This document is a Functional
Annex that supports the City of
Union City Emergency Operations
Plan (EOP).
Emergency
Operations
Center (EOC)
Annex
A supporting document to
the Emergency Operations
Plan
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Table of Contents
Record of Changes.........................................................................................................................3
1. Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Activation..............................................................4
1.1 EOC Purpose ................................................................................................................................4
1.2 How to Use this Annex ................................................................................................................4
1.3 Relationship to Hazard Specific Annexes....................................................................................4
2. City Emergency Management Organization.......................................................................4
3. Concept of Operations...........................................................................................................7
3.1 Purpose .........................................................................................................................................7
3.2 EOC Facilities ..............................................................................................................................7
3.2.1 Primary EOC Facility...............................................................................................................7
3.2.2 Alternate EOC Facility.............................................................................................................9
3.2.3 Initial Response........................................................................................................................9
3.2.4 Levels of EOC Activation........................................................................................................9
3.3 EOC Notification/Personnel Callback........................................................................................12
3.3.1 Maintenance of Emergency Callback List.............................................................................12
3.3.2 Notification Implementation ..................................................................................................12
3.3.3 Callback Personnel.................................................................................................................13
3.4 City of Union City Responsibilities ...........................................................................................13
4. EOC Operations...................................................................................................................14
4.1 Summary of EOC Operations.....................................................................................................14
4.2 Emergency Operation Center Protocols.....................................................................................15
4.3 Management Organization .........................................................................................................15
4.4 Resource Management ...............................................................................................................16
4.5 EOC Information Management ..................................................................................................17
4.6 EOC Action Planning.................................................................................................................18
4.6.1 Field Responders....................................................................................................................19
4.6.2 Departmental Operation Centers............................................................................................19
4.6.3 Operation Area.......................................................................................................................19
4.6.4 Private and Volunteer Agencies.............................................................................................19
4.6.5 Special Districts .....................................................................................................................20 Union City, CA 2
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4.6.6 Region Emergency Operations Center...................................................................................20
4.6.7 State and Federal Field Response ..........................................................................................20 ANNEX MAINTENANCE .........................................................................................................21 ATTACHMENTS........................................................................................................................22
4.7 EOC Checklists ..........................................................................................................................22
4.8 EOC Forms.................................................................................................................................22
4.9 EOC Tools..................................................................................................................................22 Union City, CA
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1. Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Activation
1.1 EOC Purpose
The City EOC is a central location from which the City can provide inter-agency coordination and executive decision-making in support of incident response and recovery operations. The purpose of the EOC is to provide a centralized location where public safety, emergency response, and support agencies coordinate planning, preparedness, and response activities. The EOC does not command or control on-scene response efforts, but does carry out the coordination functions through:
• Collecting, evaluating and disseminating incident information. • Analyzing jurisdictional impacts and setting priority actions. • Managing requests, procurement, and utilization of resources.
The decisions made through the EOC are designed to be broad in scope and offer general guidance on priorities. Information is disseminated through the EOC Manager/Director and tactical decisions are coordinated by field response personnel. The EOC serves as a coordinated link between the Chief Elected Official (CEO) of each jurisdiction and the field personnel coordinating the execution of event priorities.
1.2 How to Use this Annex
This Annex should be used in conjunction with the city’s EOP Basic Plan. It is intended as an operational tool which provides clarity to enhance the EOP.
1.3 Relationship to Hazard Specific Annexes
The EOC Annex provides the overall structure from which the City will operate during a disaster and provides the information needed to carry out the tasks associated with the EOC and its many functions.
While the Annex provides many of the tools, templates, and forms required to run an EOC, more detailed information can be found in the Hazard-Specific Annexes to the Basic EOP. These Annexes contain unique and regulatory response planning details applicable to specific hazards. The information contained in this Annex and in the Hazard-Specific Annexes is meant to be complementary and, when used together, provide a complete tool to be used in an EOC activation.
2. City Emergency Management Organization
Incident Command in the field coordinates its own logistical support at the Incident Command Post, and requests support through discipline specific mutual aid channels. Support is only requested through the City’s EOC when the mutual aid channels do not have the type or number of resources needed. The City’s Emergency Management Organization (EMO) supports its own operations, such as setting up a staging area for City resources and coordinates its own logistical support.
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Consistent with Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS), the City’s EMO develops in a modular fashion based upon the type and size of the incident:
• The EMO builds from the top down.
