Beaumont Municipal Code Ch. 2.28 Emergency Services

It is the intent of this chapter that informal mutual aid shall be available and furnished in all cases of local peril or emergency, when requested by appropriate agency designates in Sections 2.28.020, 2.28.030 and 2.28.070.

(Ord. 516 §6, 1980)

Pursuant to Section 8630 of the Government Code of the State, the City Manager of the City, or in his absence, the City Police Chief, or his designated agent, or the Emergency Services Director or his successor, and/or the Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem, or other Councilman designated by seniority in office, or in case of a tie therein, the Councilman receiving the most electoral votes, are designated as the City officials who may proclaim a local emergency in the City, and to act pursuant to the provision of the California Emergency Services Act.

(Ord. 516 §1, 1980)

During the period of any declared local emergency the parties set forth in Section 2.28.020 in the same order of sequence may authorize the providing of formal mutual aid to other political subdivisions of the State declaring a local emergency or request mutual aid from such political subdivisions when a local emergency exists.

(Ord. 516 §2, 1980)

Whenever a local emergency is proclaimed by the individuals mentioned in Section 2.28.020, the emergency shall not remain in effect for a period in excess of seven days unless it has been ratified by the City Council pursuant to the requirements of the Government Code of the State.

(Ord. 516 §3, 1980)

Provisions of this chapter providing for formal, mutual aid in local emergencies may be implemented by appropriate emergency plans and agreements in compliance with Federal, State and Local Charter.

(Ord. 516 §4, 1980)

It is expressly understood that this chapter shall not supplant existing agreements, either oral or written, between representations of the City Police Department, and parties thereto providing for the exchange or furnishing of informal mutual aid.

(Ord. 516 §5, 1980)

It is expressly understood that in cases arising from a need for informal mutual aid, the City Police Chief, or his designated representatives, shall render the necessary assistance immediately.

(Ord. 516 §7, 1980)

Whenever a request for informal mutual aid is honored by the City Police Chief, or his designated representatives, it shall remain in effect no longer than 48 hours, unless it has been approved by the City Manager or the City Council.

(Ord. 516 §8, 1980)