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Home My WebLink About50-14RESOLUTION NO. ~__~_._~!~ CIVIL DEFENSE AND WREREAS, Ordinance No. ~_~_ of the City of relating to civil defense and disaster provides that the civil defense and disaster organization, the distribution of civil defense powers and duties, the assignment of functions and services and the recruitment, direction and training of person- riel shall be prescribed by resolution adopted concur- rently with the adoption of said ordinance now, there- fore, be it Resol. vecl, .By the City Council of the City of ./,,~d_(~ as follows: S~.c?IoN 1. The civil defense and disaster organ- ization of this city shall be as hereinafter more particu- larly described and as shown on the attached, chart marked Exhibit A and entitled, "Suggested Model Local Organization of Civil Defense." Said Exhibit A, including all information shown thereon, is as much a part of this resolution as if the materials and informa- tion set forth by said exhibit were all fully described herein. S~,c. 2. Division of Operating Services. There is hereby created a division of operating services. For the purposes of civil defense planning and organization, the chief of each operating serivce within this division shall be responsible to the director through the assist- ant director. Within this division, there shall be the following civil defense and disaster services: (1) Fire service; (2) Law enforcement service, which shall include the plant protection service; (3) Engineering service, which shall include util- ity service, shelter protection and rescue service; (4) Health and medical services, which shall include special weapons defense; and, (5) Emergency welfare service, which shall include mass feeding, clothing and shelter. The director shall appoint a chief of each such serv- ice, except as hereinafter provided. ~T,h_e. c.hief of the :fire department of the City of shall be chief o~the f~re service. The chief of police of the City of ~/_]~_~_/_~ shall be chief of the law enforcement service. The city engin, eer, (or director of public works) of the City of shall be chief of the engineering service.~ S~.c. 3. Division of Special Services. There is hereby created a division of special civil defense and disaster services. This division shall be under the direc- DISASTER RESOLUTION tion and control of a deputy director of civil defense, who shall be appointed by the director. For the purpose of civil defense and disaster planning and organiza- tion, the deputy director is responsible to the director through the assistant director of civil defense and dis- aster. Within this division there shall be the following services; (1) mutual aid plans; (2) evacuation service; (3) transportation service; (4) warden service; (5) communications service, which shall include civil air raid warning; (6) supply service; (7) public affairs and information service; (8) training service; (9) personnel service, which shall include the re- cruitment of civilian auxiliaries to military activities; and, (10) general administration service. The director shall appoint a chief of each such serv- ice who shall be responsible to the deputy director of the division of special services.~' The director may ap- point the same person as chief of two or more services. S~.c. 4. Legal. The city attorney shall serve as the legal advisor to the director of civil defense and to the civil defense organization. S~,c. 5. American Red. C,ross. The American Red Cross in the City of ~~,tt~ will, in natural disaster, furnish food, clothing, shelter, regis- tration and information service, supplementary med- ical service when requested, and rehabilitation to indi- viduals and families affected by the disaster. In war-caused disaster, the American Red Cross will furnish only food, clothing and shelter to affected indi- viduals and families. ~ In cities which do not have a full-time engineer or director of public works, it will be necessary to appoint some other full-time or part-time city official or a qualified citizen having related experi- ence to serve as chief of the division of engineering servces. In cities having a full-time health officer, the chief of the health serv- ices should be the health officer. Where there is no full-time city health officer, in most areas it will be necessary to organize medical and other health services on a county area basis through the county medical association. In such cases, the county medical association, after consultation with the director, should designate a doctor to serve as chief of the health services division. Appointment of the chief of the emergency welfare service will depend upon local conditions. e The same person may, of course, be deputy director and also chief of one or more of the services within the division, depending particularly upon the size of the city. Similarly, one person may serve as chief of more than one of the services. The point to emphasize is that regardless of the size of the city, each of the jobs referred to above as special services must be done on a scale com- mensurate with the size of the city. ANNEX 1 INCLOSURE 3 PAGE 4 The American Red Cross will provide funds with which to finance all its relief operations during natural disaster. Civil defense financing will be provided by public or private agencies other than the Red Cross for Red Cross functions in war-caused disasters.3 The .director shall be responsible for arranging, through the chairman of the local Red Cross chapter, for the participation of the Red Cross in civil defense as a part of the mass care service in case of war-caused disaster, and for the relationship between the Red Cross and the civil defense organization in case of natural disaster. ~ The wording of this section has been approved by the Ameri- can National Red Cross. Local chapters suggesting changes therein should be referred to the Pacific Area Office, American National Red Cross. For war-caused disaster, it is contemplated that under the authority and direction of the Director of Civil Defense, the Red Cross will assume leadership in organizing community resources for providing food, clothing and shelter. In the operation of war-caused disaster responsibilities, the Red Cross chapter will lose its identity as an organization and will function as ~ com- ponent of citizens in the civil defense structure. SEc. 6. Duties. The civil defense and disaster duties of the deputy director and the chiefs of operat- ing services and special services shall be as described in "United States Civil Defense," National Security Resources Board Document 128, dated September 8, 1950, copies of which shall be filed in the office of the city clerk for use and examination by the public. Such duties as described in "United States Civil Defense" may be changed from time to time by the director by written administrative orders, particularly for the pur- pose of conforming to recommendations of the State Director of Civil Defense or subsequent modifications recommended by the Federal Civil Defense Adminis- trator. Upon recommendation of the civil defense and disaster council of the City of _~-/~~- , such duties shall be changed in accordance with such recommendations. I hereby certiCy the above and foregoins: resolz~tion was duly ard regularly mas~sed by 'the City Council cf the C~ty of Ukia~, Calif- c.r~ia., at a meeting thereof held on the 7th day of ,Warch, 19~1, by the following vote of the members thereof: A}zes: Councilmen Ri~b_.~ardson, Absent: ~ one i3utler, Wildberger, Lindbergh and Mercer. Cit]? C~erk. ANNEX 1 INCLOSURE 3 PAGE 5