• As the need arises, the five separate SEMS functions can be activated, each with several sub-units that may be established as needed.
• The specific organizational structure established for any given incident, i.e., which positions need to be filled in the EMO to "work the incident" is based on the management and resource needs of the incident as determined by the EOC.
The EMO comprises personnel from the City and can be supported by other departments and allied agencies. It is organized around the five functions (Management, Operations, Planning/Intelligence, Logistics, and Finance/Administration) of both the SEMS and the National Incident Management System (NIMS). City personnel staff the EMO as portrayed in the following chart.
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Management
Section
EOC Director
Operations
Section
Law Enforcement
Search and Resuce
Evacuation
Fire and Rescue
Hazmat
EMS
US&R
Construction &
Engineering
Safety/Damage
Assessment
Public Works
Utilities
Mass Care & Shelter
Animal Services
Planning/Intelligence
Section
Action Planning
Situation Status
Advance Planning
Documentation
Demobilization
Resource
Status/Tracking
Technical Specialists
Logistics
Section
IT and
Communications
Facilities
Food
Personnel
Supply/Procurement
Transportation
Donations &
Volunteer
Management
Finance/Admin
Section
Compensation &
Claims
Cost Accounting
Purchasing
Recovery
Timekeeping
Public Information
Officer
Legal Affairs Officer
Liaison Officer
Safety Officer
Security Officer
EOC Coordinator
Acess and Functional
Needs Coordinator
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3. Concept of Operations
During a disaster or emergency, the City’s EMO supports field response operations within the incorporated areas of the City. The EMO operates using the SEMS functions, principles, and components. It will use the action planning process to identify and implement specific objectives for each operational period.
3.1 Purpose
In normal times, the City conducts routine, day-to-day operations. When a major emergency or disaster strikes, the EOC is the location from which centralized emergency management will be performed by the EMO. It facilitates a coordinated response by all the departments and agencies that are assigned emergency management responsibilities. The level of staffing of the EMO will vary according to the needs of the emergency and can also include a virtual EOC activation in which the functions are coordinated remotely.
The EOC provides a central location for information collection and decision-making and allows for face-toface coordination among decision makers. The following emergency management functions are performed in the City’s EOC:
• Managing and coordinating City support of field operations. • Receiving and disseminating warning information.
• Developing emergency policies and procedures.
• Collecting intelligence from and disseminating information to representatives of city, county, state and federal agencies.
• Preparing intelligence/information summaries, situation reports, operational reports, and other reports as required.
• Maintaining general and specific maps, information display boards, and other data pertaining to emergency operations.
• Continuing analysis and evaluation of all data pertaining to the emergency situation. • Controlling and coordinating, within established policy, the operational and logistical support of departmental resources committed to the emergency and requesting resources from outside of the City.
• Maintaining contact and coordination with support EOCs and the Alameda Operational Area EOC. • Providing emergency information and instructions to the public, creating official releases to the news media and scheduling press conferences as necessary.
3.2 EOC Facilities
3.2.1 Primary EOC Facility
Table 3-1: EOC Information provides location of the Primary EOC. Figure 1: EOC Floor Plan Map shows the EOC floor plan layout.
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The Primary EOC offers the following facilities for use during major emergencies:
• Telephone and information management capabilities
• Manual display processing capabilities
• Radio communications capabilities
• Office support facilities
• Dedicated task work areas
• Auxiliary power generator capability
• Adequate parking for personnel
• Adequate restroom/kitchen facilities
Table 3-1
Union City Primary EOC Location
Union City Ruggieri Senior Center
33997 Alvarado-Niles Road, Union City, 94587
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3.2.2 Alternate EOC Facility
Table 3-2: Alternate EOC Information provides the location of the Alternate EOC. Figure 2: Alternate EOC Floor Plan Map shows the EOC floor plan layout.
Table 3-2
Alternate EOC Location
CERT Building, ACFD Fire Starion #31
33555 Central Avenue, Union City CA, 94587
3.2.3 Initial Response
Initial field response operations will be accomplished by the appropriate City departments, member jurisdictions, volunteer agencies, and segments of the private sector. During initial response operations, field responders will place emphasis on saving lives, property, and the environment, controlling the situation, and minimizing the effects of the emergency. The Incident Command System (ICS) will be used to manage and control the response operations.
