luis Obispo County Resources
The Office of Emergency Services (OES) coordinates all requests for assistance for San Luis Obispo County (beyond mutual aid agreements established for fire, law, medical, or public works resources). To request assistance from San Luis Obispo County, contact the Duty Officer at 805.781.1144.
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The American Red Cross works together with the Care and Shelter Branch to identify and establish evacuation and general population shelter sites. In most cases the Care and Shelter Branch provides a supporting role to the American Red Cross.
III. Hazard Assessment
The City of Pismo Beach Hazard Identification and Analysis process used the FEMA Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment Guide.
General Responsibilities
Listed below is a general assessment that may result from a damaging earthquake. The exact circumstances of an earthquake event may dictate some flexibility and adjustments.
A. Hazard Assessment
1. Situations
Earthquakes are a threat to the City of Pismo Beach due to several fault zones in the vicinity.
2. Potential Threats – Fault Systems
There are several active or potentially active fault systems throughout the region. Small earthquakes, in the range of about magnitude 2.0 – 2.7 and smaller, occur occasionally throughout and near Pismo Beach.
Even though the City of Pismo Beach is considered distant from the San Andreas Fault, the city and region remains at risk should there be a significant incident along the fault.
3. Potential Range of Damage
Most earthquakes cause little or no damage. Earthquakes of 6.5 magnitude or greater (generally considered moderate to heavy damage earthquakes) occur within the state on an average of once every four years.
For this Plan, earthquakes will be divided into four categories as follows:
a. Heavy Damage Earthquake – Ground motion causes catastrophic damage (e.g., massive fatalities, massive injuries, massive structural collapse, or long-term failure of communication, transportation, or utility systems).
b. Moderate Damage Earthquake – Ground motion causes widespread damage (e.g., several deaths, several injuries, several structures suffering partial or complete collapse, or major failures of communication, transportation, or utility systems).
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c. Light Damage Earthquake – Ground motion causes isolated damage (e.g., 1 or more deaths, 6 or more injured, 1 or more structures suffering partial or complete collapse, or any failure of communications, transportation, or utility systems).
d. No Damage Earthquake – Ground motion causes no damage (e.g., no deaths, 6 or less injured, no structural collapse, or no failure of communications, transportation, or utility systems).
e. Aftershock’s “aftershocks” are common and may last for days, weeks, or months intermittently. These aftershocks are less intense but can be as damaging as the primary shock wave due to weakened structures.
IV. Potential Impacts
This Section does not presume to predict the full range and depth of earthquake impacts.
The following, presents the most likely impacts from an earthquake occurring in or near the City of Pismo Beach:
1. Leadership
2. Situation reporting
3. Building collapse causing need for rescue
4. Multiple Casualties
5. School disruptions
6. Hazardous material releases
7. Fires
8. Evacuation
9. Utilities – Natural Gas, Electricity and Sanitation
10. Transportation systems
11. Communications
12. Emergency Public Information
13. Security
14. Volunteer Support
15. Donation Management
16. Care and Shelter
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Action
1. Leadership:
The strain on local government and its emergency response organization to command and coordinate the response to an earthquake could be immediate, severe, and overwhelming.
Initial out-of-county assistance will probably not occur within the first 24 hours.
Full assistance from out of county departments may not arrive until well after the first 72 hours.
Pismo Beach must presume that they will essentially be on their own, with only local surviving resources, for 72 hours.
It is estimated that full mobilization of local government personnel will be difficult due to internal casualties, transportation disruptions, and family status concerns.
2. Situation Reporting:
An overall assessment and prioritization of emergencies/hazards through a centralized means of situation reporting will be one of the first critical actions.
On-duty radio-equipped public safety and public services units may be the only means available to provide an initial survey of field areas and report damage information to the Emergency Operations Center.
Due to several factors (massive damage, limited personnel, transportation disruptions, communications overload, etc.), a complete situation reporting picture may take several hours to several days.
3. Building Collapse/Rescue:
The structures that will most commonly receive damage and fail in earthquakes are of unreinforced masonry construction.
The collapse of such buildings is often responsible for many casualties and the need for rescue.
4. Multiple Casualties
See Annex C, Multiple Casualty Incident of this Plan for additional information.
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5. School Disruptions:
Should school be in session during a major earthquake, some serious injuries of students and faculty can be anticipated.
Schools would be immediately disrupted requiring them to either close or evacuate.
6. Hazardous Materials Releases:
Refer to Annex B, Hazardous Materials Annex for additional information.
7. Fires:
Refer to Annex E, Fire Annex for additional information.
8. Evacuation:
Coordinated evacuation may be required because of an earthquake and will be a high priority.
9. Utilities: Natural Gas, Electricity, Water, Sanitation
Normal utility systems may fail or be disrupted.
Electrical power loss may occur from breakage of overhead wires.
Water and wastewater line breakage should be expected.
Localized damage to pump stations and storage facilities is anticipated.
Water System contamination may occur.
The city wastewater and water treatment plants may be damaged.
10. Transportation Systems:
An earthquake could disrupt normal transportation systems.
The primary cause of surface transportation failure would be from road deformation, landslides, and the loss of bridges.
Surface street blockage by debris would also cause delays and temporary road closures.
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11. Communications:
Normal means for reporting emergencies/hazards via a 911 phone dependent system may be lost to the public.
An earthquake may disable the telephone system.
Telephone equipment, both hard wired and cell sites, could be adversely affected primarily by overloading and physical damage.
Essential service lines will most likely survive and can typically primarily be relied upon in implementing this Plan.
Effective radio communications may require the augmentation of ARES personnel and/or the use of "car to car" relay systems.
In the absence of emergency power to some agency base stations, portable radios may be the only available means of radio communications.
12. Emergency Public Information:
Following an Earthquake, the public will need basic emergency public information.
This information will be provided by the City of Pismo Beach's Public Information Officer via:
SLO County OES Alert Sense
Emergency Broadcast Messages over the Emergency Alerting System (EAS) Social Media
AM/FM Radio Stations
Local network television
Public Information Boards
13. Security:
Looting may be anticipated.
Security to control access into and out of the most highly damaged areas will be a consideration for law enforcement departments.
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14. Volunteer Support
The Local Chapter of the American Red Cross, Salvation Army and Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) may aid in receiving, registering, and organizing offers for volunteer assistance and shelters.
15. Donation Management
The local Salvation Army and/or Faith Based Organization may aid in receiving, inventorying, and distributing volunteer donations of food, clothing, water, etc.
16. Care and Shelter
Some displaced persons may be self-sufficient in nature and not require care and shelter.
Displaced persons needing care and shelter shall be directed/assisted to evacuation shelters.
Pre-established car-less collection points will need to be checked for displaced persons needing transportation to evacuation shelters.
V. Emergency Recovery
The City of Pismo Beach has a Recovery Plan and is a critical component of the City of Pismo Beach’s Emergency Operations Plan. The following points are a short overview of items covered in more detail in that document.
A. Re-Entry
During transition into a recovery phase, areas affected by the earthquake should be inspected to determine if they are safe for public re-entry. Based on joint concurrence by the Unified Command Staff, state or federal representatives, re-entry will be authorized, and a Public Information message to that effect will be issued.
B. Demobilization
When response departments are nearing completion of the last remaining life-safety Protective Action Missions, and when the Emergency Services Director (Pismo Beach City Manager) or the Deputy Emergency Services Director (Assistant City Manager) determines that the disaster has entered a recovery phase, the command staff should develop a formal demobilization plan. Consideration should also be given to assigning appropriate departments to conduct short term recovery operations (e.g., debris removal, restoration of critical facilities, utilities, and communications, and tending to the needs of the displaced).
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The City of Pismo Beach Emergency Operations Center should be downgraded as an Emergency Operations Center. The Emergency Operations Center will then become a Recovery Operations Center (ROC). It is desirable to attempt to restore departments to their normal working routine and environment as soon as possible. The Unified Command Staff, as well as other City of Pismo Beach departments, will be heavily involved in short and long-term recovery operations.
C. Final Report and Activity Log
All department heads from the City of Pismo Beach departments involved in the Earthquake response will be required to complete a narrative report and a master activity log. The narrative report briefly describes the primary responsibility, the protective action missions performed and the total staff hours of involvement by the agency during the emergency phase of the earthquake. The master activity log documents names and times of agency personnel involved in a mission, equipment and supplies used, and any contracts with a private vendor to support emergency operations. Most of this information can be extrapolated from individual activity logs used by team leaders during the emergency (ICS 214, EOC messages, EOC activity logs). A copy of the narrative report and activity logs should be forwarded to the Plans Section as soon as possible and will be part of the official record of the earthquake disaster.
VI. Plan Administration
A. Plan Adoption
This is the official Pismo Beach City Plan for responding to an earthquake occurring in, or threatening, the City of Pismo Beach. The Plan's responsibilities and authorities are effective as indicated below.
B. Purpose
The purpose of this Plan is to establish the City of Pismo Beach's response organization, command authority, responsibilities, functions, and interactions required to mitigate the effects of an earthquake affecting the City of Pismo Beach. The priority of emergency response to a damaging event shall be to minimize loss of life and property. The Plan is designed to unify all response departments under the Incident Command System (ICS) to best utilize joint resources and more effectively minimize damage to life and property caused by the effects of an earthquake.
C. Authorities
See the Plan Summary for a listing of all authorities and references.
D. Scope
1. Relationship with Other Plans
This Plan, a component of the City of Pismo Beach’s Emergency Operations Plan and is primarily intended to serve as a stand-alone Earthquake Response Plan. Procedures within this Plan address emergency response and short-term recovery. The City of Pismo Beach Earthquake Plan is
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compatible with federal, county and state emergency response plans. Should this type of event come about as the result of another disaster, that Disaster Plan will supersede this Plan.
2. Jurisdictional Factors
This plan encompasses the City of Pismo Beach jurisdictional limits of the City of Pismo Beach.
Copies of this Plan have been sent to the San Luis Obispo County Office of Emergency Services, incorporated cities, Lucia Mar Unified School District, and locally based federal, state, and military institutions for informational and coordination purposes.
E. Revision Page
This Section is for Plan Holders to record the posting of each Official Plan Revision made by the City of Pismo Beach. Please enter the revision number, revision title, page number revised date the revision was posted and the name of the person posting the revision.
The format for numbering revisions shall be a sequential number followed by the last two digits of the current calendar year (e.g., #1-15, #2-15, and so on). New sequential numbers will begin each January 1.
Revision # Revision Title Page Number Revised Date Name
City of Pismo Beach
Emergency Operations Plan
Hazardous Materials
Annex B
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FORWARD
Annex B, City of Pismo Beach Hazardous Materials Response Plan addresses the City of Pismo Beach's response to a Hazardous Materials event. Preparedness measures and procedures concerning the policy and operations of the City of Pismo Beach Emergency Organization are contained herein.
Coordinated Response
It is recognized that if a Hazardous Materials event impacts the City of Pismo Beach and is regional in nature, Unified Command will be responsible for coordinating the response.
ICS/SEMS/NIMS
The City of Pismo Beach has adopted the Incident Command System (ICS), the Standardized Emergency System (SEMS), and the National Incident Management System (NIMS) as the emergency organization and the emergency management system for response to a damaging Hazardous Materials impacting the City of Pismo Beach.
Unified Incident Command Authority
In the event of a Hazardous Materials Incident, the Fire Chief will assume the position of Unified Incident Commander. In the event the Fire Chief is not available, the following chain of command is provided to identify authorized alternates to fill the City of Pismo Beach's position as Incident Commander.
No. 1 – The Fire Chief or On-Duty Battalion Chief
No. 2 – The On-Duty Fire Officer as appointed by the Fire Chief No. 3 – The Chief of Police or highest-ranking Police Officer
The Unified Incident Commander will:
Alert the Pismo Beach City Manager as to the severity of the incident.
Emergency Operations Center Leadership
The City Manager is the Emergency Services Director. The Assistant City Manager is the Deputy Emergency Services Director, and the Police Chief is the alternate.
Persons with Access and Functional Needs
It is the intent of the City of Pismo Beach to ensure that Persons with Functional and Access Needs have equal services that are provided to the citizens of Pismo Beach and are a priority during an emergency.
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Hazardous Materials
Table of Contents
Section Page
Forward 2
Table of Contents 3
I. Essentials 5
A. Hazardous Materials Definition 5
B. Initiating Event 5
C. Hazardous Materials Plan Activation 5
D. Initial Alerting 5
II. Response 6
A. Emergency Operations Center Locations 6
B. Emergency Operations Center-Levels of Activation 6 C. Emergency Response Levels 6
D. Situation Awareness Reporting 7 E. Situation Reporting Zones 8 F. Situation Zone Responsibilities 8 G. San Luis Obispo County Resources 8
III. Hazardous Assessment 9
A. Hazard Assessment 9
IV. Potential Impacts 10
1. Leadership 10
2. Situation Reporting 10
3. Evacuation 10
4. Shelter in Place 11
5. School Disruptions 12
6. Fires 12
7. Multiple Casualties 12
8. Utilities—Natural Gas—Electric—Water—Sanitation 12
9. Transportation System 12
10. Communication Disruptions 12
11. Emergency Public Information 12
V Recovery 13 A. Re-entry 13
B. Demobilization 13
C. Final Report and Activity Log 13
VI. Plan Administration 14
A. Plan Adoption 14
B. Purpose 14
C. Authority
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VI. Plan Administration (continued)
D. Scope 15
E. Plan Revisions 16
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I. Essentials
A. Hazardous Materials Definition
Any substance or combination of substances, which because of quantity, concentration, or characteristics may cause or significantly contribute to an increase in death or serious injury or pose substantial hazards to humans and/or the environment.
B. Initiating Event
The hazardous materials event is the initiating event that alerts the public and the City of Pismo Beach.
The focal point for reporting initial hazardous materials impact is the City of Pismo Beach’s Emergency Communications Center (dispatch).
C. Hazard Materials Plan Activation
Any Hazardous Materials event that in the opinion of the Pismo Beach City Manager, Fire Chief (or designee), Police Chief (or designee) that warrants the activation of this Plan.
If confirmed impacts are brought to the attention of the City of Pismo Beach Emergency Communications Center, contact with the Unified Incident Commander (or authorized alternate) should be attempted. If contact by phone is possible, the Unified Incident Commander or alternate would be advised of the situation (including initial damage reports) by the City of Pismo Beach Emergency Communications Center.
Additionally, if contact with the Unified Incident Commander or any authorized alternate cannot be made, the on-duty Fire Officer or highest-ranking Police Officer may recommend Plan activation.
D. Initial Alerting
Upon Plan activation, the Pismo Beach Emergency Communications will notify City departments of Plan and Emergency Operations Center activation, and to instruct them to mobilize should be made as follows:
The on-duty dispatchers (with the assistance of on-duty support staff) will:
Notify the Pismo Beach City Manager and all department heads and have them report to the City’s Emergency Operations Center.
Alert all off-duty police, fire and public works personnel and have them report to assigned work areas.
Poll police and fire units and stations for damage assessment and available resources as needed based on location of incident.
Alert on-duty police and fire units and instruct them to begin Situation Reporting in the Situation Reporting Zones (SRZ) as needed based on location of incident.
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II. Response
A. Emergency Operations Center Locations:
The following are the EOC locations for an emergency event. (Note: These locations may be adjusted or changed depending on the location and specific circumstances of event).
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER (EOC)
Primary: Pismo Beach Police Department
1000 Bello Street
Pismo Beach, CA 93449
Secondary: Pismo Beach City Hall
760 Mattie Road
Pismo Beach, CA 93449
B. Emergency Operations Center – Levels of Activation
The number of City staff at the EOC will depend on the level of activation. The person authorizing the activation of the EOC will determine the Level of Activation. The Emergency Services Director or Deputy Emergency Services Director may change the activation level throughout the emergency as needed. The levels of activation are:
EOC LEVEL 1
A major disaster where local resources are overwhelmed. State and/or federal resources are required. A local emergency and a state of emergency will be proclaimed. A Presidential Declaration of Emergency or major disaster will be requested. The EOC will be staffed to the highest number of personnel possible or necessary.
EOC LEVEL 2
A moderate to severe emergency wherein local resources are not adequate and mutual aid may be required on a regional or even statewide basis. A local emergency and a state of emergency may be proclaimed by City Council and/or County. The EOC will be moderately staffed.
