California Code of Regulations › Title 19 - Public Safety › Division 2 - California Governor's Office of Emergency Services › Chapter 1 - Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS) › Article 3 - Definitions › Section 2402 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				  "Action Plan" means the plan prepared in the EOC containing the emergency
				  response objectives of that SEMS level reflecting overall priorities and
				  supporting activities for a designated period. The plan is shared with
				  supporting agencies.
(b) "Activate"
				  means, at a minimum, a designated official of the emergency response agency
				  implements SEMS as appropriate to the scope of the emergency and the agency's
				  role in response to the emergency.
(c) "Cal OES" means the California Governor's
				  Office of Emergency Services.
(d)
				  "Department Operations Center" means an EOC used by a district discipline (such
				  as flood operations, fire, medical, hazardous material), or a unit (such as
				  Department of Public Works or Department of Health). Department operations
				  centers may be used at all SEMS levels above the field response level depending
				  upon the impacts of the emergency.
(e) "Disaster Assistance Program" is a
				  program that provides state funding or reimbursement for local government
				  response-related personnel costs incurred in response to an incident as defined
				  in Section
				  2402(i).
(f) "Emergency" means a condition of disaster
				  or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property caused by such
				  conditions as air pollution, fire, flood, hazardous material incident, storm,
				  epidemic, riot, drought, sudden and severe energy shortage, plant or animal
				  infestations or disease, the Governor's warning of an earthquake or volcanic
				  prediction, or an earthquake or other conditions, other than conditions
				  resulting from a labor controversy.
(g) "Emergency Operations Center (EOC)" means
				  a location from which centralized emergency management can be
				  performed.
(h) "Emergency Response
				  Agency" means any organization responding to an emergency, or providing mutual
				  aid support to such an organization, whether in the field, at the scene of an
				  incident, or to an operations center.
(i) "Emergency Response Personnel" means
				  personnel involved with an agency's response to an emergency.
(j) "Incident" means an occurrence or event,
				  either human-caused or by natural phenomena, that requires action by emergency
				  response personnel to prevent or minimize loss of life or damage to property
				  and/or natural resources.
(k)
				  "Incident Action Plan" means the plan developed at the field response level
				  which contains objectives reflecting the overall incident strategy and specific
				  tactical actions and supporting information for the next operational period.
				  The plan may be oral or written.
(l) "Incident Commander" means the individual
				  responsible for the command of all functions at the field response
				  level.
(m) "Incident Command System
				  (ICS)" means the nationally used standardized on-scene emergency management
				  concept specifically designed to allow its user(s) to adopt an integrated
				  organizational structure equal to the complexity and demands of single or
				  multiple incidents without being hindered by jurisdictional boundaries. ICS is
				  the combination of facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures, and
				  communications operating within a common organizational structure, with
				  responsibility for the management of resources to effectively accomplish stated
				  objectives pertinent to an incident.
(n) "Local Government" means local agencies
				  as defined in Government Code §
										8680.2 and
				  special districts defined in California Code of Regulations, Title 19, §
										2900(y).
(o) "Multi-agency or interagency
				  coordination" means the participation of agencies and disciplines involved at
				  any level of the SEMS organization working together in a coordinated effort to
				  facilitate decisions for overall emergency response activities, including the
				  sharing of critical resources and the prioritization of incidents.
1. New
					 article 3 and section filed 8-3-94; operative 9-2-94 (Register 94, No.
					 31).
2. New subsection (d), subsection relettering and amendment of
					 newly designated subsection (i) filed 12-1-95; operative 12-31-95 (Register 95,
					 No. 48).
3
.
Editorial correction of subsection (k)
					 (Register 96, No. 52).
4. Change without regulatory effect adopting
					 new subsection (c), repealing subsection (o), relettering subsections and
					 amending NOTE filed 5-12-2010 pursuant to section
					 100, title 1, California Code of
					 Regulations (Register 2010, No. 20).
5. Change without regulatory
					 effect amending subsection (c) filed 5-5-2021 pursuant to section
					 100, title 1, California Code of
					 Regulations (Register 2021, No. 19).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						8585 and
						8607(a),
						Government Code. Reference: Sections
						8585,
						8607,
						8680.2 and
						8558(c),
						Government Code.