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47 CITY OF SAN LEANDRO EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN • Emergency Operations Plan: The Emergency Operatfons Plan is a document that describes strategies for managing emergencies. • Evacuation: Moving persons out of an area affected or potentfally affected by a disaster. • Federal Emergency Management Agency: An agency created in 1979 to provide a single point of accountability for all federal actfvitfes related to disaster mitfgatfon, preparedness, response, and recovery. The Federal Emergency Management Agency manages the President's Disaster Relief Fund and coordinates the disaster assistance actfvitfes of all federal agencies in the event of a presidentfal disaster declaratfon. • Functional Annex: A document that supplements the Emergency Operatfons Plan, which provides further planning informatfon for a specific aspect of emergency management. • Incident: An occurrence or event, either human-caused or by natural phenomena, that requires actfon by emergency response personnel to prevent or minimize loss of life or damage to property and natural resources. • Incident Action Plan: The plan developed at the field response level contains objectfves reflectfng the overall incident strategy, specific tactfcal actfons, and supportfng informatfon for the next operatfonal period. The plan may be oral or written. • Incident Commander: The individual responsible for the command of all functfons at the field response level. • Incident Command System: A natfonally used standardized on-scene emergency management concept designed to allow its user(s) to adopt an integrated organizatfonal structure equal to the complexity and demands of single or multfple incidents without being hindered by jurisdictfonal boundaries. ICS is the field-level component of the Standardized Emergency Management System. It is the combinatfon of facilitfes, equipment, personnel, procedures, and communicatfons operatfng within a standard organizatfonal structure, responsible for managing resources to accomplish objectfves pertfnent to an incident. • Individual Assistance: A supplementary federal assistance available under the Stafford Act to individuals, families, and businesses and includes disaster housing assistance, unemployment assistance, grants, loans, legal services, crisis counseling, tax relief, and other services or relief programs. • Joint Information Center: A facility that coordinates all incident-related public informatfon actfvitfes. It is the central point of contact for all news media. Public informatfon officials from all partfcipatfng agencies should co-locate at the Joint Informatfon Center. • Major Disaster: As defined in federal law, is " any hurricane, tornado, storm, flood, high water, wind- driven water, tfdal wave, tsunami, earthquake, volcanic eruptfon, landslide, mudslide, snowstorm, drought, fire, explosion, or other technological or human caused catastrophe in any part of the United States which, in the determinatfon of the President, causes the damage of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant major disaster assistance in alleviatfng the damage, loss, hardship, or suffering caused thereby." • Master Mutual Aid Agreement: The California Disaster and Civil Defense Master Mutual Aid Agreement is made and entered into by and among the State of California, its various departments and agencies, and the various politfcal subdivisions of the State. The agreement provides for the support of one jurisdictfon by another. • Mitigation: Actfvitfes to eliminate or reduce the degree of risk to life and property from hazards before or after a disaster or emergency.