CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING AGENDA PACKET

City of Pleasanton Emergency Operations Plan 11 June 2025 Public education is an essential tool to teach residents how to prepare for, react to, and recover from a major emergency or disaster. Residents should take advantage of various emergency preparedness information and resources from City, County, State, and Federal governments, among other sources, and incorporate recommended practices into their regular routines. 3.2. Response Phase The Response Phase includes any actions taken immediately before, during, or directly after a critical incident in order to minimize the potential or existing impacts of the incident. 3.2.1 Pre-Event Some incidents may provide sufficient warning to allow for pre-event or precautionary measures. Depending on the likelihood of significant impacts, pre-event response may include: • Public warning • Evacuations • Resource mobilization • Staging • Mutual aid requests • Proclamation of a Local Emergency 3.2.2 Emergency Response Emergency response activities are actions taken during or immediately after a critical incident to reduce or minimize actual impacts. While these activities are often associated with traditional response units – fire, law enforcement, emergency medical service (EMS), and public works – the size and complexity may require support from additional governmental agencies, nongovernment organizations (NGOs), businesses, community-based organizations (CBOs), faith-based organizations (FBOs), and other partners. During emergency responses, some incidents may escalate beyond the capabilities of field operation management and may necessitate the need for additional support and coordination, requiring the activation of a DOC. When an incident or multiple incidents exceed the capabilities of a DOC, or when multiple department DOCs have been activated and more coordinated efforts are needed, the EOC should be activated. When coordinating emergency response activities and prioritizing needs and objectives, the following hierarchy is utilized: 1. Life safety 2. Incident stabilization 3. Protection of property and infrastructure and restoration of essential services 4. Reduce impacts on the environment Emergency response may include activities related to short-term recovery and often overlaps with long- term recovery operations. 3.2.3 Prolonged Emergency In addition to continuing life and property protection, operations, mass care, relocation, public information, situation analysis, status, and damage assessment operations will be initiated. Page 215 of 264