The disaster/event may be controlled solely by City emergency responders or with other agencies through the mutual aid system. If the resources available at the field response level are not sufficient to mitigate the situation, the Incident Commander (IC) may request that the City Emergency Operations Plan (EOP), or the EOC, be activated to support the field operations.
Field Reports
A field report is provided by the incident responders and includes information concerning nature, severity, and extent of the situation. The information will be used to assess the extent of the disaster/event and determine the appropriate level of response for the City.
3.2.4 Levels of EOC Activation
The City EOC may be activated as needed to support City emergency operations. The EOC may be activated by one of the following:
• City Manager.
• City Manager designated alternate.
• Upon the request of the Field Incident Commander.
The City has developed EOC activation criteria that include conditions based on a hazard analysis as well as regulatory requirements. The goal is rapid EOC activation when it is needed.
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Three levels of activation have been identified that will provide EOC staffing commensurate with the coordination needs of varying emergency situations. Table 3-3, contains the activation criteria for the City EOC.
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Table 3-3 EOC Activation Criteria
Activation
Level Detail Eventor Situation
Minimum
Staffing
Three
(Low)
Level Three is a minimum
activation. This level may
be used for situations
which initially only require
a few people.
A Level Three activation is
also called monitoring level
activation.
The physical EOC facility
may or may not need to be
opened or staffed.
Events with potential
impacts on the health &
safety of the public and/or
environment
Weather Alerts
Incident involving 2 or
more City departments
Low risk planned event
Wind or rainstorm
Power outage and Stage 1
& 2 emergencies
EOC Manager
Other Designees (Such as
Section Coordinators,)
Two
(Medium)
Level Two activation is
normally achieved as an
increase from Level Three
or a decrease from Level
One. This activation level is
used for emergencies or
planned events that would
require more than a
minimum staff but would
not call for full
activation/staffing.
A Level Two activation is
also called partial level
activation.
The physical EOC facility
will need to be opened and
staffed.
Two or more large
incidents involving 2 or
more departments
Major wind or rain
Major scheduled event
Large scale power outage
and Stage 3 power
emergencies
Hazardous Material
Incident involving large
scale or possible largescale evacuations
Moderate Earthquake
EOC Manager
Section Coordinators
Branches & Units as
appropriate
Liaison/Agency
Representatives as
appropriate
Public Information Officer
One
(High)
Level One activation
involves complete/full
activation of all EOC
elements & staffing. Level
One would be the initial
activation for any major
emergency requiring acute
State assistance.
A Level One activation is
also called full level
activation.
The physical EOC facility
will need to be opened and
fully staffed.
Major County/City or
Regional emergency,
multiple departments with
heavy resource
involvement
Major Earthquake
Terrorism threat or
incident
All EOC as appropriate
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3.3 EOC Notification/Personnel Callback
If EOC activation is required, the City will notify everyone on the EOC Callback List via text message and telephone calls and provide directions to the primary EOC. If the primary EOC is not available or is inaccessible, the alternate EOC will be activated.
The EOC Emergency Callback List includes personnel who are part of each SEMS function in the EOC, as well as other technical support employees of the City. The Emergency Callback List is to be activated and implemented when an emergency or disaster affects the City and poses a major threat to life, property, and/or the environment.
3.3.1 Maintenance of Emergency Callback List
The City Manager’s Office, Office of Emergency Services (OES) Division, maintains the Emergency Callback List. The Emergency Callback list is activated and will only be implemented when directed by one of the following City employees:
• City Manager.
• City Manager designated alternate.
• OES Manager.
• Upon the request of the Field Incident Commander.
3.3.2 Notification Implementation
Once EOC activation is requested and properly authorized, the Emergency Callback List will be implemented by City Dispatch personnel. Notifications and alerts begin with the City Manager. If the City Manager cannot be reached, other designees will be contacted until someone is reached to assume the EOC Manager/Director position.
The dispatchers will provide the EOC Manager/Director with a complete status of the incident or disaster, identifying damage sustained, current response actions, resource status, etc. Based on the information provided by the dispatcher, the EOC Manager/Director will determine what parts of the Emergency Alert List will be implemented, including what sections of the City’s EOC will be activated and requested to respond.
Additionally, the EOC Manager/Director, when appropriate, will personally contact and inform the City Council of the situation in the City. The EOC Manager/Director may request that the dispatchers notify the Operational Area (OA) of the EOC activation.