EOC LEVEL 3
A minor to moderate incident wherein local resources is adequate and available. A local emergency may or may not be declared. The EOC will be minimally staffed.
C. Emergency Response Levels
Levels of response may vary due to differing perceptions of the incident by response personnel, based on their experience, training, capability, and the local response policy. In addition, the characteristics of the material, the nature of its release, and the vulnerability of the receptors (i.e., populations, ecosystems) may also influence the level of response.
Emergency planning for a Hazardous Materials event is broken down into three levels:
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Level 1, Severe Emergency: Total recall of all off-duty police, fire department personnel, and request the Pismo Beach City Manager and all department heads and have them report to the City’s Emergency Operations Center.
Level 2, Escalating Emergency: Increased number of incidents due to a Hazardous Materials event. On-duty crews cannot keep up with calls; however, the incident can be handled by calling out all off-duty Fire Department employees and with the assistance on-duty fire, public works, and police units.
Level 3, Non-Emergency: Always in effect day-to-day routine operations. No excessive incident load, on-duty crews can handle all calls.
D. Situation Awareness Reporting
1. General
The priority upon Plan activation is situation reporting: the process of getting a complete and comprehensive picture of the damages caused by the hazardous materials event. Immediately after a hazardous materials spill/leak, situation reporting to the EOC by field units will be required. Continuing situation reporting throughout the incident is critically important and is the foundation on which EOC/field actions are based.
Situation Reports may become available from the other sources, i.e.:
General Public
News and social media
San Luis Obispo County Emergency Communications Center San Luis Obispo County Office of Emergency Services
City of Pismo Beach Radio equipped field units
Caltrans
California Highway Patrol
SEMPRA (formerly known as Southern California Gas Company) Lucia Mar Unified School District
Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E)
Area medical centers
The individual field Situation Reporting Groups within the Operations Section will conduct a field survey of the area or Situation Reporting Zone (SRZ). Early reports may include the following:
Rescue needs (estimated number trapped by leak/spill) Serious mass injuries/exposures (estimated number)
Deceased (estimated number)
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Serious hazardous material spill(s) location and conveyance to other locations Any other critical emergency or situation observed
E. Situation Reporting Zones
In the event of a damaging event, the City of Pismo Beach has been organized into four Situation Reporting Zones (SRZ’s). They are described as follows:
Zone 1: That area of the City found to the North of Hwy 101 and the Mattie Road on/off ramp to the City Limits.
Zone 2: That area of the City found to the south of Hwy. 101 and Mattie Road on/off ramps and to the north of the railroad tracks in known as the Central part of the City.
Zone 3: That area of the City found to the South of the railroad tracks to the City Limits.
Note: Where no spill/leak occurs within an SRZ, “no damage” reports are still required to insure complete intelligence.
F. Situation Zone Responsibilities
DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBILITY
Police Department Citywide survey for all encampments, and security needs Fire Department Citywide survey for damage, rescue, injuries, fire, and haz- mat
Public Works Citywide survey for streets, facilities and, parks damage Information Technology Citywide survey for communication and broadband damage Community Development
Citywide survey of critical facilities for damage, structural damage, and posting of unsafe buildings
Utilities Citywide survey of freshwater and waste disposal systems PG&E Utilities Survey for condition of their infrastructure Lucia Mar Unified School District Survey for condition of their facilities and personnel Caltrans Jurisdictional for State highways
G. San Luis Obispo County Resources
The Office of Emergency Services (OES) coordinates all requests for assistance from San Luis Obispo County (beyond mutual aid agreements established for fire, law, medical, or public works resources). To request assistance from San Luis Obispo County, contact the Duty Officer at 805.781.1144.
The American Red Cross works together with the Care and Shelter Branch to identify and establish evacuation and general population shelter sites. In most cases the Care and Shelter Branch provides a supporting role to the American Red Cross.
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III. Hazard Assessment
The City of Pismo Beach Hazard Identification and Analysis process used the FEMA Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment Guide.
Department Responsibilities
Listed below are the potential emergencies or problems resulting from a damaging Hazardous Materials event. The exact circumstances of the event may dictate some flexibility and adjustments.
A. Hazard Assessment
1. Potential Threats
The increasing volume and variety of Hazardous Materials that are generated, stored, or transported within City of Pismo Beach is a concern to public officials and the community. A Hazardous Materials Event may impact the health and safety the citizens of Pismo Beach. There are several underground pipelines running through the City which carry flammable/h azardous liquids or gases. A major Rail line and a State highway run through the City where Commercial vehicles carry Hazardous Materials. The City is bordered by the Pacific Ocean where vessels carry Hazardous Materials.
There are a variety of effects that may be caused by an uncontrolled release of hazardous materials. The effects on humans depend on the type and amount of material released, however they may include hazards that may be fatal if inhaled, swallowed, or absorbed through skin; some hazardous materials may cause burns to skin and eyes upon contact; material that catches on fire may produce irritating or poisonous gases; some materials may cause dizziness or suffocation. In addition to the direct human threat, hazardous materials or runoff from fire control may cause pollution and create fire or explosion hazards in sewer systems or other waterway areas. Transportation Emergencies
This plan covers hazardous material emergencies associated with transportation by highways, roads, surface streets, railroad, pipeline, or other means. Fixed Installation Emergencies
This plan covers hazardous materials emergencies occurring within any fixed installation storing, manufacturing, processing, utilizing, or disposing of Haz-Mat.
2. Potential Range of Impacts
The vast majority of Hazardous Materials events may have little or no impact. However, Hazardous Materials events that are severe in nature may result in impacts ranging from evacuation to serious injuries to citizens and first responders.
EXCEPTION: This plan does not cover radiological emergencies resulting from direct operation of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant. Radiological emergencies resulting from the operation of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant are covered by the Cities Nuclear Power Plant Emergency Response Plan.
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IV. Potential Impacts
This Section does not presume to predict the full range and depth of Hazardous Materials impacts. The following attempts to present the most likely impacts from a Hazardous Materials event occurring in or near the City of Pismo Beach:
1. Leadership
2. Situation reporting
3. Evacuation
4. Shelter in Place
5. School disruptions
6. Fires
7. Multiple Casualties
8. Utilities – Natural Gas, Electricity and Sanitation
9. Transportation systems
10. Communication Disruptions
11. Emergency Public Information
These emergencies are discussed in detail below as a basis for planning and response to a Hazardous Materials event. This Plan does not presume to predict the full range and depth of Hazardous Materials event consequences. It does, however, attempt to reflect the most accurate estimate of the nature of emergencies resulting from a Hazardous Materials event occurring in, or threatening the City of Pismo Beach. Any concerns or comments should be directed to the fire department for consideration.
1. Leadership
The strain on local government and its emergency response organization to command and coordinate the response to an extreme Hazardous Materials event could be immediate, severe, and overwhelming.
Out-of-county assistance from state, federal, mutual aid and private agencies will probably not be needed in anything but the most extreme situations.
2. Situation Reporting
A Hazardous Materials event may initiate many types of emergencies and damages simultaneously over a widespread area.
This will overwhelm emergency resources and preclude the traditional direct response to each emergency.
Normal means for reporting emergencies via a 911-phone dependent system will probably be not lost to the public.
3. Evacuation
The purpose of evacuation is to move the population in an affected area away from the possible hazard. It is a protective action taken to avoid or reduce the public's exposure to hazardous materials.
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Evacuation of the public may be indicated when there are:
Leaks involving unknown gases from large capacity storage containers. Explosives or large quantities of materials which could detonate or explode, damaging structures in the immediate area.
Leaks that cannot be controlled and are expected to continue leaking. Uncontrolled fires involving hazardous materials.
If it has been determined that evacuation is necessary, the following may be considered for evacuation:
Request Law Branch/law enforcement to determine area to be evacuated. Direct Law Branch/law enforcement to determine evacuation authority, routes, perimeters, and notification of other law enforcement agencies as appropriate. Contact American Red Cross to locate, activate and operate necessary Evacuation Centers and relay their location to the Law Branch and PIO. If the Emergency Alert System, or other form of public notification system is to be requested/used, direct PIO to develop evacuation message including reason for evacuation, areas affected, evacuation routes, and locations of evacuation centers. Direct Law Branch to implement evacuation, including follow up, verification, anti- looting, and transportation assistance teams as necessary. Contact County Office of Emergency Services (through the Sheriff’s Department watch commander or dispatch) if Emergency Alert System, or other form of public notification, is to be requested or for any other special assistance or coordination.
4. Sheltering in Place
Sheltering In place is used when evacuating the public would cause greater risk than staying indoors, or when an evacuation cannot be performed ahead of the threat. Sheltering In place operate on the theory that toxic vapors pass over structures without moving inside them. Research and accident investigation indicate that staying indoors is often safer than evacuating during a toxic cloud release. However, sustained and continuous release may eventually filter into a structure and endanger the occupants. Sheltering In place is not a substitute for evacuation; it is another tool for emergency responders to use when evacuation may be unsafe, infeasible, or unwarranted. It can also be used in combination with evacuation to protect separate threatened areas or at different points during the emergency.
The Incident Commander or designee will act upon appropriate advice and recommendation from appropriate health and hazardous material personnel to shelter appropriate areas.
Shelter In place protection may be a viable option when:
The hazardous material has been identified and is a low to moderate health hazard.
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Personnel to assist with the evacuation are limited, and the hazardous evacuation areas cannot be properly managed.
The material has been totally released from its container and is quickly dissipating. The hazardous material is a migrating toxic vapor cloud, and the citizens are safer inside the building than they would be outside.
Short duration or solid or liquid leaks are present.
Migrating vapor clouds are low in toxicity and quantity. Vapor clouds form "puff" or migrating plume patterns, e.g., clouds that will quickly disperse and are not from a fixed, continuous source. Leaks can be rapidly controlled at their source.
Sheltering means staying inside with all doors, windows, and ventilation systems closed. Sheltering is intended to reduce or eliminate any exposure to a hazardous materials plume.
5. School Disruptions
Schools would be immediately disrupted requiring them to shelter in place, evacuate or close.
6. Fires
Refer to Annex E, Fire Annex for additional information
7. Multiple Casualties
See Annex C, Multiple Casualty Incident of this Plan for additional information.
8. Utilities: Natural Gas, Electricity, Water, Sanitation Water System contamination may occur.
9. Transportation Systems
A Hazardous Materials event could disrupt normal transportation systems causing severe traffic management problems as well as delays to response, evacuation, and logistical support.
10. Communication Disruptions
Telephone equipment, both hard wired and cell sites, could be adversely affected primarily by overloading (calls in and out of the area).
Essential service lines will most likely survive and can typically be relied upon in implementing this Plan.
11. Emergency Public Information
During a Hazardous Materials event, the public will need basic emergency public information.
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This information will be provided by the City of Pismo Beach's Public Information Officer via:
SLO County OES Alert Sense
Emergency Broadcast Messages over the Emergency Alerting System (EAS) Social Media
AM/FM Radio Stations
Local network television
To avoid conflicting information, all public information should be provided by the City of Pismo Beach Emergency Operation Center Public Information Officer.
V. Recovery
The City of Pismo Beach has a Recovery Plan, is included the City of Pismo Beach’s Emergency Operations Plan. The following points are a short Recovery.
A. Re-Entry
During transition into a recovery phase, areas affected by the Hazardous Materials should be inspected to determine if they are safe for public re-entry. Based on joint concurrence by the Unified Command Staff, state or federal representatives, re-entry will be authorized, and a Public Information message to that effect will be issued.
B. Demobilization
When response agencies are nearing completion of the last remaining life-safety Protective Action Missions, and when the Emergency Services Director (Pismo Beach City Manager) or the Deputy Emergency Services Director (Assistant City Manager) determines that the disaster has entered a recovery phase, the command staff should develop a formal demobilization plan. Consideration should also be given to assigning appropriate agencies to conduct short term recovery operations (e.g., haz-mat removal, restoration of critical facilities, utilities, and communications, and tending to the needs of the homeless and displaced, etc.)
The City of Pismo Beach Emergency Operations Center should be downgraded as an Emergency Operations Center. The Emergency Operations Center will then become a Recovery Operations Center (ROC). It is desirable to attempt to restore departments to their normal working routine and environment as soon as possible. The Unified Command Staff, as well as other City of Pismo Beach agencies, will be heavily involved in short and long-term recovery operations.
C. Final Report and Activity Log
All department heads from the City of Pismo Beach departments involved in the Hazardous Materials event response will be required to complete a narrative report and a master activity log. The narrative report briefly describes the primary responsibility, the protective action missions performed and the total staff hours of involvement by the agency during the emergency phase of the Hazardous Materials event.
The master activity log documents names and times of agency personnel involved in a mission, equipment and supplies used, and any contracts with a private vendor to support emergency operations. Most of this information can be extrapolated from individual activity logs used by team leaders during the emergency (ICS 214, Emergency Operations Center messages, Emergency Operations Center activity logs).
A copy of the narrative report and activity logs should be forwarded to City Hall as soon as possible and will be part of the official record of the Hazardous Materials event disaster.
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VI. Plan Administration
A. Plan Adoption
This is the official Pismo Beach City Plan for Responding to a Hazardous Materials event occurring in, or threatening, the City of Pismo Beach.
B. Purpose
The purpose of this Plan is to establish the City of Pismo Beach's, command authority, responsibilities, and respond to the effects of a Hazardous Materials event affecting the City of Pismo Beach. The priority of emergency response to a Hazardous Materials event shall be to minimize loss of life and property. The Plan is designed to unify all response agencies under the Incident Command System (ICS) to best utilize joint resources and more effectively minimize damage to the environment, life and property caused by the effects of a Hazardous Materials event.
C. Authorities
See Plan Summary, for a listing of all authorities and references.
D. Scope
1. Relationship with Other Plans
This Plan, a component of the City of Pismo Beach’s Emergency Operations Plan and is primarily intended to serve as a stand-alone response Plan for all effects associated with a Hazardous Materials event. Procedures within this Plan solely address emergency response and short-term recovery. The City of Pismo Beach Hazardous Materials Response Plan is compatible with San Luis Obispo County, federal and state Emergency Response Plans. Should this type of event come about as the result of another disaster, that Disaster Plan will supersede this Plan.
2. Jurisdictional Factors
This plan encompasses the jurisdictional limits of the City of Pismo Beach. Copies of this Plan have been sent to the Santa Luis Obispo County Office of Emergency Services, incorporated cities, San Luis Coastal Unified School District, and locally based federal, state, and military institutions for informational and coordination purposes.
E. Revision Page
This Section is for Plan Holders to record the posting of each Official Plan Revision made by the City of Pismo Beach. Please enter the revision number, the pages, the date the revision was posted, and the name of the person posting the revision.
Revision # Revision Title Page Number
Revised Date Name
City of Pismo Beach
Emergency Operations Plan
Multiple Casualty Incidents
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FORWARD
Annex C, City of Pismo Beach Multiple Casualty Incident Plan addresses the City of Pismo Beach's response to a Multiple Casualty Incident event. Preparedness measures and procedures concerning the policy and operations of the City of Pismo Beach Emergency Organization are contained herein.
Coordinated Response
It is recognized that if a Multiple Casualty Incident event impacts the City of Pismo Beach and is regional in nature, Unified Command will be responsible for coordinating the response.
ICS/SEMS/NIMS
The City of Pismo Beach has adopted the Incident Command System (ICS), the Standardized Emergency System (SEMS), and the National Incident Management System (NIMS) as the emergency organization and the emergency management system for response to a damaging Multiple Casualty Incident impacting the City of Pismo Beach.
Unified Incident Command Authority
In the event of a Multiple Casualty Incident, the Police Chief will assume the position of Unified Incident Commander. In the event the Police Chief is not available, the following chain of command is provided to identify authorized alternates to fill the City of Pismo Beach's position as Incident Commander.
No. 1 – The Fire Chief or on-duty on Duty Battalion Chief No. 2 – The on-duty Fire Person as appointed by the Fire Chief No. 3 – The highest ranking on-duty Police Officer
The Unified Incident Commander will:
Alert the Pismo Beach City Manager as to the severity of the incident.
Emergency Operations Center Leadership
The City Manager is the Emergency Services Director. The Assistant City Manager is the Deputy Emergency Services Director, and the Police Chief is the alternate.
