Sec. 10-3. - Department of emergency services.

There is created the department of emergency services. The department of emergency services shall have responsibilities which include: development and maintenance of county/operational area emergency operations plans, which shall be updated no less than once every five (5) years; supervision and maintenance of the county/operational area emergency operations center; coordination of county/operational area disaster preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation; serving as the coordination link between the local government level, the regional, state and federal level, and as liaison between the operational area jurisdictions/agencies, the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Governor's Office of Homeland Security (OHS), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and the Federal Department of Homeland Security (DHS); providing training, exercises, and educational outreach to agencies within the operational area; and coordination of resource and information management, public information/warning systems, mutual aid, and damage assessment information.

(Ord. No. 6306, § I, 5-19-2020; Ord. 5761 § 1, 2007: Ord. No. 5204 § 3, 1999: Ord. No. 1593 § 2.)