BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
Title
Emergency Services Coordination. (Previously Listed as Item 5.6)
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That the Board and City Council direct District and City staff to commit to ongoing and strengthened coordination and partnership on emergency activities and service.
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SUMMARY:
The five-person Emergency Services Unit is responsible for the District's emergency operations. This includes leading the development of plans, conducting emergency management trainings and exercises, ensuring the availability of resources, and collaborating with other agencies.
The unit also has responsibility for the Emergency Operations Center (EOC). In addition to the EOC, the District also has two Department Operations Centers (DOCs) that are utilized to directly support field operations in Watershed and Water Utility.
The DOCs are managed within the Watershed and Water Utility Divisions of the District and are activated independently or in coordination with the EOC, depending upon the nature of the emergency/issue. When a DOC is activated, staff in the DOC often interact and collaborate with employees from other entities such as District retailers or County agencies such as HazMat/Fire and the City of Milpitas.
Some emergencies that the District could respond to include floods, levee or facility issues, water contamination, water supply disruption, pipeline damage, underground storage subsidence, dam failure and earthquake.
One of the lessons of the 2017 floods was the importance of collaborating with and communicating effectively with other agencies. Over the past year, through collaboration, open communication, and development of close professional ties, the District and the City of San Jose have developed a robust Emergency Action Plan (EAP) to respond to future incidents.
EAPs are scenario-specific and are based on streams, dams and affected locations. The District has also embarked on a program to develop EAPs ...
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