The City Emergency Callback List consists of the following sections:
• Management
• Operations
• Planning/Intelligence
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• Logistics
• Finance/Administration
3.3.3 Callback Personnel
When notified of an Emergency Callback personnel should notify their families, retrieve their emergency operations go bag, and report to the designated City EOC. Personnel should be prepared for a stay of at least one week, which will be dependent upon the nature of the disaster and its expected duration.
It is the responsibility of each department head to assign three (3) alternates for each key position. It is also the department head’s responsibility to ensure that all designated alternates have knowledge and training in their EOC assigned job functions.
3.4 City of Union City Responsibilities
The responsibilities outlined in Table 3-4 are specific actions carried out by City departments or individuals during routine business that carry over to emergency response.
Table 3-4 Functions/Responsibilities Table
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER FUNCTION PRIMARY CITY DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBL Operations Section Chief
Law Enforcement Branch
Fire and Rescue Branch
Construction and Engineering Branch
Mass Care and Shelter Branch
Planning/Intelligence Section Chief
Action Planning
Situation Status
Advance Planning
Documentation
Demobilization
Resources Status/Tracking
Technical Specialists
Logistics Section Chief
IT and Communications
Facilities
Food
Personnel
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EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER FUNCTION PRIMARY CITY DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBL Supply/Procurement
Transportation
Volunteers and Donations Management
Finance/Administration Section Chief
Compensation and Claims
Cost Accounting
Purchasing
Recovery
Timekeeping
4. EOC Operations
4.1 Summary of EOC Operations
The SEMS is state law, and under SEMS regulations, the City falls under Local Government, one of the five SEMS levels.
As Local Government, the City is an intermediate level of the state's emergency services organization that encompasses the city and all political subdivisions. The City manages and coordinates information, resources and priorities within its boundaries, and serves as the coordination and communication link between the Field Level and the OA. The City as the Local Government level of SEMS is responsible for doing the following:
• Establish coordination and communications with Incident Commanders either; o Through department operations centers to the EOC, when activated or, o Directly to the EOC, when activated
• Use existing mutual aid systems for coordinating fire and law enforcement resources. Note that the City’s role as the local government does not change the coordination of discipline-specific resources, such as fire, law, and medical/health, through their established mutual aid systems • Establish coordination and communications between the local government EOC when activated, and any federal, state or local emergency response agency having jurisdiction at an incident within the local government's boundaries.
• Use multi-agency or inter-agency coordination to facilitate decisions for overall local government level emergency response activities
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4.2 Emergency Operation Center Protocols
An EOC provides a central location of authority and information and allows for face-to-face coordination among personnel who must make emergency decisions. The following functions are performed in the City EOC:
• Managing and coordinating emergency operations.
• Receiving and disseminating warning information.
• Developing emergency policies and procedures.
• Collecting intelligence from, and disseminating information to, the various EOC representatives, and, as appropriate, to County/OA, State and Federal agencies or if activated Emergency Operation Centers.
• Preparing intelligence/information summaries, situation reports, operational reports, and other reports as required.
• Maintaining general and specific maps, information display boards, and other data pertaining to emergency operations.
• Continuing analysis and evaluation of all data pertaining to emergency operations. • Controlling and coordinating, within established policy, the operational and logistical support of departmental resources committed to the emergency.
• Maintaining contact and coordination with support DOCs and the OA EOC. • Providing emergency information and instructions to the public, making official releases to the news media and the scheduling of press conferences, as necessary.
Departments with critical response functions may also activate their Department Operation Centers (DOC) that act as conduits of information between field operations and the EOC.
4.3 Management Organization
The SEMS regulation requires local governments to provide five functions: management, operations, planning/intelligence, logistics, and finance/administration. These functions, as seen in Table 4: SEMS Functions are the basis for structuring the City EOC organization.
Table 4-1 SEMS Functions
Primary SEMS
Function
Role of Local Government Level
Management Responsible for overall emergency policy and coordination through joint efforts of governmental agencies and private organizations
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Primary SEMS Function Role of Local Government Level
Operations Responsible for coordinating all jurisdictional operations in support of the emergency response through implementation of the local government’s action plan.
Planning/Intelligence Responsible for collecting, evaluating, and disseminating information; developing the local government action plan in coordination with other functions; and maintaining documentation.
Logistics Responsible for providing facilities, services, personnel, equipment, and materials.
