TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Oscar Ortiz- Sheriff/Deputy Director of Emergency Services
REPORT BY: Brieanna Jones- Emergency Services Officer
SUBJECT: Adoption of Updated Emergency Operations Plan
RECOMMENDATION
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Adopt a Resolution to approve the updated Napa County Emergency Operations Plan as the current official emergency operations plan for Napa County. (No Fiscal Impact)
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BACKGROUND
While no plan can completely prevent negative impacts to the County, good plans, carried out by knowledgeable and well-trained personnel, can and will minimize losses. A core function of Napa County Office of Emergency Services is to plan for natural and man-made disasters so we can better prepare, mitigate, respond and recover if unfortunate acts are presented to us. Napa County has prepared an update to its Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) to ensure the most effective allocation of resources for the maximum benefit and protection of the County’s residents and visitors in a time of emergency. The EOP provides a programmatic framework that outlines the County’s intended approach to preventing, preparing for, responding to, recovering from, and mitigating against the impacts of natural and man-made disasters and emergencies. The County’s EOP development and maintenance process is supported by analysis of the County’s threats, hazards, needs and capabilities, community-wide collaboration, periodic review, training and exercise.
The Napa County Emergency Management Program is governed by a wide range of laws, regulations, plans and policies. The program is administered and coordinated by the Office of Emergency Services (OES) which is located within the Sheriff’s Office. The program receives its authority from the California Emergency Services Act; California Disaster Assistance Act and other related State Statutes. The state of California and local government jurisdictions are required to have an Emergency Operations Plan (EOP), legislative measures change on the content in which should be included within the plan. New legislation (AB580 and AB2386) state the schedule in which Cal OES should review county plans which began in 2022 and includes 10 counties each year. Napa County has had a plan for decades. The state recommends that plans should be updated every two to three years. This update is the only update that has been reviewed by the state per new legislation.
The National Response Framework (NRF), National Incident Management System (NIMS), and the State's Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS) provide planning and policy guidance to counties and local municipalities. Collectively these documents support the development and serve as the foundational planning tool for the Napa County EOP. This EOP is an all-hazard regional plan which describes how Napa County will organize and respond to events and disasters. The plan describes how various agencies and organizations in the County will coordinate resources and activities with federal, state, non-government organizations and private partners. Use of the NIMS/ SEMS, and the Incident Command System is a key component of county coordination in planning and response operations. Several County-wide organizations are instrumental in ensuring coordination and collaboration in emergency planning.
Napa County’s goal is to respond to unforeseen emergency conditions in the most organized, efficient, and effective manner possible. Napa County OES maintains this plan with its supporting documents as well as the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to address responses to major incidents. The plan is divided into the Base Plan which describes Risk Analysis; Concept of Operations; Information Collection, Analysis and Distribution; Roles and Responsibilities; and the coordination between field-level incident command posts, local and State EOCs, and the private sector. Hazard and function-specific annexes have been developed to further refine plans and action to be taken during specific emergency events. Some of the jurisdictions within the county have collaborated with county OES to incorporate a city annex as part of the county emergency operations plan which will be approved/adopted separately with their respective cities. Additionally, the Recovery annex that was presented to the Board of Supervisors in May, will now be incorporated as a new function-specific annex to the EOP.
In accordance with Napa County Code of Ordinances Section 2.80.080, this EOP serves as the County's emergency plan and provides for the effective mobilization of all of the resources of the County, both public and private, to meet any condition constituting a local emergency or state of emergency, and shall provide for the organization, powers and duties, services and staff of the emergency organization. In addition, California Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) has reviewed Napa County’s EOP and made recommendations and considerations to the EOP which were incorporated where necessary. The EOP shall take effect upon adoption by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.
Requested Actions:
1. Adopt and sign the letter of promulgation
2. Approve and sign the resolution adopting the County’s 2024 update as the new Emergency Operations Plan.
FISCAL & STRATEGIC PLAN IMPACT
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Is there a Fiscal Impact? |
No |
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Is the general fund affected? |
No |
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Future fiscal impact: |
None. |
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Consequences if not approved: |
If not approved, the county will not have an updated plan that considers lessons learned, legislative changes and new state/federal guidance. |
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: The proposed action is not a project as defined by 14 California Code of Regulations 15378 (State CEQA Guidelines) and therefore CEQA is not applicable.