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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO <br />STAFF REPORT <br />DATE: September 8, 2009 <br />TO: Stephen Hollister, City Manager <br />FROM: Jacqui Diaz, Interim Assistant City Manager <br />APPROVED AND <br />FORWARDED <br />TO CITY COUNCIL <br />L. Hollister <br />City Manager <br />BY: Kathy Ornelas, Community Relations Representative <br />SUBJECT PROJECT/PROJECT DESCRIPTION: <br />RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR <br />SAN LEANDRO EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION <br />It is recommended that the City of San Leandro adopt the National Incident Management System <br />for its emergency operations planning and emergency operations implementation. <br />BACKGROUND <br />Analysis <br />In the aftermath of the 9/llterrorist attacks, the way this nation prepares and responds to <br />disasters is changing. Best practices that have been developed over the years are part of this new <br />comprehensive national approach to incident management known as the National Incident <br />Management System (NIMS) and the National Response Plan (NRP). Developed by the U.S. <br />Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and issued in March 2004, NIMS enables responders <br />at all jurisdictional levels and across all disciplines to work together at disasters more effectively <br />and efficiently. Federal funding for state, local and tribal preparedness grants as well as disaster <br />re-imbursement requires compliance with NIMS. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Presidential Homeland Security Directive-5 directed the Secretary of the Department of <br />Homeland Security to develop and administer a National Incident Management System, which <br />would provide a consistent nationwide approach for federal, state, local, and tribal governments <br />to work together more effectively and efficiently to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover <br />from disasters, regardless of cause, size, or complexity. <br />California pioneered the development of standardized incident management systems to respond <br />to a variety of catastrophic disasters, including fires, earthquakes, floods, and landslide; and in <br />the early 1970s, the California fire service, in partnership with the federal government, <br />developed the seminal emergency incident command system that has now become the model for <br />incident management nationwide. In 1993, California was the first state in the nation to adopt a <br />statewide Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS) for use by every emergency <br />