CC RESOLUTION 4428RESOLUTION NO. 4428
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE NATIONAL INITIATIVES;
NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (NIMS) AND
NATIONAL RESPONSE PLAN (NRP)
BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of El Segundo as follows
SECTION 1 The City Council finds as follows
A The City of El Segundo has a substantial risk of hazard from natural,
technological, man -made, and terrorist emergencies
B The El Segundo City Council adopted the Standardized Emergency
Management System (SEMS) in 1997 (California Government Code §
8607(a)) SEMS integrates the principles of the Incident Command System
(ICS)
C As a result of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the City of El
Segundo reassessed its entire emergency management system, response,
and operations policies and procedures
D On February 28, 2003, the President of the United States issued Homeland
Security Presidential Directive /HSPD -5 HSPD -5 mandates the creation of a
single, comprehensive national management system and a national
response plan
E HSPD -5 requires all Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) recipients to
adopt and implement the NIMS
F On December 12, 2003, the President of the United States issued Homeland
Security Presidential Directive /HSPD -8. HSPD -8 established policies to
prevent and respond to threatened or actual domestic terrorist attacks, mayor
disasters, and other emergencies and outlines actions to strengthen
preparedness capabilities of Federal, State, and local entities
G HSPD -8 establishes definitions for first responder personnel as individuals
who in the early stages of an incident are responsible for the protection and
preservation of life, property, evidence, and the environment, including
emergency response providers as defined in 6 U S C § 101, and emergency
management, public health, clinical care, public works, and other skilled
support personnel that provide immediate support services during
prevention, response, and recovery operations
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H On March 1, 2004, the U S Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
released the National Incident Management System (NIMS) as an element of
the National Response Plan (NRP)
In January 2005, the U.S Department of Homeland Security released the
completed National Response Plan (NRP) The NRP established a single,
comprehensive framework for the management of domestic incidents
The City of El Segundo emergency organization will incorporate, through this
resolution, the requirements mandated by Homeland Security Presidential
Directives, the NIMS, the NRP, and other elements into its Emergency
Operations Plan, standard emergency response policies and procedures,
exercises, and training
SECTION 2 The City Council adopts the National Incident Management and
Incident Command System's as the management system and plan for all multy
jurisdictional and multi- agency emergency responses for which City of El Segundo
personnel are assigned A copy of the NIMS is incorporated by reference into this
Resolution and will be filed with the City Clerk's office
SECTION 3 The City Clerk is directed to certify the adoption of this Resolution,
record this Resolution in the book of the City's original resolutions, and make a
minute of the adoption of the Resolution in the City Council's records and the
minutes of this meeting
SECTION 4 This Resolution will become effective immediately upon adoption and
will remain effective unless repealed or superseded
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 21$t day of J
Kelly McDowell,
Mayor
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Cindy Mortesen, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, hereby certify that the whole
number of members of the City Council of the City is five, that the foregoing Resolution No
4428 was duly passed and adopted by said City Council, approved and signed by the
Mayor of said City, and attested to by the City Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting of
said Council held on the 21 sc day of June 2005, and the same was so passed and adopted by
the following roll call vote
AYES: McDowell, Gaines, Boulgarides, Busch, Jacobson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST:
61
Cindy Morteskfil
City Clerk
APPROVED
Mark D Hen
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Karl H B
Assistant