Persons with Access and Functional Needs
It is the intent of the City of Pismo Beach to ensure that Persons with Functional and Access Needs have equal services that are provided to the citizens of Pismo Beach and are a priority during an emergency.
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Multiple Casualty Incident
Table of Contents
Section Page Forward 2
Table of Contents 3
I. Essentials 4
A. Initiating Event 4
B. Plan Activation 4
C. Initial Alerting
II. Response 4
A. Emergency Operations Center Locations 4
B. Emergency Operations Center-Levels of Activation 5 C. Emergency Response Levels 5
D. Mass Casualty Event Levels of Activation 6
E. Transportation of Injured 6
F. Handling the Deceased 6
G. Situation Awareness Reporting 7
H. Situation Reporting Zones 8 I. Situation Zone Responsibilities 8 J. San Luis Obispo County Resources 8
III. Hazard Assessment 8
A. Hazard Assessment 9
IV. Potential Impacts 9
1. Leadership 10
2. Situation Reporting 10
3. Evacuation 10
4. Utilities—Natural Gas—Electric—Water—Sanitation 10
5. Transportation System 10
6. Communications Disruptions 10
7. Emergency Public Information 10
V. Recovery 10
A. Re-entry 11
B. Demobilization 11
C. Final Report and Activity Log 11
VI. Plan Administration 11
A. Plan Adoption 11
B. Purpose 11
C. Authorities 12
D. Scope 12
E. Plan Revisions 12
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I. Essentials
A. Initiating Event
A report of a Multiple Casualty Incident is the initiating event that alerts the public and City of Pismo Beach. The focal point for reporting initial Multiple Casualty Incident is the City of Pismo Beach’s Emergency Communication Center (dispatch).
B. Plan Activation
It is the policy of the City of Pismo Beach that a Multiple Casualty Incident, as referenced in this Plan, and in the judgment of the City Manager, Police Chief or Fire Chief, or their designee, warrants activation of this plan.
If confirmed injuries are brought to the attention of the City of Pismo Beach Emergency Communications Center, contact with the Unified Incident Commander (or authorized alternate) should be attempted. If contact is possible, the Unified Incident Commander or alternate would be advised of the situation, including initial reports.
Additionally, if contact with the Unified Incident Commander or any authorized alternate cannot be made, the on- duty Fire Officer or highest-ranking Police Officer may recommend Plan activation.
Unified Command will provide leadership of a Multiple Casualty Incident with the Fire Chief or on duty Battalion Chief providing guidance to the Unified Command Staff.
C. Initial Alerting
Upon Plan activation, the City of Pismo Beach Emergency Communications will notify City departments of Plan and Emergency Operations Center activation, and to instruct them to mobilize should be made as follows:
The on-duty dispatchers (with the assistance of on-duty support staff) will:
Notify the City of Pismo Beach City Manager and all department heads and have them report to the City’s Emergency Operations Center.
Alert all off-duty police, fire, and public works of the incident. Poll police and fire units and stations available resources.
II. Response
A. Emergency Operations Center Locations:
The following are the EOC locations for an emergency event. (Note: These locations may be adjusted or changed depending on the specific circumstances of event).
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER (EOC)
Primary: Pismo Beach Police Department
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Pismo Beach, CA 93449
Secondary: Pismo Beach Vets Hall
780 Bellow Street
Pismo Beach, CA 93449
B. Emergency Operations Center – Levels of Activation
The number of City staff at the EOC will depend on the level of activation. The person authorizing the activation of the EOC will determine the Level of Activation. The Emergency Services Director can, and should, change the activation level throughout the emergency as needed. The levels of activation are:
EOC LEVEL 1
A major disaster wherein local resources in or near the impacted area are overwhelmed and extensive state and/or federal resources are required. A local emergency and a state of emergency will be proclaimed. A Presidential Declaration of Emergency or major disaster will be requested. The EOC will be staffed to the highest number of personnel possible or necessary.
EOC LEVEL 2
A moderate to severe emergency wherein local resources are not adequate and mutual aid may be required on a regional or even statewide basis. A local emergency will be proclaimed, and a state of emergency might be proclaimed by City Council and/or County. The EOC will be moderately staffed.
EOC LEVEL 3
A minor to moderate incident wherein local resources is adequate and available. A local emergency may or may not be declared. The EOC will be minimally staffed.
Note: Upon activation of the City of Pismo Beach’s Emergency Operations Center, contact will be established with the San Luis Obispo County Office of Emergency Services.
C. Emergency Response Levels
Emergency response for Multiple Casualty Incident emergencies is broken down into three levels:
Level 1, Severe Emergency: Total recall of all off-duty police, fire department personnel, and request the Pismo Beach City Manager and all department heads report to the City’s Emergency Operations Center.
Level 2, Escalating Emergency: Increased number of incidents due to a Multiple Casualty Incident. On- duty crews cannot keep up with calls; however, the incident can be handled by calling out all off-duty Fire Department employees and with the assistance on-duty fire and police units.
Level 3, Non-Emergency: Always in effect day-to-day routine operations. No excessive incident load to on-duty crews.
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D. Mass Casualty Event—EMSA Levels of Activation
LEVEL I 3-10 patients
A suddenly occurring event that has the potential to overwhelm any part of the EMS system and/or the number of patients is greater than can be handled by the usual initial response. Duration of the incident is expected to be less than 1 hour. Examples: Motor vehicle accident, tour bus, etc. LEVEL II Greater than 11 patients
A suddenly occurring event that has the potential to overwhelm any part of the EMS system and/or has the need for additional resources. The medical mutual aid system may be activated. An adequate number of additional ambulances are not likely to be immediately available, creating a delay in transporting patients.
The duration of incident is expected to be greater than 1 hour.
E. Transportation of the Injured
Calculation of the required number of Ambulances
This guideline is meant to provide general guidance to determine the initial estimate for the number of transport ambulance units required to respond to a MCI based on the number of immediate patients. As a determination of the number of delayed and minor patients is made, additional ambulances or other transport vehicles, such as a bus, may be required.
The request for additional transport vehicles, such as ambulance, bus, etc. should be made as early as possible.
A general rule-of-thumb for determining how many ambulances should initially be requested by first-arriving personnel can be calculated using the following formula:
REQUIRED AMBULANCES = _ NUMBER OF IMMEDIATE PATIENTS + Plus One (1) DIVIDED BY TWO (2)
Example: Ten (10) immediate patients + 1 = Six (6) ALS units/ambulances 2 AIR UNITS=Consider early polling, activation, and integration into transportation plan! F. Handling the Deceased
Sheriff-Coroner directs the on-site morgue operations.
If it becomes necessary to move bodies in order to accomplish rescue/extrication and/or treatment of casualties, protect the health and safety of others, or to prevent further harm to the bodies, the following procedures should be followed:
Do not remove any personal effects from the bodies.
Tag the bodies with approved triage tags to indicate death. Bodies must always be secured and safeguarded; personnel should be assigned to monitor
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morgue areas.
No variations to these procedures are authorized without the approval of the Morgue Manager, Sheriff-Coroner, or their representative.
G. Situation Awareness Reporting
1. General
The priority upon Plan activation is situation reporting: the process of getting a complete and comprehensive picture of the injuries caused by the event. Immediately after a Multiple Casualty Incident, situation reporting may be minimal. It is recognized that complete injury intelligence may take several hours to several days to get a complete and stable citywide assessment. Continuing situation reporting is critically important and is the foundation on which EOC/field actions are based every effort must be made to immediately initiate a field survey within a Situation Reporting Zone (SRZ) and to gather the best available information, and report that information through channels to the City of Pismo Beach EOC as soon as possible.
Situation Reports may become available from the other sources, i.e.:
General Public
News and social media
San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Emergency Communications Center County of San Luis Obispo Office of Emergency Services City of Pismo Beach Radio equipped field units
Caltrans
California Highway Patrol
SEMPRA (formerly known as Southern California Gas Company) Area Medical Centers
Lucia Mar Unified School District
Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E)
The individual field Situation Reporting Groups within the Operations Section will conduct a field survey of an area or Situation Reporting Zone (SRZ). Early reports may include the following:
Rescue needs (estimated number trapped)
Serious mass injuries (estimated number)
Deceased (estimated number)
Damaging Multiple Casualty Incident
Serious hazardous material spills affecting civilians Any other critical emergency or situation observed
Note: Where no injuries occur within an SRZ, “no injury” reports are still required to insure complete incident intelligence.
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H. Situation Reporting Zones
In the event of a damaging event, the City of Pismo Beach has been organized into three Situation Reporting Zones (SRZ’s). They are described as follows:
Zone 1: That area of the City found to the North of Hwy 101 and the Mattie Road on/off ramp to the City Limits.
Zone 2: That area of the City found to the south of Hwy. 101 and Mattie Road on/off ramps to the north of the railroad tracks in known as the Central part of the City.
Zone 3: That area of the City found to the South of the railroad tracks to the City Limits.
Note: Where no injury occurs within an SRZ, “no injury” reports are still required to insure complete injury intelligence.
I. Situation Zone Responsibilities
DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBILITY
Police Department Citywide survey for all encampments, and security needs Fire Department Citywide survey for rescue, injuries, and fire Public Works Citywide survey for streets, facilities and, parks damage Information Technology Citywide survey for communication and broadband damage Community Development
Citywide survey of critical facilities for damage, structural damage, and posting of unsafe buildings
Utilities Citywide survey of freshwater and waste disposal systems PG&E Utilities Survey for condition of their infrastructure Lucia Mar Unified School District Survey for condition of their facilities and personnel Caltrans Jurisdictional survey for State highways
J. San Luis Obispo County Resources
The Office of Emergency Services (OES) coordinates all requests for assistance for San Luis Obispo County (beyond mutual aid agreements established for fire, law, medical, or public works resources). To request assistance from San Luis Obispo County, contact the Duty Officer at 805.781.1144.
III. Hazard Assessment
The City of Pismo Beach Hazard Identification and Analysis process used the FEMA Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment Guide.
Responsibilities
Listed below is a general assessment that may result from a Multiple Casualty Incident. The exact circumstances of Multiple Casualty Incident event may dictate some flexibility and adjustments.
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A. Hazard Assessment
1. Potential Threats
The potential for a Multiple Casualty Incident in the City of Pismo Beach always exists.
Surface Roadways
US 101 is heavily traveled with trucks, private cars, and passenger buses.
Railway
The coast route of the Union Pacific Railroad passes through the City of Pismo Beach. The line carries several northbound and southbound freight trains every day. Passenger service is currently limited to one northbound and one southbound train daily.
Air
In addition to flights in and out of the San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport, commercial and private air traffic passes over the City of Pismo Beach. Military aircraft utilizes Vandenberg Air Force Base. As a result, the potential exists for a Multiple Casualty Incident that could quickly overrun the capabilities of the City of Pismo Beach’s fire departments.
Sea
The City of Pismo Beach borders the Pacific Ocean to the west and has several recreational beach areas.
The ocean is also frequented by recreational and commercial boating and fishing vessels.
2. Potential Range of Impacts
A Multiple Casualty Incident that occurs in a heavily populated residential area can result in considerable loss of life and property.
IV. Potential Impacts
The following potential emergencies that may be caused as a result of a Multiple Casualty Incident impacting this City of Pismo Beach are:
1. Leadership
2. Situation Reporting
3. Evacuation
4. Utilities
5. Transportation Systems
6. Communication Disruptions
7. Emergency Public Information
This Plan does not presume to predict the full range and depth of a Mass Casualty Incident. It does, however, attempt to reflect the most accurate estimate of the nature of emergencies or complications resulting from a Mass Casualty Incident occurring in or threatening the City of Pismo Beach.
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1. Leadership
The strain on local government and its emergency response organization to command and coordinate the response to a Multiple Casualty Incident could be immediate, severe, and overwhelming.
Out-of-county assistance from state, federal, mutual aid and private agencies will probably not be needed in anything but the most extreme situations.
2. Situation Reporting
A Multiple Casualty Incident may initiate many types of emergencies and injuries simultaneously over a widespread area.
This overwhelms emergency resources and preclude the traditional direct response to each emergency.
3. Evacuation
The widespread evacuation of this community based on a Multiple Casualty Incident is a very remote possibility.
4. Utilities
Normal utility systems may be disrupted for short periods of time because of a Multiple Casualty Incident secondarily to another disaster (earthquake/haz-mat).
5. Transportation Systems
A Multiple Casualty Incident could disrupt normal transportation systems causing severe traffic management problems as well as delays to response, evacuation, and logistical support.
6. Communication Disruptions
Telephone equipment, both hard wired and cell sites, could be adversely affected primarily by overloading (calls in and out of the area), and complicated by condition of equipment.
7. Emergency Public Information
During a Multiple Casualty Incident, the public will need basic emergency public information.
This information will be provided by the City of Pismo Beach's Public Information Officer via:
SLO County OES Alert Sense
Emergency Broadcast Messages over the Emergency Alerting System (EAS) Social Media
AM/FM Radio Stations
Local network television
V. Recovery
The City of Pismo Beach has a Recovery Plan, part 4, of the City of Pismo Beach’s Emergency Operations Plan. The following points are a short overview of items covered in more detail in that document.
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A. Re-Entry
During transition into a recovery phase, areas affected by the Multiple Casualty Incident should be inspected to determine if they are safe for public re-entry. Based on joint concurrence by the Unified Command Staff, state or federal representatives, re-entry will be authorized, and an Emergency Alert System (EAS) message to that effect will be issued.
B. Demobilization
When response agencies are nearing completion of the last remaining life-safety Protective Action Missions, and when the Emergency Services Director (City of Pismo Beach City Manager) or the Deputy Emergency Services Director (Assistant City Manager) determines that the disaster has entered a recovery phase, the command staff should develop a formal demobilization plan. Consideration should also be given to assigning appropriate agencies to conduct short term recovery operations (e.g., debris removal, restoration of critical facilities, utilities, and communications, and tending to the needs of the homeless and displaced, etc.)
The City of Pismo Beach Emergency Operations Center should be downgraded as an Emergency Operations Center.
The Emergency Operations Center will then become a Recovery Operations Center (ROC). It is desirable to attempt to restore agencies to their normal working routine and environment as soon as possible. The Unified Command Staff, as well as other City of Pismo Beach agencies, will be heavily involved in short and long-term recovery operations.
C. Final Report and Activity Log
All department heads from the City of Pismo Beach departments involved in the Multiple Casualty Incident response will be required to complete a narrative report and a master activity log. The narrative report briefly describes the primary responsibility, the protective action missions performed and the total staff hours of involvement by the agency during the emergency phase of the Multiple Casualty Incident. The master activity log documents names and times of agency personnel involved in a mission, equipment and supplies used, and any contracts with a private vendor to support emergency operations. Most of this information can be extrapolated from individual activity logs used by team leaders during the emergency (ICS 214, Emergency Operations Center messages, Emergency Operations Center activity logs). A copy of the narrative report and activity logs should be forwarded to the Plans Section as soon as possible and will be part of the official record of the Multiple Casualty Incident disaster.
VI. Plan Administration
A. Plan Adoption
This is the official City of Pismo Beach Plan for Responding to a Multiple Casualty Incident occurring in, or threatening, the City of Pismo Beach. The Plan's responsibilities and authorities are effective as indicated below.
B. Purpose
The purpose of this Plan is to establish the City of Pismo Beach's response organization, command authority, responsibilities, functions, and interactions required to mitigate the effects of a Multiple Casualty Incident affecting
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the City of Pismo Beach. The priority of emergency response to a damaging event shall be to minimize loss of life and property. Although focusing primarily on the City of Pismo Beach's response, this Plan also identifies other local, county, state, federal and private sector responsibilities. The Plan is designed to unify all response agencies under the Incident Command System (ICS) to best utilize joint resources and more effectively minimize any impacts to life and property caused by the effects of a Multiple Casualty Incident.
C. Authorities
See the Plan Summary, for a listing of all authorities and references.
D. Scope
1. Relationship with Other Plans
This Plan, a component of the City of Pismo Beach’s Emergency Operations Plan and is primarily intended to serve as a stand-alone Multiple Casualty Incident Response Plan. Procedures within this Plan address emergency response and short-term recovery. The City of Pismo Beach Multiple Casualty Incident is compatible with other city, federal, county and state emergency response plans. Should this type of event come about as the result of another disaster, that Disaster Plan will supersede this Plan.
