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<br /> 48 CITY OF SAN LEANDRO
<br />EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN
<br />• Mutual Aid: Voluntary aid and assistance in the event that a disaster should occur, by the interchange of
<br />services and facili�es, including, but not limited to, fire, police, medical and health, communica�on, and
<br />transporta�on services and facili�es, to cope with the problems of rescue, relief, evacua�on,
<br />rehabilita�on, and reconstruc�on which would arise in the event of a disaster. Mutual aid ensures that
<br />adequate resources, facili�es, and other support are provided to jurisdic�ons whenever their resources
<br />are inadequate to cope with a given situa�on.
<br />• Opera�onal Area: An intermediate level of the state emergency services organiza�on, consis�ng of a
<br />county and all poli�cal subdivisions within the county area. The Opera�onal Area is a special-purpose
<br />organiza�on created to prepare for and coordinate the response to emergencies within a county area.
<br />Each county is designated as an Opera�onal Area. The county and the poli�cal subdivisions may use an
<br />Opera�onal Area to coordinate emergency ac�vi�es and to serve as a link in the system of
<br />communica�ons and coordina�on between the State's emergency opera�ng centers and the opera�ng
<br />centers of the poli�cal subdivisions comprising the Opera�onal Area. The Opera�onal Area augments
<br />but does not replace any member jurisdic�on.
<br />• Preparedness: Ac�ons taken before an emergency to develop opera�onal capabili�es and facilitate an
<br />effec�ve response if an emergency occurs. Preparedness measures include con�nuity of government,
<br />emergency communica�ons, emergency opera�ons centers, emergency opera�ons plans, emergency
<br />public informa�on materials, public educa�on programs, the exercise of plans, mutual aid agreements,
<br />stocking of disaster supplies, training of emergency response personnel, and warning systems.
<br />• Presiden�al Declara�on: A formal declara�on by the President that an emergency or major disaster
<br />exists based upon the request for such a declara�on by the Governor and with the verifica�on of Federal
<br />Emergency Management Agency preliminary damage assessments.
<br />• Public Assistance: A supplementary federal assistance provided under the Stafford Act to state and local
<br />jurisdic�ons, special purpose districts, tribal districts, or eligible private, nonprofit organiza�ons.
<br />• Public Informa�on: Processes, procedures, and systems for communica�ng �mely, accurate, and
<br />accessible informa�on on the incident's cause, size, and current situa�on; resources commited; and
<br />other maters of general interest to the public, responders, and addi�onal stakeholders (both directly
<br />affected and indirectly affected).
<br />• Recovery: An ac�vity to return vital life support systems to minimum opera�ng standards and long-term
<br />ac�vity designed to return life to normal or improved levels, including some form of economic viability.
<br />Recovery measures include but are not limited to crisis counseling, damage assessment, debris
<br />clearance, disaster loans and grants, disaster unemployment assistance, public informa�on,
<br />reassessment of emergency plans, reconstruc�on, temporary housing, and full-scale business
<br />resump�on.
<br />• Resources: Personnel and major equipment, supplies, and facili�es available or poten�ally available for
<br />assignment to incident opera�ons and for which status is maintained. Resources are described by kind
<br />and type and may be used in opera�onal support or supervisory capaci�es at an incident or an
<br />Emergency Opera�ons Center.
<br />• Resource Management: Efficient emergency management and incident response requires a system for
<br />iden�fying available resources at all jurisdic�onal levels to enable �mely and unimpeded access to
<br />resources needed to prepare for, respond to, or recover from an incident. Resource management under
<br />the Na�onal Incident Management System includes mutual aid and assistance agreements, special
<br />federal, state, tribal, and local teams, and resource mobiliza�on protocols.
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