Chapter 9.14
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Sections:
9.14.030 Duties of the EOC director.
9.14.010 Purpose.
This chapter is constructed to serve the following purposes:
A. To empower the city manager or designee to prepare a plan of operation for the management of disasters and other catastrophic events. This plan is to be developed in accordance with state and federal guidelines using the National Incident Management System (NIMS); and
B. To provide for the protection of persons and property within the city of Dinuba in the event of disaster; and
C. To provide for the coordination of the emergency operational functions of the city with all other affected agencies; and
D. To sanction expenditures made in connection with such disasters, including mutual aid activities, as conclusively required for the direct protection and benefit of the inhabitants and property in the city. (Ord. 2017-08 (part), 2017)
9.14.020 Definitions.
For the purpose of this chapter, certain words and phrases are defined and certain provisions shall be construed as set forth herein, unless it is apparent from the context that a different meaning is intended.
A. “Disaster” means actual or threatened enemy attack, sabotage, extraordinary fire, flood, storm, epidemic, riot or other public calamity. It shall not include, nor does any provision of this chapter apply to, any condition relating to a labor controversy.
B. “Emergency operations center (EOC)” means the physical location designated and used to conduct centralized management of a disaster.
C. “EOC director” means the city manager or his/her designee. Directs all activity within the EOC.
D. “Emergency services” means the preparation for management of disaster relief functions and to prevent, minimize and repair injury and damage resulting from disasters.
E. “National Incident Management System (NIMS)” means the management process utilized by the management personnel operating in the EOC.
F. “Tulare operational area (Tulare OA)” means the unincorporated areas and incorporated cities within the boundaries of Tulare County. (Ord. 2017-08 (part), 2017)
9.14.030 Duties of the EOC director.
In the event an emergency situation overwhelms or threatens to overwhelm local resources, or the proclamation of a state of disaster by the Governor, or in the event of a war-caused state of extreme emergency, the official performing the duties of the EOC director, as authorized in the city’s emergency operations plan, is hereby empowered to perform the following acts:
A. Activate the city of Dinuba EOC and provide necessary staffing; and
B. Make a declaration of a local state of emergency, the declaration to be ratified by the city council at its next regular meeting; and
C. Cause the dissemination of appropriate warning signals and issue suitable advisory information to the city council, appropriate staff, and the public; and
D. Advise the Tulare operational area EOC of the situation and activation of the city’s local EOC; and
E. Request mutual aid through the California Office of Emergency Services if local deficiencies of personnel and/or equipment are indicated by the service chiefs. (Ord. 2017-08 (part), 2017)
9.14.040 Unlawful acts.
It shall be unlawful for any person to perform any of the following acts during a disaster:
A. Willfully obstruct, hinder or delay any member of the emergency service organization in the enforcement of any lawful rule or regulation issued pursuant to this chapter or in the performance of any duty imposed upon him or her by virtue of this chapter;
B. To do any act forbidden by any lawful rules or regulations issued pursuant to this chapter, if the act is of such a nature as to give, or be likely to give, assistance to the enemy, or to imperil the lives or property of inhabitants of the city, or to prevent or delay the defense or protection thereof; and/or
C. To wear, carry or display, without authority, any means of identification specified by the civil defense and disaster agency of the federal government or the state of California. (Ord. 2017-08 (part), 2017)
9.14.050 Misdemeanor.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or by both fine and imprisonment. (Ord. 2017-08 (part), 2017)