2. Jurisdictional Factors
This plan encompasses the City of Pismo Beach jurisdictional limits of the City of Pismo Beach. Copies of this Plan have been sent to the San Luis Obispo County Office of Emergency Services, incorporated cities, Lucia Mar Unified School District, and locally based federal, state, and military institutions for informational and coordination purposes.
E. Revision Page
This Section is for Plan Holders to record the posting of each Official Plan Revision made by the City of Pismo Beach.
Please enter the revision number, revision title, page number revised date the revision was posted and the name of the person posting the revision.
The format for numbering revisions shall be a sequential number followed by the last two digits of the current calendar year (e.g., #1-15, #2-15, and so on). New sequential revision numbers will begin each January 1.
Revision # Revision Title Page Number Revised Date Name
City of Pismo Beach
Emergency Operations Plan
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Air-Surface
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Annex D, City of Pismo Beach Transportation Emergency Management Plan addresses the City of Pismo Beach's response to a Transportation Emergency of significant proportions. Response measures and procedures concerning the policy and operations of the City of Pismo Beach Emergency Organization are contained herein.
Coordinated Response
It is recognized that if a major Transportation Emergency impacts the City of Pismo Beach and is regional in nature, Unified Command will be responsible for coordinating the response.
ICS/SEMS/NIMS
The City of Pismo Beach has adopted the Incident Command System (ICS), the Standardized Emergency System (SEMS), and the National Incident Management System (NIMS) as the emergency organization and the emergency management system for response to a Transportation Emergency impacting the City of Pismo Beach.
Unified Incident Command Authority
In the event of a Transportation Emergency, the Police Chief will assume the position of Unified Incident Commander. In the event the Police Chief is not available, the following chain of command is provided to identify authorized alternates to fill the City of Pismo Beach's position as Incident Commander.
No. 1 – The Fire Chief or On-Duty Battalion Chief
No. 2 – The On-Duty Police Commander
No. 3 – The Watch Commander or highest-ranking Police Officer
The Unified Incident Commander will:
Alert the Pismo Beach City Manager as to the severity of the incident.
Emergency Operations Center Leadership
The City Manager is the Emergency Services Director. The Assistant City Manager is the Deputy Emergency Services Director.
Persons with Access and Functional Needs
It is the intent of the City of Pismo Beach to ensure that Persons with Functional and Access Needs have equal services that are provided to the citizens of Pismo Beach and are a priority during an emergency.
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Transportation
Table of Contents
Section Page
Forward 2 Table of Contents 3
I. Essentials 5 A. Transportation Definitions 5
1. Transportation Emergency 5
2. Types of Transportation 5 B. Initiating Event 6 C. Plan Activation 6 D. Initial Alerting 6
II. Response 6
A. Emergency Operations Center Locations 6 B. Emergency Operations Center-Levels of Activation 7 C. Emergency Response Levels 7 D. Situation Awareness Reporting 7 E. Situation Reporting Zones 8 F. Situation Zone Responsibilities 8 G. San Luis Obispo County Resources 9
III. Hazard Assessment 9
A. Hazard Assessment 9
1. Potential Threats 9
2. Range of Damage 9
IV. Impacts 9
1. Leadership 10
2. Situation Reporting 10
3. Multiple Casualties 10
4. Hazardous Materials release 10
5. Major Fires 10
6. Evacuation 10
7. Utilities—Natural Gas—Electric—Water—Sanitation 10
8. Transportation System 10
9. Communication Disruptions 10
10. Emergency Public Information 11
11. Security 11
12. Building Inspections 11
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V Recovery 11
A. Re-entry 11 B. Demobilization 11 C. Final Report and Activity Log 11
VI. Plan Administration
A. Plan Adoption 12 B. Purpose 12 C. Authorities 12 D. Scope 12 E. Plan Revisions 13
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I. Essentials
A. Transportation Emergency Definitions
1. Transportation Emergency
A transportation emergency (semi-truck, railway, commercial or private aircraft, school bus, commercial bus, multiple vehicle, or local mass transit), either in the City of Pismo Beach or threatening the City of Pismo Beach, of disastrous proportions that causes any one of the following:
Any transportation event that in the opinion of the City of Pismo Beach City Manager, Fire Chief (or designee) Chief of Police (or designee) warrants the activation of this Plan. Transportation incidents can cause great loss of property or life. Commercial passenger carriers such as trains, airliners, or buses are involved. Multiple vehicle accidents that result in many injuries and fatalities.
2. Types of Transportation
Highways
US 101 is the primary highway route. It carries truck, freight, private cars, and passenger buses through the center of Pismo Beach.
Highways 1 and 227 are regular truck routes, carries automobile traffic and tour bus traffic.
Railway
The coast route of the Union Pacific Railroad passes through the City of Pismo Beach carrying several northbound and southbound freight trains every day. AMTRAK service is currently offering northbound and southbound passenger trains daily.
Air Accident
In addition to flights in and out of the San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport, military and commercial aircraft pass over the City of Pismo Beach on a daily basis. A major air accident that occurs in a heavily populated residential area can result in considerable loss of life and property.
Damage assessment and relief efforts associated with a major air accident will require support from other local governments, the state and federal governments. Investigators from the National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB) and the San Luis Obispo County Coroner’s Office will have initial jurisdiction over the accident area and investigations will be completed before the area is released for debris mitigation. The recovery operation may consist of infrastructure restoration, debris removal and disposal.
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B. Initiating Event
The Transportation Emergency is the initiating event that alerts the public and the City of Pismo Beach.
The focal point for reporting a Transportation Emergency is the City of Pismo Beach’s Emergency Communications Center (dispatch).
C. Plan Activation
If an accident causing a multi-casualty incident, major infrastructure damage, hazardous materials release or major building damage is confirmed secondary to a transportation emergency by the City of Pismo Beach Emergency Communications Center, the center will contact the Unified Incident Commander for plan activation. If contact with the Unified Incident Commander cannot be made, the Deputy Fire Chief, or on-duty Fire Officer or highest-ranking Police Officer may recommend plan activation.
D. Initial Alerting
Upon Plan activation, the Pismo Beach Emergency Communications will notify City departments of Plan and Emergency Operations Center activation. EOC mobilization instructions include the on-duty dispatchers will:
Notify the Pismo Beach City Manager and all department heads and have them report to the City’s Emergency Operations Center.
Alert all off-duty police, fire and public works personnel and have them report to assigned work areas.
Poll police and fire units and stations for damage assessment and available resources. Alert on-duty police and fire units and instruct them to begin Situation Reporting in the Situation Reporting Zones (SRZ).
II. Response
A. Emergency Operations Center Locations:
The following are the EOC locations for an emergency event. (Note: These locations may be adjusted or changed depending on the specific circumstances of the event).
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER (EOC)
Primary: Pismo Beach Police Department
1000 Bello Street
Pismo Beach, CA 93449
Secondary: Pismo Beach Vets Hall
780 Bello Street
Pismo Beach, CA 93449
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B. Emergency Operations Center – Levels of Activation
The number of City staff at the EOC will depend on the level of activation. The person authorizing the activation of the EOC will determine the Level of Activation. The Emergency Services Director may change the activation level throughout the emergency as needed. The levels of activation are:
EOC LEVEL 1
A major disaster where local resources are overwhelmed. State and/or federal resources are required. A local emergency and a state of emergency will be proclaimed. A Presidential Declaration of Emergency or major disaster will be requested. The EOC will be staffed to the highest number of personnel possible or necessary.
EOC LEVEL 2
A moderate to severe emergency wherein local resources are not adequate and mutual aid may be required on a regional or even statewide basis. A local emergency and a state of emergency may be proclaimed by City Council and/or County. The EOC will be moderately staffed.
EOC LEVEL 3
A minor to moderate incident wherein local resources is adequate and available. A local emergency may or may not be declared. The EOC will be minimally staffed.
Note: Upon activation of the City of Pismo Beach’s Emergency Operations Center, contact will be established with the County of San Luis Obispo Office of Emergency Services.
C. Emergency Response Levels
Emergency response for Transportation Emergency emergencies is broken down into three levels:
Level 1, Severe Emergency:
Total recall of all off-duty police, fire department personnel, and request the Pismo Beach City Manager and all department heads report to the City’s Emergency Operations Center.
Level 2, Escalating Emergency:
Increased number of incidents due to the Transportation Emergency. On-duty crews cannot keep up with calls however, the incident can be handled by calling out all off-duty public works department employees and with the assistance of on-duty fire and police units.
Level 3, Non-Emergency:
Always in effect day-to-day routine operations. On-duty crews can handle all calls.
D. Situation Awareness Reporting
1. General
The priority upon Plan activation is situation reporting: the process of getting a complete and comprehensive picture of the damages caused by the event. Immediately after a Transportation Emergency, situation reporting may be minimal. It is recognized that complete damage intelligence may take several hours get a complete citywide assessment. Continuing situation reporting is critically important and is the foundation on which EOC/field actions are based. Every
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effort must be made to immediately initiate a field survey within a Situation Reporting Zone (SRZ) and to gather the best available information. Report that information to the City of Pismo Beach EOC as soon as possible. Situation Reports may become available from the other sources, i.e.:
General Public
News and social media
San Luis Obispo County Emergency Communications Center San Luis Obispo Office of Emergency Services
City of Pismo Beach Radio equipped field units
Caltrans
California Highway Patrol
SEMPRA (formerly known as Southern California Gas Company) Area Medical Centers
Lucia Mar Unified School District
Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E)
The individual field Situation Reporting Groups within the Operations Section will conduct a field survey of an assigned area or Situation Reporting Zone (SRZ). Early reports may include the following:
Rescue needs (estimated number trapped)
Serious mass injuries (estimated number)
Deceased (estimated number)
Damaging Transportation Emergency
Serious hazardous material spills
Any other critical emergency or situation observed as a result of a transportation emergency.
E. Situation Reporting Zones
In the event of a damaging event, the City of Pismo Beach has been organized into three Situation Reporting Zones (SRZ’s). They are described as follows:
Zone1: That area of the City found to the North of Hwy 101 and the Mattie Road on/off ramp to the City limits.
Zone 2: That area of the City found to the south of Hwy 101 and Mattie Road on/off ramps and to the north of the railroad tracks is known as the Central part of the City.
Zone 3: That area of the City found to the South of the railroad tracks to the City limits.
Note: Where no damage occurs within an SRZ, “no damage” reports are still required to insure complete damage intelligence.
F. Situation Zone Responsibilities
DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBILITY
Police Department Citywide primary survey for damages
Fire Department Citywide survey for damage, rescue, injuries, and fire
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Public Works Citywide survey for streets, facilities and, parks damage Information Technology Citywide survey for communication and broadband damage
Community Development
Citywide survey of critical facilities for damage, structural damage, and posting of unsafe buildings
Utilities Citywide survey of freshwater and waste disposal systems damages.
PG & E Utilities Survey for condition of their infrastructure SLO Coastal Unified School District Survey for condition of their facility and personnel Caltrans Jurisdictional survey for State highways
G. San Luis Obispo County Resources
The Office of Emergency Services (OES) coordinates all requests for assistance for San Luis Obispo County (beyond mutual aid agreements established for fire, law, medical, or public works resources). To request assistance from San Luis Obispo County, contact the Duty Officer at 805.781.1144.
The American Red Cross works together with the Care and Shelter Branch to identify and establish evacuation and general population shelter sites. In most cases the Care and Shelter Branch provides a supporting role to the American Red Cross.
III. Hazard Assessment
The City of Pismo Beach Hazard Identification and Analysis process used the FEMA Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment Guide.
General Agency Responsibilities
Listed below is a general assessment that may result from a damaging Transportation. The exact circumstances of a Transportation event may dictate some flexibility and adjustments.
A. Hazard Assessment
1. Potential Threats
The potential for a transportation emergency in the City of Pismo Beach always exists. Transportation emergencies are the primary areas of concern of this annex. The potential exists for a transportation emergency that could quickly over-run the capabilities of both the City of Pismo Beach’s and other local government fire departments.
2. Potential Range of Impacts
Many Transportation emergencies cause little or no damage.
IV. Potential Impacts
The following potential impacts that may be triggered as a result of a transportation emergency impacting this City of Pismo Beach include:
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1. Leadership
2. Situation Reporting
3. Multiple Casualties
4. Hazardous Materials Release
5. Major Fire
6. Evacuation
7. Utilities-Natural Gas-Electric-Water-Sanitation Security
8. Transportation Systems
9. Communication Disruption
10. Emergency Public Information
11. Security
12. Building Inspection
1. Leadership
The strain on local government and its emergency response organization to lead and coordinate the response to a transportation emergency could be immediate, severe, and overwhelming.
Out-of-county assistance from state, federal, mutual aid and private agencies may not be needed in anything but the most extreme situations.
2. Situation Reporting
An overall assessment and prioritization of emergencies/hazards through a centralized means of situation reporting will be one of the first critical actions.
3. Multiple Casualties
See Annex C, Multiple Casualty Incident of this Plan for additional information.
4. Hazardous Materials Releases:
Refer to Annex B, Hazardous Materials Annex for additional information.
5. Major Fires:
Refer to Annex E, Fire Annex for additional information.
6. Evacuation
A Transportation emergency could require evacuations on a very limited basis.
7. Utilities--Natural Gas-Electric-Water-Sanitation
Normal utility systems may fail or be disrupted for short periods of time because of a transportation emergency.
8. Transportation Systems
A transportation emergency could disrupt normal transportation systems, causing severe traffic management problems as well as delays to response, evacuation, and logistical support.
9. Communication Disruptions
A transportation emergency may temporarily interrupt limited portions of the telephone system in the immediate area. Most of the telephone system will remain in service.
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10. Emergency Public Information
During a transportation emergency, the public will need basic emergency public information. This information will be provided by the City of Pismo Beach's Public Information Officer via:
SLO County OES Alert Sense
Emergency Broadcast Messages over the Emergency Alerting System (EAS) Social Media
AM/FM Radio Stations
Local network television
11. Security
Access into and out of the most highly damaged areas, mostly to ensure public safety, will be a major consideration for law enforcement agencies.
12. Building Inspections
Building inspections may be required.
IV. Recovery
The City of Pismo Beach has a Recovery Plan, in the City of Pismo Beach’s Emergency Operations Plan. The following points are a short overview of items covered in more detail in that document.
A. Re-entry
During transition into a recovery phase, areas affected by the transportation emergency should be inspected to determine if they are safe for public re-entry. Based on joint concurrence by the Unified Command Staff, state or federal representatives, re-entry will be authorized, and an EAS message to that effect will be issued.
B. Demobilization
When response agencies are nearing completion of the last remaining life-safety Protective Action Missions, and when the Emergency Services Director (Pismo Beach City Manager) or the Deputy Emergency Services Director (Assistant City Manager) determines that the event has entered a recovery phase, the command staff should develop a formal demobilization plan. Consideration should also be given to assigning appropriate agencies to conduct short term recovery operations.
The City of Pismo Beach Emergency Operations Center should be downgraded as an Emergency Operations Center. The Emergency Operations Center will then become a Recovery Operations Center (ROC). It is desirable to attempt to restore departments to their normal working routine and environment as soon as possible. The Unified Command Staff, as well as other City of Pismo Beach departments, will be heavily involved in short and long-term recovery operations.
C. Final Report and Activity Log
All department heads from the City of Pismo Beach departments involved in the transportation emergency response will be required to complete a narrative report and a master activity log. The
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narrative report briefly describes the primary responsibility, the protective action missions performed and the total staff hours of involvement by the agency during the emergency phase of the transportation emergency. The master activity log documents names and times of agency personnel involved in a mission, equipment and supplies used, and any contracts with a private vendor to support emergency operations. Most of this information can be extrapolated from individual activity logs used by team leaders during the emergency (ICS 214, EOC messages, EOC activity logs). A copy of the narrative report and activity logs should be forwarded to the Plans Section as soon as possible and will be part of the official record of the transportation emergency disaster.
VI. Plan Administration
A. Plan Adoption
This is the official Pismo Beach City Plan for Responding to a Transportation Emergency occurring in, or threatening, the City of Pismo Beach. The Plan's responsibilities and authorities are effective as indicated below.
B. Purpose
The purpose of this Plan is to establish the City of Pismo Beach's response organization, Leadership authority, responsibilities, functions, and interactions required to mitigate the effects of a Transportation Emergency affecting the City of Pismo Beach. The priority of emergency response to a damaging event shall be to minimize loss of life and property. The Plan is designed to unify all response agencies under the Incident Command System (ICS) in order to best utilize joint resources and more effectively minimize damage to life and property caused by the effects of a Transportation Emergency.
