Section 8607 Of Article 9.5. Disaster Preparedness From California Government Code >> Division 1. >> Title 2. >> Chapter 7. >> Article 9.5.
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. (a) The Office of Emergency Services, in coordination with
all interested state agencies with designated response roles in the
state emergency plan and interested local emergency management
agencies shall jointly establish by regulation a standardized
emergency management system for use by all emergency response
agencies. The public water systems identified in Section 8607.2 may
review and comment on these regulations prior to adoption. This
system shall be applicable, but not limited to, those emergencies or
disasters referenced in the state emergency plan. The standardized
emergency management system shall include all of the following
systems as a framework for responding to and managing emergencies and
disasters involving multiple jurisdictions or multiple agency
responses:
(1) The Incident Command Systems adapted from the systems
originally developed by the FIRESCOPE Program, including those
currently in use by state agencies.
(2) The multiagency coordination system as developed by the
FIRESCOPE Program.
(3) The mutual aid agreement, as defined in Section 8561, and
related mutual aid systems such as those used in law enforcement,
fire service, and coroners operations.
(4) The operational area concept, as defined in Section 8559.
(b) Individual agencies' roles and responsibilities agreed upon
and contained in existing laws or the state emergency plan are not
superseded by this article.
(c) The Office of Emergency Services, in coordination with the
State Fire Marshal's office, the Department of the California Highway
Patrol, the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, the
Emergency Medical Services Authority, and all other interested state
agencies with designated response roles in the state emergency plan,
shall jointly develop an approved course of instruction for use in
training all emergency response personnel, consisting of the concepts
and procedures associated with the standardized emergency management
system described in subdivision (a).
(d) All state agencies shall use the standardized emergency
management system as adopted pursuant to subdivision (a), to
coordinate multiple jurisdiction or multiple agency emergency and
disaster operations.
(e) (1) Each local agency, in order to be eligible for any funding
of response-related costs under disaster assistance programs, shall
use the standardized emergency management system as adopted pursuant
to subdivision (a) to coordinate multiple jurisdiction or multiple
agency operations.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), local agencies shall be
eligible for repair, renovation, or any other nonpersonnel costs
resulting from an emergency.
(f) The Office of Emergency Services shall, in cooperation with
involved state and local agencies, complete an after-action report
within 120 days after each declared disaster. This report shall
review public safety response and disaster recovery activities and
shall be made available to all interested public safety and emergency
management organizations.