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City of Pleasanton Emergency Operations Plan 8 June 2025 2.4. National Response Framework The National Response Framework (NRF) is built upon the premise that incidents are typically handled at the lowest jurisdictional level. The NRF provides the framework for federal interaction with state, local, tribal, private sector, and nongovernmental entities in the context of domestic incident management to ensure timely and effective Federal support. 2.5. Emergency Management Organization The City’s Municipal Code Chapter 2.44 (City of Pleasanton Municipal Code, 2023) outlines the purpose of emergency services for the preparation and carrying out of plans for the protection of people and property within the respective City in the event of an emergency; the direction of the emergency organization; and the coordination of the emergency functions with all other public agencies, corporations, organizations, and affected persons. 2.6. Director of Emergency Services Pleasanton’s Municipal Code designates the City Manager as the Director of Emergency Services, who has the responsibility and authority for managing the emergency organization within their City. The Director of Emergency Services may appoint an Assistant Director. 2.7. Disaster Council The City’s Municipal Code establishes a Disaster Council, which consists of the following people: • Mayor (chair) • Director of Emergency Services (vice chair) • Assistant Director of Emergency Services • Such Chiefs of emergency services as provided for in the current emergency plan • Such civic, business, labor, veterans, professional or other organizations representatives who have an official emergency responsibility. The Disaster Council is empowered to develop and recommend for adoption such emergency and mutual aid plans and agreements, ordinances, resolutions, rules, and regulations that are necessary to implement these plans and agreements. The Council shall meet when called by the Chair or when absent by the Vice Chair. 2.8. City Employees One of the greatest resources for the City of Pleasanton is its employees. California Government Code designates that all public employees are Disaster Services Workers (DSWs) (State of California, 2013). Any employee of the City of Pleasanton may be assigned to perform activities that promote the protection of public health and safety or the preservation of lives and property. Such assignments may require services at locations, times, and under conditions that are significantly different from normal work assignments and may continue into the Recovery Phase of the emergency. Page 212 of 264