C. Authorities
See the Plan Summary, for a listing of all authorities and references.
D. Scope
1. Relationship with Other Plans
This Plan, a component of the City of Pismo Beach’s Emergency Operations Plan, is primarily intended to serve as a stand-alone Transportation Emergency Response Plan. Procedures within this Plan address emergency response and short-term recovery. The City of Pismo Beach Transportation Emergency Plan is compatible with federal, county and state emergency response plans. Should this type of event come about as the result of another disaster, that Disaster Plan will supersede this Plan.
2. Jurisdictional Factors
This plan encompasses the City of Pismo Beach jurisdictional limits. Copies of this Plan have been sent to the San Luis Obispo County Office of Emergency Services, incorporated cities, San Luis Coastal Unified School District, and locally based federal, state and military institutions for informational and coordination purposes.
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E. Revision Page
This Section is for Plan Holders to record the posting of each Official Plan Revision made by the City of Pismo Beach. Please enter the revision number, the pages, the date the revision was posted, and the name of the person posting the revision.
The format for numbering revisions shall be a sequential number followed by the last two digits of the current calendar year (e.g., #1-15, #2-15, and so on). New sequential revision numbers will begin each January 1.
Revision # Revision Title Page Number Revised Date Name
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Emergency Operations Plan
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Annex E, City of Pismo Beach Fire Emergency Management Plan addresses the City of Pismo Beach’s response to a fire. Preparedness measures and procedures concerning the policy and operations of the City of Pismo Beach Emergency Organization are contained herein.
Coordinated Response
It is recognized that if a major fire impacts the City of Pismo Beach and is regional in nature, Unified Command will be responsible for coordinating the response.
ICS/SEMS/NIMS
The City of Pismo Beach has adopted the Incident Command System (ICS), the Standardized Emergency System (SEMS), and the National Incident Management System (NIMS) as the emergency organization and the emergency management system for response to a damaging fire impacting the City of Pismo Beach.
Unified Incident Command Authority
In the event of a major fire, the Fire Chief will assume the position of Unified Incident Commander. In the event the Fire Chief is not available, the following chain of command is provided to identify authorized alternates to fill the City of Pismo Beach’s position as Incident Commander.
No. 1 – The Fire Chief or On-Duty Fire Battalion Chief
No. 2 – The On-Duty Fire Battalion Chief
No. 3 – The On-Duty Fire Officer as appointed by the Fire Chief
The Unified Incident Commander will:
Alert the Pismo Beach City Manager as to the severity of the incident.
Emergency Operations Center Leadership
The City Manager is the Emergency Services Director. The Assistant City Manager is the Deputy Emergency Services Director, and the Chief of Police is the alternate.
Persons with Access and Functional Needs
It is the intent of the City of Pismo Beach to ensure that Persons with Functional and Access Needs have equal services that are provided to the citizens of Pismo Beach and are a priority during an emergency.
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Table of Contents
Section Page
Forward 2 Table of Contents 3
I. Essentials 5 A. Initiating Event 5 B. Plan Activation 5 C. Initial Alerting 5
II. Response 5
A. Emergency Operations Center Locations 5 B. Emergency Operations Center-Levels of Activation 6 C. Emergency Response Levels 6 D. Situation Awareness Reporting 6 E. Situation Reporting Zones 7 F. Situation Zone Responsibilities 8 G. San Luis Obispo County Resources 8
III. Hazard Assessment 8
A. Hazard Assessment 8
1. Potential Threats 8
2. Range of Damage 9
IV. Impacts 9
1. Leadership 9
2. Situation Reporting 9
3. Multiple Casualties 9
4. Hazardous Materials release 9
5. Major Fires 9
6. Evacuation 9
7. Utilities—Natural Gas—Electric—Water—Sanitation 9
8. Transportation System 9
9. Communication Disruptions 9
10. Emergency Public Information 10
11. Security 10
12. Donation Management 10
13. Care and Shelter 11
V Recovery 11
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A. Re-entry 11 B. Demobilization 11 C. Final Report and Activity Log 12
VI. Plan Administration
A. Plan Adoption 12 B. Purpose 12 C. Authorities 12 D. Scope 12 E. Plan Revisions 13
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I. Essentials
A. Initiating Event
A major fire is the initiating event that alerts the public and the City of Pismo Beach. The focal point for reporting initial fire damage is the Cal Fire Emergency Command Center (ECC).
B. Fire Plan Activation
It is the policy of the City of Pismo Beach that a major fire, as referenced in this Plan, and in the judgment of the City Manager, Fire Chief or Police Chief, or their designee, warrants activation of this plan.
If a major fire is confirmed the ECC will contact the Unified Incident Commander and be advised of the situation (including initial damage reports) by the City of Pismo Beach Emergency Communications Center.
If contact with the Unified Incident Commander or any authorized alternate cannot be made, the Deputy Fire Chief, on-duty Battalion Fire Chief or highest-ranking Police Officer may recommend Plan activation.
Unified Command will provide leadership of a Fire with the Fire Chief Officer, providing guidance to the Unified Command Staff.
C. Initial Alerting
Upon Plan activation, the Pismo Beach Emergency Communications will notify City departments of Plan and Emergency Operations Center activation. EOC mobilization instructions by the on-duty dispatchers will:
Notify the Pismo Beach City Manager and all Department Heads to report to the City’s Emergency Operations Center.
Alert all off-duty fire, police and public works personnel and have them report to assigned work areas.
II. Response
A. Emergency Operations Center Locations:
The following are the EOC locations for an emergency event. (Note: These locations may be adjusted or changed depending on the specific circumstances of event).
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER (EOC)
Primary: Pismo Beach Police Department
1000 Bello Street
Pismo Beach, CA 93449
Secondary: Pismo Beach City Hall
760 Mattie Road
Pismo Beach, CA 93449
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B. Emergency Operations Center – Levels of Activation
The number of City staff at the EOC will depend on the level of activation. The person authorizing the activation of the EOC will determine the Level of Activation. The Emergency Services Director can, and should, change the activation level throughout the emergency as needed. The levels of activation are:
EOC LEVEL I
A major disaster wherein local resources are overwhelmed. State and/or federal resources are required. A local emergency and a state of emergency will be proclaimed. A Presidential Declaration of Emergency or major disaster will be requested. The EOC will be staffed to the highest number of personnel possible or necessary.
EOC LEVEL II
A moderate to severe emergency wherein local resources are not adequate and mutual aid may be required on a regional or even statewide basis. A local emergency and a state of emergency may be proclaimed by City Council and/or County. The EOC will be moderately staffed.
EOC LEVEL III
A minor to moderate incident wherein local resources is adequate and available. A local emergency may or may not be declared. The EOC will be minimally staffed.
Note: Upon activation of the City of Pismo Beach’s Emergency Operations Center contact will be established with the County of Pismo Beach’s Emergency Operations Center.
C. Emergency Response Levels
Emergency response for fire emergencies is broken down into three levels:
Level 1, Severe Emergency: Total recall of all off-duty fire department, police, public works personnel, and request the Pismo Beach City Manager and all department heads report to the City’s Emergency Operations Center.
Level 2, Escalating Emergency: Increased number of incidents due to a major fire. On-duty crews cannot keep up with calls. The incident can be handled by calling out all off-duty Fire Department employees and with the assistance on-duty fire and police units.
Level 3, Non-Emergency: Always in effect day-to-day routine operations; on-duty crews can handle all calls.
D. Situation Awareness Reporting
1. General
The priority upon plan activation is situation reporting: the process of getting a complete and comprehensive picture of the damages caused by the event. Immediately after a major fire, situation reporting may be minimal. It is recognized that complete damage intelligence may take
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several hours to several days to get a complete citywide assessment. Continuing situation reporting is critically important and is the foundation on which EOC/field actions are based. Every effort must be made to immediately initiate a field survey within the affected Situation Reporting Zone(s) and to gather the best available information, and report that information through channels to the City of Pismo Beach EOC as soon as possible. Situation Reports may become available from the other sources, i.e.:
General Public
News and social media
Pismo Beach City Emergency Communications Center
San Luis Obispo County Office of Emergency Services
City of Pismo Beach Radio equipped field units
Caltrans
California Highway Patrol
SEMPRA (formerly known as Southern California Gas Company) San Luis Coastal Unified School District
Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E)
Area Medical Centers
The individual field Situation-Reporting Groups within the Operations Section will conduct a field survey of an area or affected Situation-Reporting Zone. Early reports would include the following:
Rescue and evacuation needs (estimated number trapped) Serious mass burn/inhalation injuries (estimated number) Deceased (estimated number)
Fire spread, location, and travel
Current fire behavior and weather observed
Any other critical emergency/problem observed
E. Situation Reporting Zones
In the event of a damaging major event, the City of Pismo Beach has been organized into three Situation Reporting Zones (SRZ's). They are described as follows:
Zone 1: That area of the City found to the North of Hwy 101 and the Mattie Road on/off ramp to the City limits.
Zone 2: That area of the City found to the south of Hwy 101 and the Mattie Road on/off ramps and to the north of the railroad tracks is known as the Central part of the City.
Zone 3: That area of the City found to the South of the railroad tracks to the City limits.
Note: Where no damage occurs within an SRZ, “no damage” reports are still required to insure complete damage intelligence.
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F. Situation Zone Responsibilities
DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBILITY
Police Department Citywide survey for all encampments, and evacuation needs
Fire Department Citywide survey fire spread, rescue and evacuation needs Public Works Citywide survey for streets, facilities and, parks damage Information Technology Citywide survey for communication and broadband damage Community Development
Citywide survey of critical facilities for damage, structural damage, and posting of unsafe buildings
Utilities Citywide survey of freshwater and waste disposal systems PG&E Utilities Survey for condition of their infrastructure SLO Coastal Unified School District Survey for condition of their facilities and personnel Caltrans Jurisdictional survey for State highways
G. San Luis Obispo County Office of Emergency Services
The Office of Emergency Services (OES) coordinates all requests for assistance from San Luis Obispo County (beyond mutual aid agreements established for fire, law, medical, or public works resources). To request assistance from San Luis Obispo County, contact the Duty Officer at 805.781.1144.
NOTE: Incident fire resources will be ordered by the Incident Commander through SLO dispatch through CAL FIRE SLU Emergency Command Center. Non-fire resources may be ordered through SLO County OES.
The American Red Cross works together with the Care and Shelter Branch to identify and establish evacuation and general population shelter sites. In most cases the Care and Shelter Branch provides a supporting role to the American Red Cross.
III. Hazard Assessment
The City of Pismo Beach Hazard Identification and Analysis process used the FEMA Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment Guide.
General Agency Responsibilities
Listed below are the potential emergencies or problems resulting from a damaging fire. The exact circumstances of the event may dictate some flexibility and adjustments.
A. Hazard Assessment
1. Potential Threats
The potential for a major fire in the City of Pismo Beach always exists. Residential, commercial, and wildland-urban interface, along with transportation fires are the primary areas of concern.
The City of Pismo Beach’s geographic location with surrounding open space pose a wildland-urban interface threat to the community. There are several areas in the community where homes and businesses are built closely together, providing difficult access and with very little defensible
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space. In addition, the construction of many of these buildings, often wood-frame with wood siding, offer significant fuel to a wind or topographically driven fire.
Some multi-family residential and commercial buildings lack modern fire protection systems and given their construction type could pose challenges for the Fire Department. A significant number of very large buildings can be found in the commercial and industrial areas of the City of Pismo Beach. As a result, the potential exists for a fire that could quickly over-run the capabilities of both the City of Pismo Beach’s and other local government fire departments.
2. Potential Range of Impacts
Structure fires and wildland-urban interface fires could have a significant fiscal impact on the City of Pismo Beach.
IV. Potential Impacts
This Section does not presume to predict the full range and depth of fire impacts. The following potential emergencies that may be caused as a result of a light to heavy damage fire impacting this City of Pismo Beach include:
1. Leadership
2. Situation Reporting
3. Hazardous Materials
4. Evacuation
5. Utilities: Natural Gas, Electric, Water, Sanitation
6. Transportation Systems
7. Communication Disruptions
8. Emergency Public Information
9. Security
10. Hazardous Materials
10. Donation Management
11. Care and Shelter
These impacts are discussed in detail below are a basis for response to a major fire. This Plan does not presume to predict the full range and depth of fire consequences. It does, however, attempt to reflect the most accurate estimate of the nature of impacts resulting from a major fire occurring in, or threatening the City of Pismo Beach.
1. Leadership
The strain on local government and its emergency response organization to command and coordinate the response to a fire could be immediate, severe, and overwhelming. Automatic and in county Mutual Aid assistance will be provided via the San Luis Obispo County Mutual Aid Manual procedures. This includes all types of engine, dozer, hand- crew, air resources and the San Luis County XSL Type 3 Incident Management Team. Initial out of county Mutual Aid assistance will occur in <12 hours.
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Full assistance from out of county departments may not arrive until well after the first 24 hours.
2. Situation-Reporting
A major fire may initiate many other types of emergencies and damages simultaneously over a widespread area.
An overall assessment and prioritization of emergencies through a centralized means of situation reporting will be one of the first critical actions taken by the City of Pismo Beach. On-duty radio-equipped public safety and public works units may be the only means available to provide an initial survey of field areas and report damage information back to the City of Pismo Beach’s Emergency Communications Center.
3. Hazardous Materials Releases:
Refer to Annex B, Hazardous Materials Annex for additional information.
4. Evacuation
Coordinated evacuation of all occupants is priority followed by primary and secondary searches during building fire
Coordinated evacuation of effected areas may occur during a wildland fire
5. Utilities: Natural Gas, Electricity, Water, Sanitation
Normal utility systems may fail or be disrupted for short periods of time because of a fire. Loss of electrical power would primarily be from breakage of overhead wires caused by fire damage to the power poles and lines.
Leaks and breaks along main distribution lines may also occur, caused by the heavy flows required for firefighting operations.
Heavy demand on pump stations and storage facilities can be anticipated.
6. Transportation Systems
A major fire could disrupt normal transportation systems.
7. Communication Disruptions
A major fire may disable portions of the telephone system. Telephone equipment, both hard wired and cell sites, could be adversely affected, primarily by overloading by physical damage and condition of equipment. Essential service lines will most likely survive and can typically be relied upon in implementing this Plan.
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8. Emergency Public Information
During a major fire, the public will need basic emergency public information. This information will be provided by the City of Pismo Beach's Public Information Officer via:
SLO County OES Alert Sense
Emergency Broadcast Messages over the Emergency Alerting System (EAS) Social Media
Broadcast and Radio Media
9. Security
Access into and out of the most highly damaged areas, mostly to ensure public safety, will be a major consideration for law enforcement and public works departments.
10. Donation Management
The local Salvation Army and/or Faith Based Organization may aid in receiving, inventorying, and distributing volunteer donations of food, clothing, water, etc.
11. Care and Shelter
Some displaced persons may be self-sufficient in nature; however evacuation shelters may be necessary.
V. Emergency Recovery
The City of Pismo Beach has a Recovery Plan, part 4, of the City of Pismo Beach’s Emergency Operations Plan. The following points are a short overview of items covered in more detail in that document.
A. Re-Entry
During transition into a recovery phase, areas affected by the fire should be inspected to determine if they are safe for public re-entry. Based on joint concurrence by the Unified Command Staff, state or federal representatives, re-entry will be authorized, and an EAS message to that effect will be issued.
B. Demobilization
When response departments are nearing completion of the last remaining life-safety Protective Action Missions, and when the Emergency Services Director (Pismo Beach City Manager) or the Deputy Emergency Services Director (Assistant City Manager) determines that the disaster has entered a recovery phase, the command staff should develop a formal demobilization plan. Consideration should also be given to assigning appropriate departments to conduct short term recovery operations (e.g., debris removal, restoration of critical facilities, utilities, and communications, and tending to the needs of the homeless and displaced, etc.)
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The City of Pismo Beach Emergency Operations Center should be downgraded as an Emergency Operations Center. The Emergency Operations Center will then become a Recovery Operations Center (ROC). It is desirable to attempt to restore departments to their normal working routine and environment as soon as possible. The Unified Command Staff, as well as other City of Pismo Beach departments, will be heavily involved in short and long-term recovery operations.
