Fiscal Year 2011-2012 Adopted Budget - County of Sonoma

FY 10-11 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Managed, coordinated and administered the Homeland
Security grants for County and city law enforcement,
ambulance providers, fire agencies, and other County
departments to improve emergency response capability
and planning, now totaling over $11M since 2001.
• Conducted a functional exercise of the County’s
Emergency Operations Center (EOC), in partnership with
Health Services and the Sheriff’s Office, focusing on the
Operations Section staff and healthcare response partners;
and conducted a terrorism-related tabletop exercise on
warning and notification.
• Actively participated with the Bay Area counties on the
revised Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the
Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) and other Bay Area
UASI projects.
• Completed and finalized the Bay Area Regional
Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP)
planning projects in coordination with Sonoma County
departments and partnering agencies which included:
Debris Removal; Mass Evacuation/Transportation; Mass
Care & Shelter; and Mass Fatality and Volunteer
Management. Began planning for the Donations
Management Plan.
• Finalized a draft update of the Oil Spill Contingency Plan,
including provisions for involving volunteers, and
continued to improve County’s oil spill preparedness.
Received Department of Fish & Game grant funding to
support continued high level of participation in plan
development and evaluation.
• Assisted the business community in using the California
Environmental Reporting System (CERS), a web-based
reporting tool, to electronically update their hazmat
information. Sonoma County was one of the earliest
counties to adopt the CERS system, and has been actively
participating with the State to identify programming
problems and make the system more user-friendly for the
business community.
• Purchased, equipped and placed into service a new hazmat
response pickup truck from funds obtained from a
successful enforcement case filed against U-Haul.
• Completed the adoption of the triennial update of the
California Fire Code with local revisions, which address
fire safety issues within Sonoma County.
• Responded to and safely mitigated over 1,600 emergency
incidents during 2010 and conducted 230 Fire Life Safety
Inspections with an emphasis on occupancies subject to
the highest level of hazard to life and property.
County of Sonoma
FY 2011-2012 Adopted Budget
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FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES
Mark Aston, Director
FY 11-12 OBJECTIVES
• Complete the requirements and objectives of the Federal
FY11 Emergency Management Performance Grant in
alignment with Cal EMA priorities.
• Update the Sonoma County Hazard Mitigation Plan, in
coordination with Permit and Resource Management
Department, and submit to the Board of Supervisors for
adoption.
• Update the Sonoma County Hazardous Materials Area Plan
utilizing available grant funding.
• Continue to implement the Fire and Emergency Services
Strategic Plan “Vision 2020” by developing comprehensive
Standard Operating Procedures for response activities;
providing comprehensive training programs; providing
support to our volunteer firefighters; and developing
Standard of Coverage analysis for emergency response
planning.
• Review submissions of Risk Management Plans from
facilities newly regulated for storage of acutely hazardous
materials (such as ammonia) and provide opportunities for
public comment.
• Develop zoning code amendments to establish performance
standards and permit procedures for fire facilities, in
cooperation with Permit and Resource Management
Department and community stakeholders.
• Develop draft policy to address the necessity for fire and
emergency services facilities and equipment as a result of
new development.
• Complete the digitizing of underground storage tank site
files funded through a hazardous materials grant.
Development Services