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46 CITY OF SAN LEANDRO EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN 9.3. GLOSSARY • Action Plan: The plan prepared in the Emergency Operatfons Center contains the emergency response objectfves of the Standardized Emergency Management System level reflectfng overall prioritfes and supportfng actfvitfes for a designated period. EOC partners share the EAP with supportfng agencies. • All Hazards: Refers to a policy or program designed to deal with various natural and technological hazards. • Command: The act of directfng, ordering, or controlling under explicit statutory, regulatory, or delegated authority. • Command/Management: Command directs, orders, and controls resources at the field response level. Management is responsible for overall emergency policy and coordinatfon at the Standardized Emergency Management System Emergency Operatfons Center levels. • Commodity Point of Distribution (C-POD): A designated area where commoditfes are distributed to the public following a disaster or emergency. C-POD staff members safely and efficiently distribute life- sustaining commoditfes to the public in an accessible locatfon. • Continuity of Government: Includes measures to ensure contfnued leadership and preservatfon of vital records, thereby maintaining a viable system of government supported by law; establish emergency authoritfes legally vested in government leaders so that they have prescribed powers to act; ensure the survivability of mechanisms and systems for directfon and control so that actfons directed by leaders can be communicated and coordinated; sustain essentfal emergency services and resources so that critfcal response and recovery actfons can achieve widest possible implementatfon. • Continuity of Operations Planning: An internal effort within an organizatfon to ensure the capability exists to contfnue essentfal business functfons across a wide range of potentfal emergencies, including localized acts of nature, accidents, and technological and attack/terrorist-related emergencies. • Department Operations Center: A centralized locatfon for a single department or agency where internal incident management and response occurs. • Disaster: A sudden and extraordinary misfortune; a calamity threatening or affectfng extraordinary loss of life or property. • Disaster Service Worker: All public employees in California are subject to such emergency or disaster actfvitfes as may be assigned by their supervisors or by law. • Emergency: A conditfon of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the state caused by such conditfons as air pollutfon, fire, flood, hazardous material incident, storm, epidemic, riot, drought, sudden and severe energy shortage, plant or animal infestatfons or disease, the Governor's warning of an earthquake or volcanic predictfon, or an earthquake or other conditfons, other than conditfons resultfng from a labor controversy. • Emergency Management: The discipline and the profession of applying science, technology, planning, and management to deal with extreme events that can injure or kill large numbers of people, do extensive property damage, and disrupt community life. As a process, it involves preparing, mitfgatfng, responding, and recovering from an emergency. Critfcal functfonal components include planning, training, simulatfng drills (exercises), and coordinatfng actfvitfes. • Emergency Operations Center: A centralized locatfon where individuals responsible for responding to a large-scale emergency can have immediate communicatfon with each other and with emergency management personnel to enhance coordinatfon in exercising directfon and control of emergency response and recovery efforts.