C. Final Report and Activity Log
All department heads from the City of Pismo Beach departments involved in the fire response will be required to complete a narrative report and a master activity log. The narrative report briefly describes the primary responsibility, the protective action missions performed and the total staff hours of involvement by the agency during the emergency phase of the fire. The master activity log documents names and times of agency personnel involved in a mission, equipment and supplies used, and any contracts with a private vendor to support emergency operations. Most of this information can be extrapolated from individual activity logs used by team leaders during the emergency (ICS 214, Emergency Operations Center messages, Emergency Operations Center activity logs). A copy of the narrative report and activity logs should be forwarded to the Plans Section as soon as possible and will be part of the official record of the fire disaster.
VI. Plan Administration
A. Plan Adoption
This is the official Pismo Beach City Plan for Responding to a fire occurring in, or threatening, the City of Pismo Beach. The Plan's responsibilities and authorities are effective as indicated below.
B. Purpose
The purpose of this Plan is to establish the City of Pismo Beach's response organization, command authority, responsibilities, functions, and interactions required to mitigate the effects of a fire affecting the City of Pismo Beach. The priority of emergency response to a damaging event shall be to minimize loss of life and property. The Plan is designed to unify all response departments under the Incident Command System (ICS) to best utilize joint resources and more effectively minimize damage to life and property caused by the effects of a fire.
C. Authorities
See the Plan Summary for a listing of all authorities and references.
D. Scope
1. Relationship with Other Plans
This Plan, a component of the City of Pismo Beach’s Emergency Operations Plan and is primarily intended to serve as a stand-alone Fire Response Plan. Procedures within this Plan address emergency response and short-term recovery. The City of Pismo Beach Earthquake Plan is
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compatible with federal, county and state emergency response plans. Should this type of event come about as the result of another disaster, that Disaster Plan will supersede this Plan.
2. Jurisdictional Factors
This plan encompasses the City of Pismo Beach jurisdictional limits of the City of Pismo Beach.
Copies of this Plan have been sent to the San Luis Obispo County Office of Emergency Services, incorporated cities, Lucia Mar Unified School District, and locally based federal, state, and military institutions for informational and coordination purposes.
E. Revision Page
This Section is for Plan Holders to record the posting of each Official Plan Revision made by the City of Pismo Beach. Please enter the revision number, the pages, the date the revision was posted, and the name of the person posting the revision.
Revision # Revision Title Page Number Revised Date Name
City of Pismo Beach
Emergency Operations Plan
Civil Disturbance-Terrorism-Active Shooter
Annex F
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FORWARD
Annex F, the City of Pismo Beach Civil Disturbance-Terrorism-Active Shooter Event Emergency Management Plan addresses the City of Pismo Beach's response to a Civil Disturbance-Terrorism-Active Shooter Event.
Response measures and procedures concerning the policy and operations of the City of Pismo Beach Emergency Organization are contained herein.
Coordinated Response
It is recognized that if a Civil Disturbance-Terrorism-Active Shooter Event impacts the City of Pismo Beach and is regional in nature, Unified Command will be charged with coordinating the response.
ICS/SEMS/NIMS
The City of Pismo Beach has adopted the Incident Command System (ICS), the Standardized Emergency System (SEMS), and the National Incident Management System (NIMS) as the emergency organization and the emergency management system for response to a Civil Disturbance-Terrorism-Active Shooter Event.
Unified Incident Command Authority
In the event of a Civil Disturbance-Terrorism-Active Shooter Event, the Police Chief will assume the position of Unified Incident Commander. If the Police Chief is not available, the following chain of command is provided to identify authorized alternates to fill the City of Pismo Beach's position as Incident Commander.
No. 1 – The On-Duty Senior Law Enforcement
No. 2 – On-Duty Police Officer/Fire Chief or On Duty Battalion Fire Chief No. 3 – The On-Duty highest ranking Police Officer or Fire Officer
The Unified Incident Commander will:
Alert the Pismo Beach City Manager as to the severity of the incident.
Emergency Operations Center Leadership
The City Manager is the Emergency Services Director and the Assistant City Manager is the Deputy Emergency Services Director.
Persons with Access and Functional Needs
It is the intent of the City of Pismo Beach to ensure that Persons with Functional and Access Needs have equal services that are provided to the citizens of Pismo Beach and are a priority.
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Civil Disturbance-Terrorism-Active Shooter Event
Table of Contents
Section Page
Forward 2
Table of Contents 3
I. Essentials 5
A. Definition 5
B. Initiating Event 5
C. Plan Activation 6
D. Initial Alerting 6
II. Response 6
A. Emergency Operations Center Locations 6
B. Emergency Operations Center-Levels of Activation 7
C. Emergency Response Levels 7
D. Situation Awareness Reporting 8
E. Situation Reporting Zones 8
F. Situation Reporting Responsibilities 9
G. San Luis Obispo County Resources 9
III. Incident Support 9
A. Response to Families and Victims 10
B. Reunification 10
C. Family and Victim Support 11
IV. Hazard Assessment 11
A. Hazard Assessment 11
V. Potential Impacts 12
1. Leadership 12
2. Situation Reporting 13
3. Multiple Casualties 13
4. Fires 13
5. Evacuations 13
6. Utility Disruptions 13
7. Effects on Transportation Systems 13
8. Communication Disruptions 13
9. Emergency Public Information 14
10. Security 14
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VI. Emergency Recovery 14
A. Re-entry 14
B. Demobilization 14
C. Final Report and Activity Log 15
VII. Plan Administration 15
A. Plan Adoption 15
B. Purpose 15
C. Authorities 15
D. Scope 16
E. Revision Page 16
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I. Essentials
High density event-oriented populations occur at various times throughout the year in the City of Pismo Beach. The prospect of a large concentration of individuals who are of a mindset to cause a civil disturbance is a real possibility. The threat of a civil disturbance from the local population is also a possibility.
The handling of any civil disturbance-terrorism-active shooter is very delicate in nature. Actions in response to a civil disturbance should attempt to prevent an escalation of the situation and to protect people and property. There is a need to constantly evaluate the situation and respond at a level necessary to control or mitigate confrontations.
A. Definitions
Civil Disturbance
According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), civil disturbance is "a civil unrest activity such as a demonstration, riot, or strike that disrupts a community and requires intervention to maintain public safety." Civil disturbance or unrest can cause a variety of subsequent issues such as violence and assault, disorderly conduct, vandalism, or larceny.
Terrorism
FEMA definition of Terrorism: “Terrorism is the use of force or violence against persons or property in violation of the criminal laws of the United States for purposes of intimidation, coercion, or ransom.”
High density event-oriented populations occur at various times throughout the year in the City of Pismo Beach. Individuals who are of a mindset to cause a terrorist event are a real possibility. The threat of a terrorist event from the local population is a possibility.
Active Shooter
The frequency of active shooter incidents has increased in recent years, and these incidents have affected numerous places where citizens congregate, such as schools, workplaces, places of worship, shopping malls, public meetings, and movie theaters. An active shooter is an individual or individuals actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people. There is no pattern or method to the selection of victims.
Active shooter situations are dynamic and quickly evolve.
B. Initiating Event
A Civil Disturbance-Terrorism-Active Shooter Event is the initiating event that alerts the public the City of Pismo Beach. The focal point for reporting these types of events is the City of Pismo Beach Emergency Communications Center (dispatch).
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C. Plan Activation
The policy of the City of Pismo Beach that a Civil Disturbance-Terrorism-Active Shooter Event, as referenced in this Plan, in the judgment of the City Manager, Police Chief, Fire Chief, or their designee, warrants activation of this plan.
If a civil disturbance, terrorist, or active shooter incident is confirmed and brought to the attention of the City of Pismo Beach Emergency Communications Center, contact with the Unified Incident Commander (or authorized alternate) should be attempted. If contact is possible, the Unified Incident Commander or alternate would be advised of the situation, including initial damage reports.
If contact with the Unified Incident Commander or any authorized alternate cannot be made, the on-duty highest ranking Police Officer or the Deputy Chief or on Duty Battalion Chief may recommend Plan activation.
D. Initial Alerting
Upon Plan activation, the Pismo Beach Emergency Communications will notify City departments of Plan and Emergency Operations Center activation. EOC Mobilization instructions for on-duty dispatchers will:
Notify the Pismo Beach City Manager and all department heads and have them report to the City’s Emergency Operations Center.
Alert all off-duty police and fire personnel and have them report to assigned work areas. Poll police and fire units and stations for available resources. Alert on-duty police and fire units and instruct them to begin Situation Reporting in the Situation Reporting Zones as needed.
II. Response
A. Emergency Operations Center Locations
The following are the EOC locations for an emergency event. (Note: These locations may be adjusted or changed depending on the specific circumstances of the event).
EMERGENCY OPEATIONS CENTER (EOC)
Primary: Pismo Beach Police Department
1000 Bello Street
Pismo Beach, CA 93449
Secondary: Pismo Beach City Hall
760 Mattie Road
Pismo Beach, CA 93449
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B. Emergency Operations Center – Levels of Activation
The number of City staff at the EOC will depend on the level of activation. The person authorizing the activation of the EOC will determine the Level of Activation. The Emergency Services Director or Deputy Emergency Services Director may change the activation level throughout the emergency as needed. The levels of activation are:
EOC LEVEL 1
A major disaster wherein local resources are overwhelmed. State and/or federal resources are required. A local emergency and a state of emergency will be proclaimed. A Presidential Declaration of Emergency or major disaster will be requested. The EOC will be staffed to the highest number of personnel possible or necessary.
EOC LEVEL 2
A moderate to severe emergency wherein local resources are not adequate and mutual aid may be required on a regional or even statewide basis. A local emergency will be proclaimed, and a state of emergency might be proclaimed by City Council or the County. The EOC will be moderately staffed.
EOC LEVEL 3
A minor to moderate incident wherein local resources is adequate and available. A local emergency may or may not be declared. The EOC will be minimally staffed.
Note: Upon activation of the City of Pismo Beach’s Emergency Operations Center, contact will be established with the County of San Luis Obispo Office of Emergency Services.
C. Emergency Response Levels
Emergency response for a Civil Disturbance-Terrorism-Active Shooter Event is broken down into three levels:
Level 1, Severe Emergency: Total recall of all off-duty police, fire department personnel, and request the Pismo Beach City Manager and all department heads report to the City’s Emergency Operations Center.
Level 2, Escalating Emergency: Increased number of incidents due to a Civil Disturbance- Terrorism-Active Shooter Event. On-duty crews cannot keep up with calls. The incident can be handled by calling out all off-duty Police Department employees and with the assistance on- duty fire and police units.
Level 3, Non-Emergency: Always in effect day-to-day routine operations. No excessive incident loads. On-duty crews can handle all calls.
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D. Situation Awareness Reporting
1. General
The priority upon plan activation is situation reporting: the process of receiving a complete and comprehensive picture of the damages caused by the event. Immediately after a Civil Disturbance- Terrorism-Active Shooter Event, situation reporting may be minimal. It is recognized that complete damage intelligence may take several hours to get a complete and stable citywide assessment.
Continuing situation reporting is critically important and is the foundation on which EOC/field actions are based every effort must be made to immediately initiate a field survey within a Situation Reporting Zone (SRZ) and to report that information to the City of Pismo Beach EOC as soon as possible. Situation Reports may become available from the other sources, i.e.:
General Public
News and social media
San Luis Obispo County Emergency Communications Center San Luis Obispo County Office of Emergency Services
City of Pismo Beach Radio equipped field units
Caltrans
California Highway Patrol
SEMPRA (formerly known as Southern California Gas Company) Lucia Mar Unified School District
Pacific Gas and Electric (PG & E)
Ares Medical Centers
The individual field Situation Reporting Groups within the Operations Section will conduct a field survey of an area or Situation Reporting Zone (SRZ). Early reports may include the following:
Rescue needs (estimated number trapped)
Serious mass injuries (estimated number)
Dead (estimated number)
Civil Disturbance-Terrorism-Active Shooter Event damages Any other critical emergency or situation observed
E. Situation Reporting Zones
In the event of an event, the City of Pismo Beach has been organized into three Situation Reporting Zones (SRZ’s). They are described as follows:
Zone 1: That area of the City found to the North if Hwy 101 and the Marrie Road on/off ramp to the City Limits.
Zone 2: That area of the City found to the south of Hwy 101 and Marrie Road on/off ramps and to the north of the railroad tracks is known as the Central part of the City.
Zone 3: That area of the City found to the South of the railroad tracks to the City limits.
Note: Where no damage occurs within a SRZ, “no damage” reports are still required in order to insure
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complete damage intelligence.
F. Situation Zone Responsibilities
DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBILITY
Police Department Citywide primary survey for all threats and damages Fire Department Citywide survey for damage, rescue, injuries, and fire Public Works Citywide survey for streets, facilities and, parks damage Information Technology Citywide survey for communication and broadband damage Community Development
Citywide survey of critical facilities for damage, structural damage, and posting of unsafe buildings
Utilities Citywide survey of freshwater and waste disposal systems PG & E Utilities Survey for condition of their transmission lines SLO Coastal Unified School District Survey for condition of their facility and personnel Caltrans Jurisdictional survey for State highways
G. San Luis Obispo County Resources
The Office of Emergency Services (OES) coordinates all requests for assistance from San Luis Obispo County (beyond mutual aid agreements established for fire, law, medical, or public works resources). To request assistance from San Luis Obispo County, contact the Duty Officer at 805.781.1144.
NOTE: mutual aid requests for additional law enforcement and special teams will be made through San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Dispatch Center.
The American Red Cross works together with the Care and Shelter Branch to identify and establish evacuation and general population shelter sites. In most cases the Care and Shelter Branch provides a supporting role to the American Red Cross.
III. Incident Support
Once the incident has been stabilized and is no longer a threat, and Law Enforcement have evacuated the wounded, human resources and/or leadership should engage in post-event assessments. Including but not limited to:
Accounting for all individuals at one or more designated assembly points to determine who, if anyone, is missing or potentially injured.
Coordinate with first responders to account for any occupants who were not evacuated.
Determine the best methods for notifying families of individuals affected by the active shooter, including notification of any casualties in coordination with Law Enforcement. Establish reunification centers as needed for victim and family support. Provide psychological health care to all responders through initial defusing, debrief and CIDS/PEER support.
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Response to Victims and Families
Victim and family support is a critical component to ensuring a successful overall response to a critical incident. It is important to ensure the response is coordinated through each phase including the immediate response, transition process, and post-crisis support in a way that integrates into the investigative and operational response. Coordination with local resources is critical to ensure a smooth provision of services throughout the longevity of the event.
Account and adjust to meet the needs of the victim/family and the dynamics of the situation. Some considerations include (but are not limited to):
Provide clear communication and information
Confirm victim identification
Establish family response management teams
Manage resource coordination
Reunification
Where the immediate reunification of loved ones is not possible, providing family members with timely, accurate, and relevant information is paramount. Having family members wait for long periods of time for information about their loved ones not only adds to their stress and frustration but can also escalate the emotions of the entire group.
When families are reunited, it is critical that there are child release processes in place where minors might be involved (e.g., childcare or discharged patients) to ensure that no child is released to an unauthorized person, even if that person is well-meaning.
Essential steps to help establish trust and provide family members with a sense of control can be accomplished by identifying a safe location separate from distractions and/or media and the general public, but close enough to allow family members to feel connected in proximity to their children/loved ones; Schedule periodic updates even if no additional information is available Be prepared to speak with family members about what to expect when reunited with their loved ones.
Ensure effective communication with those who have language barriers or need other accommodations, such as American Sign Language interpreters for deaf or hard of hearing family members
When reunification is not possible because an individual is missing, injured, or killed, how and when this information is provided to families is critical. Before an emergency, it must be determined how, when, and by whom family members/representatives will be informed if their loved one is missing or has been injured or killed. Law Enforcement typically takes the lead on death notifications related to criminal activity. This will ensure that families and loved ones receive accurate and timely information in a compassionate way.
While Law Enforcement and medical examiner procedures must be followed, families should receive
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accurate information as soon as possible. In cases where an individual has been killed, describe the importance of processing the scene for forensic, investigative purposes and to ensure accurate identification of victims. It is best to avoid making promises that cannot be kept with regard to timing of identification and release of victims’ remains. Crisis responders should be on hand to immediately assist family members.