Finance/Administration Responsible for financial activities and other administrative aspects, including documenting all costs and expenditures associated with a declared disaster.
The organizational structure for the City EOC provides for:
• Representatives from the OA.
• Mutual Aid Coordinators or their representatives from discipline-specific mutual aid systems. • Coordinators for other major functions needed for mutual aid and inter-jurisdictional coordination. • Representatives from other agencies, community-based organizations, private sector, and volunteer service programs to function as liaison between their organizations and the City EOC. • Other functions as needed to carry out the local government responsibilities of the lead agency.
4.4 Resource Management
Resource requests from the field and city departments and requests to the OA level will be made through one of the following processes:
• Discipline-specific mutual aid systems: requests for resources that are normally within the inventories of the mutual aid system will go from local coordinator to OA Mutual Aid Coordinator to Regional Mutual Aid Coordinator.
• All other resource requests will be made through appropriate branches in the Operations Section who will then initiate the resource request through the Logistics Section at each level with emphasis on the need for lateral coordination with other EOC functions.
Resource requests from field and city departments will be coordinated within the City EOC to determine if the resource is available within City supplies. Available resources will be allocated as they are available.
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If requests for a specific resource exceed the supply, the available resources will be allocated by the Operations Section consistent with priorities established through the action planning process. The EOC Management Staff are responsible for ensuring that priorities are followed.
Resources not available within the City will be requested through the OA level. Resource requests should be coordinated internally at the city/local government level before being placed to the OA level.
Functional coordinators in Operations and Logistics are responsible for tracking resource requests.
4.5 EOC Information Management
Within the City EOC, the EOC Forms will be used to provide written communications between the Sections, Branches and Units. Each Section, Branch and Unit will use these forms to order disaster/event related resources and to record information to be transmitted to other Sections/Branches/Units. This system provides an audit trail of all pertinent information necessary to document the actions taken by the City during the response to a disaster, rather than every word uttered between the various EOC Staff.
EOC Forms will not replace face-to-face communications but will ensure a paper trail of critical verbal communication is maintained, if not recorded on the individual’s or Section's/Branches'/Units' duty logs.
City EOC Forms and other pertinent documents and templates are located in the Form and Tools section of this plan.
Acting as the Local Government, the City coordinates emergency activities within its boundaries, augmenting, not replacing, any member jurisdiction’s emergency operations. It also serves as the communications link between the field and the OA. It provides a single point of contact for information on the emergency situation, as well as resource needs and priorities.
Transmission of information to the OA EOC will be accomplished electronically via VEOCI. VEOCI is a webbased system that functions as the OA’s primary tool for agencies/jurisdictions and other OA partners to report their status and needs to the OA.
Preliminary Report
The Preliminary Report form will be used by the City to transmit information to the OA EOC during the first two hours after an event.
Situation Summary
The Situation summary is an assessment of the emergency and identifies major incidents/problems and response and recovery priorities. It is intended for use after the first two hours of an event.
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Status Report
The Status Report is informational, providing data about the effects of the emergency in several categories.
The Status Report and Situation Summary will be transmitted to the State together.
Flash Report
The Flash Report is used to transmit vital and/or time-sensitive information between the State and County/OA outside regularly scheduled Situation Summaries and Status Reports.
Resource requests will be made through one of the following processes:
• Discipline-specific mutual aid systems: Requests for resources that are normally within the inventories of the mutual aid system will go from Local Coordinator to OA Mutual Aid Coordinator to Regional Mutual Aid Coordinator.
• All other resource requests will be made through the operations and logistics functions at each level.
Resource requests from jurisdictions within the City will be coordinated to determine if the resource is available from other departments or other sources within the City. Mutual Aid Coordinators at each level will keep the Operations Chiefs informed of the status of resource requests and allocations. Mutual Aid Coordinators at each level will communicate and coordinate with each other to maintain current status on resource requests and allocations within the disaster area.
Resource requests to the OA are usually submitted through VEOCI. Available resources will be allocated to the requested local government. If requests for a specific resource exceed the supply, the available resources will be allocated consistently with the priorities established through the action planning process.
The Section Chiefs of the OA EOC are responsible for ensuring that priorities are followed.
Resources that are not available within the OA will be requested through the regional level, the State's Coastal Region EOC. Resource requests should be coordinated internally at the OA level before being forwarded to the regional level. The Resource Status Unit Leader in the Logistics Section, in coordination with various Operations Branches, is responsible for tracking resource requests.
