Mass Care and Shelter Guidance for Emergency ... - Moreno Valley
Mass Care and Shelter Guidance for Emergency ... - Moreno Valley
Mass Care and Shelter Guidance for Emergency ... - Moreno Valley
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<strong>Care</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Shelter</strong> Function<strong>and</strong> Legal M<strong>and</strong>atesSection1The function of care <strong>and</strong> shelter is to provide temporary emergency relief to disastervictims. Providing temporary emergency relief involves a range of emergency humanservices (e.g., food, shelter, health care, mental health support, etc.). In doing so the<strong>Care</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Shelter</strong> Branch of the City <strong>and</strong>/or County <strong>Emergency</strong> Operations Center(EOC) must prepare themselves to meet the needs of events such as thoseexperienced as a result of 9-11 <strong>and</strong> Hurricane Katrina when care <strong>and</strong> sheltering mustgo beyond st<strong>and</strong>ard government resources <strong>and</strong> embrace the commitment of otherpublic <strong>and</strong> community partners to meet the need of massive care <strong>and</strong> shelter <strong>for</strong> ourcommunity <strong>and</strong> mutual aid m<strong>and</strong>ates.Legal Requirements <strong>for</strong> Local GovernmentCali<strong>for</strong>nia law sets the responsibility <strong>for</strong> emergency care <strong>and</strong> shelter at the local level.As per the Health <strong>and</strong> Safety Code Section 34070 – 34072, local government is toprovide or contract with recognized community organizations to make emergency ortemporary shelter available <strong>for</strong> people made homeless by a natural disaster or otheremergency. Cali<strong>for</strong>nia’s State <strong>Emergency</strong> Plan <strong>and</strong> St<strong>and</strong>ardized <strong>Emergency</strong>Management System (SEMS) puts local government at the first level of response <strong>for</strong>meeting the disaster needs of people in its jurisdiction. People seeking care <strong>and</strong> shelterimmediately after a disaster will look first to local government <strong>for</strong> assistance.Red Cross <strong>and</strong> Local Government RolesThe Red Cross is a partner with local government in helping to fulfill government’s legalresponsibility of providing care <strong>and</strong> shelter <strong>for</strong> its citizens in a disaster. The partnershiprequires that local government <strong>and</strong> the Red Cross work cooperatively during thepreparedness phase to clarify roles <strong>and</strong> responsibilities (as outlined below). The localjurisdiction may also work in cooperation with other volunteer disaster assistanceorganizations to provide disaster relief. In a major disaster where there is widespreaddamage, the national resources of the Red Cross may not fully mobilize until five daysafter the event. Until such time that the Red Cross arrives on the scene, localgovernment will manage, coordinate, <strong>and</strong> run all shelter operations.RivCo OA <strong>Mass</strong> <strong>Care</strong> & <strong>Shelter</strong> <strong>Guidance</strong>1Section 1 – <strong>Shelter</strong> Function & Legal M<strong>and</strong>ates
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