Victim and Family Support
Victims and their families need the availability of a support system. Victim identification is an opportunity for Law Enforcement to interact in a compassionate way with victims, families. Death notification is a major interaction between the family members and Law Enforcement, as well as the management of personal effects, both evidentiary and non-evidentiary.
Identifying victims is a predictable challenge. An incident can result in injured, missing/deceased, walking wounded, and eyewitnesses who may be identified as victims. The victim identification process is likely to be drawn out when victim remains are disfigured, severely damaged, or fragmented. Victim populations tend to be diverse, which creates an opportunity to plan for multi-cultural issues, language barriers, foreign citizens, injured victims and other special populations and those citizens with Functional and Access Needs.
Death notification should be done in teams (Law Enforcement and victim services provider). How these issues and death notification are handled has a major impact on families, as well as their relationship to officials and their perception of responding agencies.
Management of victim/family response is a challenge. The National Transportation Safety Board estimates that an average of eight to twelve family members for each missing victim will respond to the incident location. Victims and families will begin asking about personal belongings. For the families of the deceased these items assume special significance as they are among the last things their loved ones touched and help maintain a physical connection when it is needed most. The needs of victims and the responsibilities for addressing these needs develop along a continuum to include:
The immediate aftermath
Identify victims and provide initial information and support Transition to services that help stabilize victims and families Develop long-term provision of information and support associated with long investigations and possible prosecutions
IV. Hazard Assessment
The City of Pismo Beach Hazard Identification and Analysis process used the FEMA Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment Guide.
General Agency Responsibilities
Listed below are the potential threats and impact of situations resulting from a Civil Disturbance-Terrorism- Active Shooter Event. The exact circumstances of the event may dictate some flexibility and adjustments.
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A. Hazard Assessment
1. Potential Threats
The threat to the public, Law Enforcement and safety personnel can be severe and bold in nature.
Securing of essential facilities and services is necessary.
2. Potential Impacts
Damage possibilities range from the loss of life, multiple casualties, significant property damage from fire and looting, or the loss of infrastructure (electric and water systems).
Looting and fires can take place as a result of perceived or actual non-intervention by authorities and could take place in both commercial and residential areas of the City of Pismo Beach. The setting of fires is a common occurrence in these types of events. Major structure fires or conflagrations are a real threat as fire suppression efforts will often be hindered
V. Potential Impacts
The following potential situations that may be caused as a result of a Civil Disturbance-Terrorism-Active Shooter Event impacting this City of Pismo Beach include:
1. Leadership
2. Situation Reporting
3. Multiple Casualties
4. Fires
5. Evacuation
6. Utility Disruptions
7. Effects on Transportation Systems
8. Communication Disruptions
9. Emergency Public Information
10. Security
These emergencies are discussed in general and are a basis for response to a Civil Disturbance-Terrorism- Active Shooter Event. This Plan does not presume to predict the full range and depth of Civil Disturbance- Terrorism-Active Shooter Event consequences. It does, however, attempt to reflect the most accurate estimate of the nature of emergencies or problems resulting from a Civil Disturbance-Terrorism-Active Shooter Event occurring in or threatening the City of Pismo Beach.
1. Leadership:
The strain on local government and its emergency response organization to command and coordinate the response to a Civil Disturbance-Terrorism-Active Shooter Event could be immediate, severe, and overwhelming.
During a large event of this type, the City of Pismo Beach and County of San Luis Obispo may establish their command post together.
City of Pismo Beach Civil Disturbance -Terrorism-Active Shooter Emergency Operations Plan Annex F
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2. Situation Reporting:
A Civil Disturbance-Terrorism-Active Shooter Event may trigger many different types of emergencies and damages simultaneously over a widespread area. An overall assessment and prioritization of emergencies/hazards through a centralized means of situation reporting will be one of the first critical actions. On-duty radio-equipped public safety and public services units may be the only means available to provide an initial survey of field areas and report damage information back to the City of Pismo Beach’s Communications Center
Due to several factors (massive damage, limited personnel, transportation disruptions, communications overload, etc.), a complete situation reporting picture may take several hours to several days.
3. Multiple Casualties:
See Annex C, Multiple Casualty Incident of this Plan for additional information.
4. Fires:
Refer to Annex E, Major Fire Annex for additional information.
5. Evacuation:
Threatened areas of the City of Pismo Beach may require evacuation to minimize injury and loss of life, and to allow emergency responders to operate without interference. Voluntary evacuation may be hampered due to communications problems, the loss of good judgment by some segments of the public, and the tendency of some people to want to stay and defend their homes.
The Unified Command will need to balance several factors when developing evacuation plans:
a) Severity of threat
b) Time of day
c) Type of threat
d) Availability of emergency workers
6. Utility Disruptions:
Loss of utilities would primarily be from some sort of disruption of the main delivery systems which could be extensive.
7. Effects on Transportation Systems:
A Civil Disturbance-Terrorism-Active Shooter Event could disrupt normal transportation systems causing severe traffic management problems as well as delays to response, evacuation, and logistical support.
8. Communication Disruptions:
A Civil Disturbance-Terrorism-Active Shooter Event may damage some portions of the telephone system in the immediate area or be regional in nature.
City of Pismo Beach Civil Disturbance -Terrorism-Active Shooter Emergency Operations Plan Annex F
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Telephone equipment, both hard wired and cell sites, could be adversely affected primarily by overloading and complicated by physical damage.
Effective radio communications may require the augmentation of Amateur Emergency Radio Services personnel and the use of "car to car" relay systems. In the absence of emergency power to some agency base stations, portable radios may be the only available means of radio communications.
9. Emergency Public Information:
During a Civil Disturbance-Terrorism-Active Shooter Event, the public will need basic emergency public information.
This information will be provided by the City of Pismo Beach's Public Information Officer via:
SLO County OES Alert Sense
Emergency Broadcast Messages over the Emergency Alerting System (EAS) Social Media
AM/FM Radio Stations
Local Network Television
10. Security:
Looting can be anticipated to be a major problem or consideration requiring security. Security to control access into and out of the most highly damaged areas will be a major consideration for Law Enforcement departments.
VI. Recovery
The City of Pismo Beach has a Recovery Plan, in the City of Pismo Beach’s Emergency Operations Plan. The following points are a short overview of items covered in more detail in that document.
A. Re-Entry
During transition into a recovery phase, areas affected by the Civil Disturbance-Terrorism-Active Shooter Event should be inspected to determine if they are safe for public re-entry. Based on joint concurrence by the Unified Command Staff, state or federal representatives, re-entry will be authorized, and a Public Information message to that effect will be issued.
B. Demobilization
When response departments are nearing completion of the last remaining life-safety Protective Action Missions, and when the Emergency Services Director (Pismo Beach City Manager) or the Deputy Director of Emergency Services (Assistant City Manager) determines that the disaster has entered a recovery phase, the command staff should develop a formal demobilization plan. Consideration should also be given to assigning appropriate departments to conduct short term recovery operations (e.g., debris removal, restoration of critical facilities, utilities, and communications, and tending to the needs of the displaced, etc.)
City of Pismo Beach Civil Disturbance -Terrorism-Active Shooter Emergency Operations Plan Annex F
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The City of Pismo Beach Emergency Operations Center should be downgraded as an Emergency Operations Center. The Emergency Operations Center will then become a Recovery Operations Center (ROC). It is desirable to attempt to restore departments to their normal working routine and environment as soon as possible. The Unified Command Staff, as well as other City of Pismo Beach departments, will be heavily involved in short and long-term recovery operations.
C. Final Report and Activity Log
All department heads from the City of Pismo Beach departments involved in the Civil Disturbance-Terrorism- Active Shooter Event response will be required to complete a narrative report and a master activity log. The narrative report briefly describes the primary responsibility, the protective action missions performed and the total staff hours of involvement by the agency during the emergency phase of the Civil Disturbance- Terrorism-Active Shooter Event. The master activity log documents names and times of agency personnel involved in a mission, equipment and supplies used, and any contracts with a private vendor to support emergency operations. Most of this information can be extrapolated from individual activity logs used by team leaders during the emergency (ICS 214, EOC messages, EOC activity logs). A copy of the narrative report and activity logs should be forwarded to the Plans Section as soon as possible and will be part of the official record of the Civil Disturbance-Terrorism-Active Shooter Event disaster.
VII. Plan Administration
A. Plan Adoption
This is the official Pismo Beach City Plan for Responding to a Civil Disturbance-Terrorism-Active Shooter Event occurring in, or threatening, the City of Pismo Beach. The Plan's responsibilities and authorities are effective as indicated below.
B. Purpose
The purpose of this Plan is to establish the City of Pismo Beach's response organization, command authority, responsibilities, functions, and interactions required to mitigate the effects of a Civil Disturbance-Terrorism- Active Shooter Event affecting the City of Pismo Beach. The priority of emergency response to these types of events shall be to minimize loss of life and property. The Plan is designed to unify all response departments under the Incident Command System (ICS) to best utilize joint resources and more effectively minimize damage to life and property caused by the effects of a Civil Disturbance-Terrorism-Active Shooter Event.
C. Authorities
See the Basic Plan, for a listing of all authorities and references.
City of Pismo Beach Civil Disturbance -Terrorism-Active Shooter Emergency Operations Plan Annex F
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D. Scope
1. Relationship with Other Plans
This Plan is primarily intended to serve as a stand-alone response Plan for all effects associated with a Civil Disturbance-Terrorism-Active Shooter Event. Procedures within this Plan solely address emergency response and short-term recovery. The Plan is compatible with other city, county, and state emergency response plans.
2. Jurisdictional Factors
This plan encompasses the jurisdictional limits of the City of Pismo Beach. Copies of this Plan have been sent to the San Luis Obispo County Office of Emergency Management, incorporated cities, Lucia Mar Unified School District, and locally based federal, state and military institutions for informational and coordination purposes.
E. Revision Page
This Section is for Plan Holders to record the posting of each Official Plan Revision made by the City of Pismo Beach. Please enter the revision number, revision title, page number revised date the revision was posted and the name of the person posting the revision.
The format for numbering revisions shall be a sequential number followed by the last two digits of the current calendar year (e.g., #1-15, #2-15, and so on). New sequential revision numbers will begin each January 1.
Revision # Revision Title Page Number Revised Date Name
CITY OF PISMO BEACH
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN
Annex G
ORIGINAL:
Unknown
REVISED:
05/1993
09/2006
12/2007
10/2008
05/2010
06/2010
09/2012
12/2013
07/2016
07/2018
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PREFACE
This SOP comprises Section III.32 of the San Luis Obispo County/Cities Nuclear Power Plant Emergency Response Plan. As such, it incorporates pre–emergency preparedness, alert and mobilization and emergency procedures necessary for an emergency response at the city level.
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REVISIONS
DESCRIPTION DATE
Original Document Unknown
Revision May 1993
Revision 1. To conform to NPP SOP standards Sept. 2006
Annual Update 1. Editorial Update Dec. 2007
Revision 1. Checklist re–order and update Oct. 2008
Annual Update 1. Editorial Update June 2010
Revision
1. Split Police Chief & Watch Commander Checklist
2. Changes Special Needs and Carless Collection
Process
Sept. 2012
Revision 1. New Route Alerting and Notification Process
2. New Evacuation Assistance List Process
3. Editorial Update
Dec. 2013
Annual Update 1. Editorial Update June 2016
Annual Update 1. Editorial Update July 2018
Annual Update 1. Editorial Update
2. New Comm Form June 2022
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COPY QUANTITY LOCATION DATE
Original 1 OES Office File
EOC 1 Agency Binder
1 File Cabinet
Sanitized Version
1 PG&E DCPP EP (e–mail)
1 Cal OES (e–mail)
1 FEMA Region IX RAC (e–mail)
1 NRC Region IV (e–mail)
Dept./Agency
1 Dispatch
1 City Manager
1 Police Chief
1 D3401 (Division Chief)
1 B3416 (Battalion Chief)
1 Public Works Director
1 Community Development Director
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART ONE - OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................... 1
1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. 1
2. RESPONSIBILITIES ............................................................................................. 2
3. EMERGENCY CLASSIFICATION LEVELS (ECLS) ............................................. 4
4. CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS .............................................................................. 5
5. NOTIFICATION AND MOBILIZATION .................................................................. 6
6. COMMUNICATIONS ............................................................................................ 7
7. FACILITIES .......................................................................................................... 7
8. PROTECTIVE ACTIONS...................................................................................... 8
9. PUBLIC ALERT, NOTIFICATION, AND INFORMATION ...................................... 9
10. EMERGENCY WORKER EXPOSURE CONTROL (EWEC) ............................... 10
11. TRAINING .......................................................................................................... 10
12. EXERCISES AND DRILLS ................................................................................. 10
13. PLAN REVIEW................................................................................................... 10 PART TWO - CHECKLISTS ..................................................................................................... 11 CHECKLIST 1: DISPATCH ............................................................................................ 12 CHECKLIST 2: EMERGENCY SERVICES DIRECTOR (CITY MANAGER) ................... 13 CHECKLIST 3: WATCH COMMANDER ........................................................................ 16 CHECKLIST 4: POLICE CHIEF ..................................................................................... 18 CHECKLIST 5: PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.......................................................... 21 CHECKLIST 6: FIRE CHIEF .......................................................................................... 22 CHECKLIST 7: TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE MANAGER ................................... 24 CHECKLIST 8: EVACUATION ASSISTANCE MANAGER ............................................. 25 PART THREE - APPENDICES ................................................................................................. 26 APPENDIX 1: PROTECTIVE ACTION ZONE MAP & DESCRIPTIONS ......................... 27 APPENDIX 2: EVACUATION ROUTES ......................................................................... 28 APPENDIX 3: INDIVIDUALS REFUSING TO EVACUATE ............................................. 33 APPENDIX 4: SPECIAL FACILITIES NOT EVACUATED .............................................. 34 APPENDIX 5: CARLESS COLLECTION POINT SUMMARY FORM .............................. 35 APPENDIX 6: COMMUNICATION UPDATE FORM ....................................................... 36
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1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Purpose
The purpose of this document is to prescribe the City of Pismo Beach’s policies, concepts and procedures for responding to nuclear power plant emergencies which could affect the health, safety or property of the public within the city limits.
1.2 Objectives
This document has been developed to comply with the objectives listed in the San Luis Obispo County/Cities Nuclear Power Plant Emergency Response Plan.
Specifically, objectives of the Plan are as follows:
1.2.1 Define the threat presented by a major emergency at the Diablo Canyon Power Plant.
1.2.2 Define the basis by which nuclear power plant emergency planning is conducted.
1.2.3 Provide a concept by which protection of the public and property in the City can be accomplished.
1.2.4 Establish the concepts, policies and procedures under which the City Incident Management Organization will operate during emergencies at the Diablo Canyon Power Plant.
1.2.5 Provide for Standard Operating Procedures which provide specific guidance to members of the City Incident Management Organization and emergency workers.
1.3 Hazard Assessment
1.3.1 Situation:
The Diablo Canyon Power Plant is operated by the Pacific Gas and Electric Company. The plant is located on the San Luis Obispo County coast, approximately 12 miles northwest of the city.
1.4 Planning Basis
1.4.1 Emergency Planning Zones:
The EPZ covers an area of about 18 miles to the north and east and 22 miles to the southeast of the plant. The EPZ lies entirely within the county and stretches from Cayucos in the north, to San Luis Obispo in the east, and the Five Cities area to the south. The EPZ is the area where protective actions for the public could be directed by county officials.
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2 The EPZ is divided into 12 Protective Action Zones (PAZs). Pismo Beach is in PAZs 3 and 6.
The Public Education Zone extends beyond the EPZ. Residents living within the PEZ receive information on nuclear power plant emergency planning activities.
1.4.2 Meteorology
The predominant wind direction off the Pacific Ocean for most of the central California coast is from the northwest.
1.4.3 Evacuation Routes
The predetermined evacuation routes leading from the City to areas outside the EPZ are U.S. Highway 101, State Highway 1 and State Highway 227 (via Price Canyon Road).
2. RESPONSIBILITIES
The personnel/city departments shown below are responsible for the listed activities required to implement this Standard Operating Procedure (SOP).
2.1 Mayor and City Council
Acts in an advisory role to the City Manager during an emergency and approves emergency proclamations.