4.6 EOC Action Planning
Inter-agency coordination inside and outside the EOC is important for:
• Establishing overall priorities.
• Allocating critical resources.
• Development of strategies for handling multi-agency and multi-jurisdictional response problems. • Sharing information.
• Facilitating communications.
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Inter-agency coordination is an integral part of the functioning of a City EOC. The EOC is staffed by representatives from the departments and agencies working together to coordinate the City’s emergency response. Agency representatives from local governments including special districts, community-based organizations, volunteer services programs (VSPs), and private organizations, may also participate with EOC functional elements in coordinating the city response effort. Coordination with agencies not represented in the EOC may be accomplished through telecommunications, satellite, or other electronic means.
4.6.1 Field Responders
City EOC communications and coordination must be established with city field responders who are responding to the emergency. When no Departmental Operations Centers (DOCs) are activated, the Incident Commander(s) operating in the field will report directly to the Operations Section Chief in the City EOC, via the City dispatchers or through other methods that are available.
When City Departments have activated their DOCs, the Field Incident Commander will continue to report directly to the Operations Section Chief in the City EOC and provide status reports to their DOC.
4.6.2 Departmental Operation Centers
The appropriate City EOC Section/Branch/Unit will coordinate with DOCs to obtain information for advance planning, logistical needs, available personnel and equipment resources, and other information as required.
The DOCs will assist the City EOC in supporting field operations.
4.6.3 Operation Area
During EOC activation, direct communications and coordination may be established with the OA and any OA member jurisdictions, specifically if emergency incident falls between the City limits and a neighbor jurisdiction. Initially, communications will be established by any means available and with whoever is available, regardless of their functional EOC position. Ideally, communications and coordination with the Operation Area EOC and neighboring City EOCs will occur along functional lines.
Whenever feasible, an agency representative from the City should report to the OA EOC, when the City EOC has been activated. The city representatives will ensure that adequate coordination and information exchange arrangements are made with the OA.
4.6.4 Private and Volunteer Agencies
Coordination of response activities with many non-governmental agencies may occur, primarily at the field level. However, the City EOC will establish coordination with private and volunteer agencies that have multi-jurisdictional or city-wide response roles. The agencies that play key roles in the response should have representatives at the City EOC.
Coordination with volunteer and private agencies that do not have representatives in the EOC may be accomplished through telecommunications.
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4.6.5 Special Districts
The emergency response role of special districts is generally focused on their normal services or functional area of responsibility. Ideally, the special district involved in the emergency response will have a representative at the City EOC, serving as the focal point of coordination and working with other local government representatives in the EOC. If a special district is unable to send a representative, then the Liaison Officer in the EOC will be responsible for establishing communications and coordination with the special district.
4.6.6 Region Emergency Operations Center
Direct coordination and communications with the Southern Region Emergency Operations Center (REOC) is essential. There is one primary method and one alternate method for the OA to coordinate with the Regional EOC:
• Primary Method - The REOC sends a field representative to the OA. • Alternate Method - The OA and the REOC coordinate through various telecommunications systems.
Coordination and communications between the County EOC and the Region EOC will occur between the five SEMS functions. Direct coordination and communications will also be established between the OA Mutual Aid Coordinators, who are located in the County EOC, and the Region's Mutual Aid Coordinator, who are located in the State's Coastal Region EOC. These coordinators may be functioning from their respective OA and regional EOCs or from other locations depending on the situation and the mutual aid system.
4.6.7 State and Federal Field Response
There are some instances where a state or federal agency will be part of a field response in the county.
State agency field response may result of a flood fight effort, oil spill, hazardous materials accident or other hazard scenarios. Federal field response could result from the same scenarios or a military aircraft accident, where the federal military authorities are the Incident Commander.
When a state agency or federal agency is involved in field operations, coordination will be established with the City EOC. State or federal agencies operating in the field may be found in any ICS section, branch, or unit, or part of a Unified Command. The incident will determine their location.
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ANNEX MAINTENANCE
The OES will coordinate with the various City departments on any updates and revisions of this EOC Annex.
Those agencies and organizations listed as having anticipated roles and responsibilities under this annex shall inform the OES Manager when they are aware that changes to this annex need to be made.
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ATTACHMENTS
4.7 EOC Checklists
4.8 EOC Forms
4.9 EOC Tools