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City of Pleasanton <br />Emergency Operations Plan <br /> 30 June 2025 <br />Exercise: Maneuver or simulated emergency <br />condition involving planning, preparation, and <br />execution; carried out for the purpose of <br />testing, evaluating, planning, developing, <br />training, and/or demonstrating emergency <br />management systems and individual <br />components and capabilities, to identify areas <br />of strength and weakness for improvement of <br />an Emergency Operations Plan (EOP). <br />FBO: Faith-based organization <br />Federal: Of or pertaining to the Federal <br />Government of the United States of America. <br />Federal Emergency Management Agency <br />(FEMA): This agency was created in 1979 to <br />provide a single point of accountability for all <br />Federal activities related to disaster mitigation <br />and emergency preparedness, response, and <br />recovery. <br />First Responder: This term refers to individuals <br />whose organizations’ specific and primary <br />responsibility is to respond to life safety <br />incidents. <br />Hazard: Natural or human-caused source of <br />danger or difficulty to people or property. <br />Hazardous Material (Hazmat): A substance or <br />combination of substances, which, because of <br />quantity, concentration, physical, chemical, <br />radiological, explosive, or infectious <br />characteristics, poses a potential danger to <br />humans or the environment. Generally, such <br />materials are classed as explosives and blasting <br />agents, flammable and nonflammable gases, <br />combustible liquids, flammable liquids and <br />solids, oxidizers, poisons, disease-causing <br />agents, radioactive materials, corrosive <br />materials, and other materials, including <br />hazardous wastes. <br />Hazard Mitigation: A cost-effective measure <br />that will reduce the potential for damage to a <br />facility from a disaster event. <br />Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP): The plan <br />resulting from a systematic evaluation of the <br />nature and extent of vulnerability to the effects <br />of natural hazards, including the actions needed <br />to minimize future vulnerability to identified <br />hazards. <br />HSEEP: Homeland Security Exercise and <br />Evaluation Program <br />Incident: An occurrence or event, either <br />human-caused or by natural phenomena, that <br />requires action by emergency response <br />personnel to prevent or minimize loss of life or <br />damage to property and/or the environment. <br />Incident Action Plan (IAP): The plan developed <br />at the field response level that contains <br />objectives reflecting the overall incident <br />strategy and specific tactical actions and <br />supporting information for the next operational <br />period. The plan may be oral or written. <br />Incident Commander (IC): The individual <br />responsible for the command of all functions at <br />the field response level. <br />Incident Command System (ICS): The nationally <br />used standardized on-scene emergency <br />management concept specifically designed to <br />allow its user(s) to adopt an integrated <br />organizational structure equal to the complexity <br />and demands of single or multiple incidents <br />without being hindered by jurisdictional <br />boundaries. ICS is the combination of facilities, <br />equipment, personnel, procedures, and <br />communications operating within a common <br />organizational structure, with responsibility for <br />the management of resources to effectively <br />accomplish stated objectives pertinent to an <br />incident. <br />Joint Information Center (JIC): A facility <br />established to coordinate all incident-related <br />public information activities. It is the central <br />point of contact for all news media at the scene <br />of the incident. Public information officials from <br />Page 234 of 264