2.2 City Manager (City Emergency Services Director)
The City Manager directs the city emergency response and coordinates with the County Emergency Services Director to ensure a unified county–city response effort. He is also responsible for:
2.2.1 Notification of city staff not directly notified by the public safety agencies.
2.2.2 Coordinating public information during the emergency.
2.2.3 Coordinating reentry, return, and recovery at the city level with County EOC.
2.2.4 Supply and procurement to support city response actions.
2.2.5 Ensuring 24 hour staffing of all required city emergency operations personnel.
2.2.6 Utilize Administrative Services and Community Development departments as needed.
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The Police Department is responsible for:
2.3.1 Providing emergency communications for conducting emergency operations within the city.
2.3.2 Receiving emergency information from the County Sheriff’s Watch Commander or County EOC.
2.3.3 Alerting the City Manager and Department heads of an emergency condition from notification provided by the Sheriff’s Watch Commander/EOC.
2.3.4 Coordinating the evacuation of the city as directed by the county.
2.3.5 Coordinating with the Fire Department in providing direct alert and notification to the public as a backup to the Early Warning System sirens (EWS) and Emergency Alert System (EAS).
2.3.6 Providing information and assistance to the public concerning the status of the emergency.
2.3.7 Establishing a controlled perimeter around restricted areas if such a perimeter affects the City.
2.3.8 Patrolling evacuated areas from outside the evacuated areas for the purpose of law enforcement during and after evacuation.
2.3.9 Supporting the California Highway Patrol in implementing the traffic management plan for an evacuation. This support will consist of providing traffic control on local streets within the jurisdiction of the city.
2.3.10 Assisting in the evacuation of institutions and carless individuals as necessary.
2.3.11 Monitoring the progress of evacuation/sheltering actions and providing progress reports to the City Emergency Services Director based upon patrol of the affected areas.
2.3.12 Conducting field operations as directed by the City Emergency Services Director during the re–occupancy of evacuated areas by the public.
2.3.13 Ensuring roadways remain clear of impediments in coordination with Public Works.
2.4. Fire Chief
The Fire Department is responsible for:
2.4.1 Coordinating with the Police Department in providing direct alert and notification to the public as a backup to the Early Warning System sirens (EWS) and Emergency Alert System (EAS).
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4 2.4.2 Providing information and assistance to the public concerning the status of the emergency.
2.4.3 Assisting in the evacuation of institutions, especially medical facilities.
2.4.4 Assisting with monitoring the number of persons assembled at local carless collection points as requested.
2.4.5 Assisting in the evacuation of individuals with medical needs as requested.
2.4.6 Assisting the police department in providing confirmation of evacuation or sheltering as requested.
2.4.7 Assisting the police department in conducting operations as directed by the City and County Emergency Services Directors.
2.4.8 Providing fire and rescue response locally and for supporting countywide response under the direction of the County Fire Department. The Operational Area Fire and Rescue Coordinator will allocate staffing within the county and will request resources from outside the county if required to support local response.
2.5 Public Works Director
The Public Works Department is responsible for:
2.5.1 Placing barricades as requested by the police department in coordination with the traffic management plan.
2.5.2 Maintaining streets and performing other functions to maintain traffic flow during an evacuation as requested by the police department.
2.5.3 Providing radio dispatched vehicles and other communications.
2.5.4 Providing logistical support to field responders and the City EOC.
2.5.5 Assisting with removal of roadway impediments.
3. EMERGENCY CLASSIFICATION LEVELS (ECLS)
3.1 Unusual Event
Unusual Event is an event which is in process or has occurred and indicates a potential degradation of the level of safety of the plant or indicates a security threat to facility protection. No releases of radioactive material requiring offsite response or monitoring are expected unless further degradation of safety systems occurs.
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5 3.2 Alert
The Alert classification is characterized by an event that is in process or has occurred which involves an actual or potential substantial degradation of the level of safety of the plant or a security event that involves probable life threatening risk to site personnel or damage to site equipment because of intentional malicious dedicated efforts of a hostile act. Any releases are expected to be limited to small fractions of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Protective Action Guideline exposure levels.
The City will activate the City Emergency Operations Center at this classification.
3.3 Site Area Emergency
A Site Area Emergency is characterized by an event that is in process or has occurred which involves actual or likely major failures of plant functions needed for protection of the public or a security event that results in intentional damage or malicious act; (1) toward site personnel or equipment that could lead to the likely failure of or; (2) that prevents effective access to equipment needed for the protection of the public. Any releases are not expected to result in exposure levels which exceed EPA Protective Action Guideline exposure levels beyond the site boundary.
The City will activate the City Emergency Operations Center and mobilize City resources fully at this classification.
3.4 General Emergency
A General Emergency classification is characterized by an event that is in process or has occurred which involves actual or imminent substantial core degradation or melting with potential for loss of containment integrity or a security event that results in an actual loss of physical control of the facility. Releases can be reasonably expected to exceed EPA Protective Action Guideline exposure levels offsite for more than the immediate site area.
The City will activate the City Emergency Operations Center and mobilize all City resources at this classification.
4. CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS
The City will be notified of emergencies at Diablo Canyon Power Plant that are classified as UNUSUAL EVENT or higher. Initial notification of UNUSUAL EVENT or higher classifications at the power plant will be first provided by the plant to the County Sheriff's Department. The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Watch Commander then notifies the cities.
Initial notification and status of emergencies by the Sheriff's Watch Commander will be done over Red Phone located in the city's Public Safety Dispatch Center (Police Department). Pismo Beach will then notify Grover Beach of the emergency.
The city will then implement this SOP as appropriate.
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6 5. NOTIFICATION AND MOBILIZATION
Once the city is notified, the City Public Safety Dispatcher will notify the Police Department Watch Commander who, in turn, will make appropriate notifications.
Notification will also be made to the City of Grover Beach. Response by city personnel will be dependent on the emergency classification level. The following summarizes response actions which could occur at each of the four Emergency Classification Levels.
5.1 Unusual Event
5.1.1 Receipt of notification of event from the County.
5.1.2 Notification of key City Officials by dispatch.
5.1.3 No mobilization is required at this classification.
5.2 Alert
5.2.1 Receipt of notification of event from County.
5.2.2 Notification of all City emergency personnel.
5.2.3 Activation of City EOC (Police Department).
5.2.4 Assessment of staffing needs, mobilize or stand–by status.
5.2.5 Establishment of incident management using the Incident Command System and Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS) and National Incident Management System (NIMS).
5.2.6 Maintenance of communications with County Emergency Operations Center.
5.2.7 Monitoring of public response.
5.2.8 Report readiness status to County Emergency Operations Center.
5.2.10 Refer media inquiries to the County Joint Information Center (JIC).
5.2.11 Response to mutual aid requests.
5.3 Site Area Emergency and General Emergency
Same actions as ALERT and in addition:
5.3.1 Pre–planning for possibility of protective action decisions, which could affect the city, including:
5.3.1.1 Resource Needs
5.3.1.2 Route Alerting and Notification
5.3.1.3 Traffic Management
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7 5.3.1.4 Impediment Removal
5.3.1.5 Transportation Resources
5.3.1.6 Perimeter Control
5.3.1.7 Public Information
5.3.1.8 Acquisition of resources needed to implement protective action decisions.
5.3.1.9 Performance of actions to implement protective action decisions as directed.
5.3.1.10 Cooperative development of reentry and recovery plans with the county.
5.3.2 Agency Representatives
5.3.2.1 The city may send an Agency Representative to the County EOC, as necessary.
5.3.2.2 The CHP will assign a Sergeant to the City EOC for coordination of traffic management during an evacuation as able. If unable to send, the City will coordinate directly with the County EOC Traffic/Evac Branch.
6. COMMUNICATIONS
The City of Pismo Beach uses commercial phones, pagers and two–way radios on a daily basis. The same systems would be used during an emergency. Since they are used daily and are already tested as a part of normal operations, no special inventory or testing is needed.
7. FACILITIES
7.1 The primary City facilities that would be used for emergency response are:
7.1.1 Pismo Beach Police Department
1000 Bello Street
Pismo Beach, CA
(805) 773–2208
7.1.2 CAL FIRE/Pismo Beach Fire Department
Station 64
990 Bello Street
Pismo Beach, CA
(805) 773–7050
7.1.3 CAL FIRE/Pismo Beach Fire Department
Station 63
2555 Shell Beach Road
Shell Beach, CA
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Located at the Pismo Beach Police Department
8. PROTECTIVE ACTIONS
A wide variety of protective actions are available to avoid or reduce radiation exposure to the public. The two most basic protective actions that could be taken are shelter in place and evacuation. The ingestion of Potassium Iodide is also a supplementary Protective Action that may be directed. These protective actions are discussed below:
Note: Protective Action Decisions will be based on radiological and plant conditions, not solely on Emergency Classification Levels. For example, a Security Event at the plant can result in rapidly escalating classification levels without an immediate radiological risk.
8.1 Shelter in Place
Sheltering takes place in any structure which could protect individuals from direct contact with radioactivity in the air `outside the structure. Outside air should be limited from entering the structure to lessen exposure inside (e.g., windows and doors closed, air conditioners and heaters turned off).
8.2 Evacuation
Evacuation is a major countermeasure to prevent or reduce exposure and contamination of the general public. It is a complex operation involving several governmental jurisdictions. Evacuation would most likely be directed to populations within six miles of the plant. However, evacuation planning for the entire EPZ has been done in the event evacuation is necessary beyond a six mile radius of the plant. The primary Reception, Monitoring and Decontamination Centers for the general public are Camp Roberts to the north, and the CC New Tech High School at Nipomo High School to the south.
8.3 Evacuation Assistance List and Carless Collection
Independent living individuals who would require evacuation assistance due to a medical need may self register on the Evacuation Assistance List maintained by San Luis Obispo County Office of Emergency Services (OES). In an emergency the County EOC will coordinate transportation for these individuals, while the city may assist as able.
In the event that PAZ 6 is ordered to evacuate, persons without vehicles to use for evacuation will be directed to carless collection points located throughout the city. The County EOC will coordinate transportation to pick up those individuals.
Carless Collection Points are located at:
• Pismo Beach Vet’s Hall
780 Bello Street, Pismo Beach
• Spyglass Inn parking lot
2705 Spyglass Drive, Shell Beach
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9 • Pacific Coast Plaza
825 Oak Park Road, Pismo Beach
8.4 Ingestion of Potassium Iodide (KI)
The ingestion of KI tablets may be directed for the public following an emergency at Diablo Canyon as a supplemental protective measure. The direction to ingest KI is always supplemental to the primary protective actions of evacuation or sheltering in place. Should the ingestion of KI be directed along with the order to evacuate, residents will be directed that evacuation is the primary protective measure and they should not return to retrieve their KI pills.
KI is not an “anti–radiation” pill but if taken in an appropriate and timely dosage, may block the uptake of radioactive iodine by the thyroid gland.
The ingestion of potassium iodide will be authorized and recommended appropriately by the County Health Officer (CHO) or a State Health Official after the evaluation of pertinent data.
9. PUBLIC ALERT, NOTIFICATION, AND INFORMATION
9.1 The Early Warning System Sirens (EWS)
The San Luis Obispo County Early Warning System sirens (EWS) are the primary method of alerting the public of an emergency at the Diablo Canyon Power Plant where public action is necessary. The sirens alert the public to tune to local radio and television stations for emergency information and instructions on the actions they need to take. “Alert” refers to the means used to get the attention of the public.
9.2 The Emergency Alert System (EAS)
The Emergency Alert System (EAS) is a public warning system that broadcasts emergency messages from local, state and federal officials on radio and television stations. The EAS is the primary means for notification of the public during an emergency. “Notification” refers to the means of supplying detailed information and instructions following the alert signal.
9.3 Route Alerting and Notification
Should one or more sirens or the EAS fail, back up route alerting may be necessary.
Based on the number of sirens affected, the activation of Route Alerting Mobilization Centers may be necessary. A Mobilization Center is a central location for coordinating route alerting for field staff. The city may be requested to help staff a Mobilization Center(s) per the Sheriff’s Watch Commander or County EOC with a Mobilization Center Coordinator. Instructions on staffing a Mobilization Center are included in SOP 64.
Standard route alerting messages are included in SOP 64 for field staff. In the case that route alerting and notification will be utilized, notification messages will be drafted by the County EOC and provided to field personnel.
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10 9.4 Reverse 911
Reverse 911 may be utilized to supplement notification of the public as the situation allows.
10. EMERGENCY WORKER EXPOSURE CONTROL (EWEC)
10.1 EWEC will be in accordance with San Luis Obispo County SOP HP–11
10.2 EWEC supplies are pre–staged for city emergency workers including fire, police, and public works. They are stored at Station 64. Station 63 has their own supply.
11. TRAINING
11.1 Training will be provided by the County of San Luis Obispo Office of Emergency Services and will take place annually or as necessary. Training will include, but is not limited to:
11.1.1 Plan Overview
11.1.2 Radiation and Biological Effects
11.1.3 Emergency Worker Exposure Control
11.1.4 Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
11.2 City personnel will participate in annual training. At a minimum, this will include management personnel, PSAP/Dispatch staff, police department, fire department and public works employees.
12. EXERCISES AND DRILLS
12.1 The city's Emergency Management Team, as defined by the Incident Command System, will participate, as necessary, in drills scheduled by the County Office of Emergency Services. A critique of policies, procedures and the operation of this SOP will be conducted by the city's Emergency Management Team.
13. PLAN REVIEW
13.1 This Standard Operating Procedure will be reviewed by the city's Emergency Management Team upon request of County OES. Annual updates will be coordinated by County OES.
13.2 The City of Pismo Beach will respond to requests from the San Luis Obispo County Office of Emergency Services for SOP update information.
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CHECKLIST 1 DISPATCH
CHECKLIST 2 EMERGENCY SERVICES DIRECTOR
CHECKLIST 3 WATCH COMMANDER
CHECKLIST 4 POLICE CHIEF
CHECKLIST 5 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
CHECKLIST 6 FIRE CHIEF
CHECKLIST 7 TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE MANAGER
CHECKLIST 8 EVACUATION ASSISTANCE LIST MANAGER
III.32 - CITY OF PISMO BEACH
PART TWO - CHECKLISTS
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(06/2022)
12 CHECKLIST 1: DISPATCH
1. Notification that an Emergency Classification Level has been declared is provided by the County Sheriff’s Watch Commander or County EOC on the Red Phone System.
2. UNUSUAL EVENT / ALERT / SITE AREA EMERGENCY / GENERAL EMERGENCY
2.1 Record information received from Red Phone.
2.1.1 Utilize Appendix 6: Communication Update Form.
2.2 Notify the Police Department Watch Commander.
2.3 Notify Grover Beach of Red Phone information.
2.3.1 Continue to notify Grover Beach until their EOC is activated and they are receiving updates directly on their Red Phone.
2.4 Remain available for updates or change in status.
End of Checklist
III.32 - CITY OF PISMO BEACH
PART TWO - CHECKLISTS
NPPERP
(06/2022)
13 CHECKLIST 2: EMERGENCY SERVICES DIRECTOR (CITY MANAGER)
1. NOTIFICATION is received from:
1.1 The Watch Commander of the Police Department/Dispatch.
2. UNUSUAL EVENT
2.1 Record information, no further action necessary.
3. ALERT, SITE AREA EMERGENCY, OR GENERAL EMERGENCY
3.1 Review information regarding the emergency.
3.2 Notify Mayor and City Council to stand by or to report to the City Police Department Conference Room, as needed.
3.3 Direct that the City EOC be activated.
3.3.1 Provide a briefing on the situation and provide your initial expectations.
3.4 Verify that Department Heads have mobilized personnel.
3.5 Utilize personnel from the Administrative Services and Community Development departments as needed.
3.6 Establish ongoing communication with County EOC. (Red Phone, WebEOC, branch to branch communication, and conference calls as appropriate)
3.6.1 Consider sending a city representative to the County EOC.
3.7 Identify where Red Phone calls will be received by the city throughout the emergency.
3.7.1 See Appendix 6 for the Communication Update Form.
3.7.2 Ensure information received from those calls is promptly shared with the EOC and field staff.
3.8 Review all media releases by the County Joint Information Center.
3.8.1 Share pertinent information with EOC, and field staff.
3.8.2 The City PIO should coordinate with or respond to the County Joint Information Center as appropriate.