NERT College Disaster Operations

							       NERT College
     Disaster Operations


    City and County of San Francisco
        Emergency Operations Plan
Refer to Field Operations Guide, Chapter 1
                        Field
                        Operations Guide

                            • Field Operations
                              Guide or FOG
                            • Is NERT’s guide
                              for disaster
                              operations
                            • You will see
                              references to it
                              throughout the
                              training
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  CCSF-Emergency Operations Plan

  •      Who designed the plan?
  •      What is in the plan?
  •      Where is the plan found?

Web site: http://www.sfgov.org/site/oes_index.asp?id=27514




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The Plan

•      SEMS/NIMS
•      Response policies
•      Detailed steps for city officials
•      Coordinated responses
•      A basic in-depth guide



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    San Francisco’s Emergency
    Operations Plan (EOP)

•    The Mayor
     – The Mayor assumes command of the City in a
       disaster and may report directly to the Department
       of Emergency Management Division of Emergency
       Service (DEM) or may remain at City Hall.
•    Dept. Emergency Management (DEM)
     – Site of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
       which is located at 1011 Turk Street.
     – All City department heads and representatives
       from the major utilities respond to the EOC.

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 The Emergency
 Operations Center (EOC)

• The City’s Command Center during a
  disaster.
• The EOC is the dedicated site for
  disaster management for the City and
  County of San Francisco (CCSF).
• Houses the Auxiliary Communications
  Center base station (ACC).

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SEMS Definition
Emergency Operations Center

       A location from which centralized
        emergency management can be
       performed. EOCs provide overall
       centralized coordination to assure
         there is an effective response.



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Definition #2
Emergency Operations Center

      A location where uncomfortable
         officials meet in unfamiliar
    surroundings to play unaccustomed
     roles making unpopular decisions
    based on insufficient information in
             much too little time.

                                                Art Botterell

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Emergency District Coordinating
Centers (EDCC) formerly ERDs

 •   9 Battalion Districts
 •   The Presidio (GGNRA)
 •   The San Francisco Airport
 •   Treasure Island, Station 48
 •   Located at or near SFFD Battalion Stations
 •   HAM communications with the EOC
 •   HAM communications with NERT staging areas
 •   Battalion Chief is in charge of the EDCC



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Response Levels

• Level 0 – daily operations
• Level 1 – affects small area, little
    disruption
• Level 2 – affects large part of entire
    city
• Level 3 – regional event


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The EOP as It Relates to
NERT Training

•   Earthquake - Yes
•   Fire - No
•   Civil Disturbance - No
•   Terrorism - Slim Possibility
•   Weather - Possibility



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The EOP and NERT
• Is NERT mentioned in the EOP?
• How does NERT fit in?
     – an essential element of the CCSF public
       awareness and education program
     – key element at the neighborhood level
     – assist CCSF responders and report to the
       EDCC
     – may be first on scene to conduct initial search,
       rescue and first aid
     – self-deploy to established staging areas,
       reporting to SFFD
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Exercise

• In YOUR neighborhood, what
  significant infrastructure failure
  would require a level 2 response?




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Thank You

We would like to thank those who
 contributed to this presentation:
     – the SF Fire Department
     – the Department of Emergency
       Management
     – NERT volunteers




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